BASIC AMIGURUMI

SHAPES

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This is a complete guide on how to crochet 16 Confused about materials? For all my personal
basic crochet shapes that can be used for recommendations of my most-used tools, yarns, and
designing amigurumi. Each shape has a written supplies, check out my favorites in this complete guide!
pattern as well as instructions on how to modify
it for your purposes. Enjoy! HOOK(S)
Clover Amour 3.25 mm • US size D
This pattern and its contents are only for
personal use. Do not copy, edit, redistribute, or YARN
sell this pattern. You are welcome to sell WeCrochet Brava Sport (sport weight yarn)
finished products with your own photos in small Silver
quantities, but if you do so please give pattern
credit to @LittleWorldofWhimsy. Thank you and NOTIONS
enjoy! Scissors
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle

OTHER
Fiberfill stuffing
Sewing pins

FINAL SIZE
Around 1" x 1" for most shapes.

The size can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the

weight of yarn and hook size.

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 ABBREVIATIONS (US) SPECIAL STITCHES

ch chain
Invisible finish off
CC contrast color
MC main color
MR magic ring
sc single crochet
x sc sc x number of times
dec decrease
inc increase
sl st slip stitch TECHNICAL NOTES
rep repeat 1. Crochet in continuous spiral rounds, unless
st(s) stitch(es) specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker or
(x sts) x total stitches in
piece of yarn to keep track of the last stitch
round/row
in each round.
rnd(s) round(s)
2. When filling with polyester stuffing, pull
FO finish off
repeat stitches within apart each large chunk into many smaller
(...) x
brackets x times chunks. This ensures an even distribution of
firmness within the amigurumi.
3. To avoid large holes in the crochet fabric,
increase tension until the holes cannot be
seen, or choose a crochet hook a size down.

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LINE
Row 1: chain 15 (15 sts)

Modifications:
Increase or decrease length by adding more
chains to the row.

LOOSE SPIRAL

Row 1: chain 15 (15 sts)

Row 2: beginning from second chain from
hook, sc across (15 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
Increase or decrease length by adding more
chains to row 1. Make the spiral tighter by
increasing tension.

SPIRAL

Row 1: chain 15 (15 sts)

Row 2: beginning from second chain from
hook, inc x15 (30 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
Increase or decrease length by adding more
chains to row 1. Make the spiral tighter by
increasing tension.

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CORKSCREW

Row 1: chain 15 (15 sts)

Row 2: beginning from second chain from
hook, inc x15, chain and turn (30 sts)
Row 3: inc x30 (60 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
Increase or decrease length by adding more
chains to row 1. Make the threads of the
corkscrew wide by adding more rows,
increasing in every stitch.

CIRCLE

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24 sts)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
For a flatter circle, begin with 8 stitches in the
round and increase by 8. For a pointier circle,
begin with 4 stitches and increase by 4.

See my article on crocheting perfect circles and

spheres for more information.

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HOLLOW CIRCLE

Begin: chain 6, join to first chain (6 sts)

Round 1: inc x6 (12 sts)
Round 2: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
Make the hole in the center larger by starting
out with more chains.

SQUARE
Begin: chain 5
Row 1: Beginning from second chain from
the hook, sc 4 across (4 sts)
Row 2-5 (4 rows): sc across (4 sts)
Work a single crochet border around the
left, bottom, and right sides of the square,
with three scs in each corner.

Modifications:
To change the width, add more chains in the
initial row. To change the height, add more
rows to the top.

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TRIANGLE
Row 1: chain 6, turn (6 sts)
Row 2: beginning from second chain from
hook, sc 5 (5 sts)
Row 3: dec, sc, dec (3 sts)
Row 4: dec, sc (2 sts)
Row 5: dec (1 st)
Finish off. Work a single crochet border
around the left, bottom, and right sides of
the square, with three scs in each corner.

Modifications:
Make this triangle larger by beginning with
more stitches in row 1 and decreasing by 2 for
each row (except for the last 2 rows).

OVAL
Begin: chain 7 (7 sts)
Round 1: beginning from the second chain
from the hook, sc around the foundation
chain (12 sts)
Round 2: inc x12 (24 sts)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x12 (36 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
For a longer oval, increase the number of
chains in the initial row. For a larger oval,
continue adding rounds as if you were working
around a magic ring.

