Crochet Amigurumi Vegetable Onion Guide

Crochet Amigurumi Vegetable Onion is a delightful piece of handmade art that brings a touch of whimsy and charm to any space. This adorable creation perfectly captures the essence of a cute little onion with its round shape and detailed stitching. Its small size makes it perfect for cuddling or displaying on a desk, shelf, or as a decoration in your kitchen.

Materials Required

• Worsted-weight yarn in cream, green, and light brown colors
• F/5 3.75mm crochet hook
• Poly-Fil or any stuffing of your choice
• Yarn needle
• Two plastic safety eyes
• Stainless/steel wire

Abbreviation Key

• sc = single crochet
• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• dec = decrease (join next 2 sts into 1)
• inc = increase (2 sc in next st)

Onion's Root

Use cream color yarn

Make 25~30 length around 18cm.

Use light brown color yarn

Make 15 length around 18cm.

Fold in half & tie all together.

Onion's Leaves

Use green color yarn

Cut s/s wire into 5 pieces (2 x 15cm, 2 x 11cm, 1 x 7cm).

Use green color yarn to sc on the wire, all the way from the bottom to the top & return to the bottom part.

Alternative:

Use green color yarn to wrap the whole s/s wire.

Onion's Body

Use cream color yarn

Rounds

Round 1: Magic Circle with a base of 4 stitches.

Round 2: (1 inc, 1 sc) x 2 = 6 sts.

Round 3: (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3 = 9 sts.

Round 4: (1 inc, 2 sc) x 3 = 12 sts.

Round 5: (1 inc, 3 sc) x 3 = 15 sts.

Round 6: (1 inc, 4 sc) x 3 = 18 sts.

Round 7: (1 inc, 2 sc) x 6 = 24 sts.

Round 8: (1 inc, 3 sc) x 6 = 30 sts.

Round 9: (1 inc, 4 sc) x 6 = 36 sts.

Round 10: (1 inc, 5 sc) x 6 = 42 sts.

Round 11~15: sc in the next 42 stitches (5 rows) = 42 sts.

* Insert the green color leaves to the top part.

Round 16: (1 dec, 5 sc) x 6 = 36 sts.

Round 17: (1 dec, 4 sc) x 6 = 30 sts.

Round 18: (1 dec, 3 sc) x 6 = 24 sts.

** Insert the plastic safety eyes between Round 13 & 14 and attach washers. Eyes should be about 8 sts apart.

Round 19: (1 dec, 2 sc) x 6 = 18 sts.

Round 20: (1 dec, 1 sc) x 6 = 12 sts.

Round 21: dec x 6 = 6 sts.

*** Insert the root part to the bottom part, sew it & hide the tail.