Watermelon Keychain

Free crochet tutorial for a Watermelon Keychain by Yana Altikulach @gunes_orgu.

With this pattern, you can crochet a watermelon slice. For this amigurumi, any cotton blend yarn will work. The author recommends Alize Cotton Gold and a 1.4 mm crochet hook. The toy works up very quickly and easily in one piece, crocheted in a spiral. Use safety eyes. Embroider the seeds with black thread.

Finished toy size: about 5 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold yarn (55% cotton, 45% acrylic): red, white, light green, green, black
• 1.4 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Keychain chain
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Watermelon Keychain Crochet Pattern

Red:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
5. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
6. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
7. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
8. 24 sc
9. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
10. 27 sc
11. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)

White:
12. 30 sc
Light green:
13. 30 sc
Green:
14. (dec, 13 sc) x 2 (28)
15. (dec, 12 sc) x 2 (26)

Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9. Leave 3 stitches between them. Embroider the seeds with black thread. Embroider highlights on the eyes and a small mouth with white yarn.