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SPHERE

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
Round 4-5 (2 rnds): sc around (18 sts)
Stuff lightly.
Round 6: (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
Round 7: dec x6 (6 sts)
Finish off in the round.

Modifications:
A perfect sphere is made of 3 sections, increasing (orange), middle (red), and decreasing (pink). The
red section should always have one more round than the orange section.

For make a perfect sphere larger, add extra rounds to the orange section, increasing by 6 stitches
each time. This means that you will have to adjust the red section so that it has one round more
than the orange section, and adjust the pink section so that it mirrors the orange section.

To make the sphere wider or narrower on the bottom, insert a few of the rounds from the red
section in between the rounds in the orange section. The exact order you do this will determine
the end result, so play around a bit!

To make the sphere longer or shorter, remove some rounds from the red section.

HARD TURN
Increase section
Middle section - first rnd BLO

Make a hard turn between two faces of a geometric shape by

working the first "sc around" round back loop only. This
creates a hard edge.
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HEMISPHERE/SEMICIRCLE

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
Round 3-4 (2 rnds): sc around (12 sts)
Finish off in the round. For a semicircle,
flatten.

Modifications:
For a larger or smaller hemisphere, add more
increase rounds in the orange section. To make
an elongated hemisphere (photo to the right),
add as many rounds as you wish to the red
section.

CURVED TUBE
Begin: chain 15, slst to first stitch (15 sts)
Round 1-5 (4 rnds): 5 hdc, 2 sc, 6 sl st, 2 sc
(15 sts)

Modifications:
To make the curve sharper, replace the hdc in
rnds 1-5 with a dc. To make the curve gentler,
replace rounds 2 and 4 with "sc around."

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 CYLINDER

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6 sts)
Round 2: inc x6 (12 sts)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
Round 4: BLO, sc around (18 sts)
Round 5-11 (7 rnds): sc around (18 sts)
Stuff.
Round 12: BLO, (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
Round 13: dec x6 (6 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
This cylinder is made by crocheting a circle (orange section), then working "sc around"
rounds (red section), and then decreasing (pink section). To make the diameter of the
cylinder bigger, make the orange section larger by creating a larger circle. To make the
cylinder taller or shorter, add or subtract rounds from the red section.

CONE

Round 1: 4 sc in MR (4 sts)
Round 2: (sc, inc) x2 (6 sts)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x2 (8 sts)
Round 4: (3 sc, inc) x2 (10 sts)
Round 5: (4 sc, inc) x2 (12 sts)
Round 6: dec x6 (6 sts)
Finish off.

Modifications:
To make a taller cone of this diameter, continue increasing by 2 after round 5 until desired
height. To make a wider cone of the same diameter, begin with 6, 8, or 10 stitches in round 1,
and increase by 3, 4, or 5.

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BRANCHING

Row 1: chain 15, slst to first stitch (15 sts)

Round 2-6 (5 rnds): sc around (15 sts)
Round 7: chain 7 and skip 7 stitches (fig. 1). Sc 8
more stitches. (15 sts)
Round 8-12 (5 rnds): sc around (15 sts)
Finish off. Reattach yarn at the first skipped stitch at
round 7 (fig. 2). Fig. 1: work after skipping sts in

Round 13: sc around, picking up stitches all around rnd 7.

the hole created by round 7. (14 sts)

Round 14-17 (4 rnds): sc around (14 sts).
Finish off.

Modifications:
Change how large the branch created at round 13 is by
skipping more or less stitches at round 7.

You can also change the diameter of the top and bottom
branches by chaining a greater or fewer number of Fig. 2: attaching yarn at beginning
of rnd 13.
stitches at row 1.

Make each branch longer or shorter by adding more "sc

around" rounds where appropriate.

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I hope you enjoyed this guide to crochet shapes and found the patterns helpful. If you have more questions
about amigurumi shapes or designing amigurumi don’t hesitate to reach out to me with a direct message on
Instagram or through email at littleworldofwhimsy@[Link]. Happy crocheting! ♥

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 Julia Chiang

Hi! I'm Julia from Little World of Whimsy! I'm an

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