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Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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An adorable friend to cherish, handcrafted with love to bring comfort and joy for years to come.

About This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates two tiny cherry babies — small amigurumi dolls with caps and a leaf cradle. The dolls are crocheted in continuous rounds and the cradle leaves are worked back-and-forth using charts. It includes clear rounds, joining instructions, and finishing tips for a neat result.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

You will make heads, caps, arms and a rounded body, plus two leaves for the cradle. The pattern features photos, assembly notes and a petiole (stem) wrapping technique for a polished finish.

Why You'll Love This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it combines tiny-scale amigurumi with a clever leaf cradle that makes the set feel complete and whimsical. I enjoy how the small rounds work up quickly, giving a lot of satisfaction in little time. The leaf charts are a fun challenge and create a lovely textured background for the dolls. I also love that you can gift these as a pair or hang them as a sweet ornament.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love how easy it is to customize these Cherry Babies by changing yarn colors; try pale pinks, pastel blues or golden yarn for a different mood.

You can make the dolls larger or smaller by adjusting yarn weight and hook size; bulky yarn with a larger hook creates a chunky, cuddly version while finer yarn yields a tiny charm.

I often add tiny accessories like an embroidered mouth, a felt bow or a little crocheted scarf to personalize each doll.

Swap the leaf cradle color for autumn tones to make seasonal decorations, or use variegated yarn for a textured, multicolored leaf.

Try using metallic or coated wire for the petiole to create a sturdier stem for hanging ornaments.

I sometimes replace the wire petiole with a crocheted chain wrapped tightly for a softer look when safety is a concern.

For a mobile or keychain, add a small loop at the top of the petiole and use smaller yarn to keep the weight light.

If you like posing, insert thin wire into the arms for slight posability before stuffing and closing.

Experiment with facial expressions by varying the embroidered eye placement and shape for sleepy, happy or surprised looks.

I recommend trying different stuffing levels to find the perfect firmness; a bit less stuffing yields a plumper cap and a softer doll body.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping stitch markers during rounds can cause miscounted increases and uneven shaping; place a marker or pull the initial tail out between rounds two and three to help count accurately. ✗ Overstuffing the head or body will distort the tiny shape and make sewing difficult; stuff gradually and lightly, especially for the body and arms, to keep proportions correct. ✗ Failing to secure arms tightly before joining results in loose seams and gaps; pin arms in place and use several reinforcing stitches when you join them to the body. ✗ Wrapping the petiole (wire stem) too loosely will allow the yarn to unravel; pull the yarn tight, wrap coil by coil, and tie the yarn tails firmly before hiding them inside the doll.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Make two tiny cherry baby amigurumi dolls nestled in a crocheted leaf cradle. This pattern gives step-by-step rounds, leaf charts and assembly photos so you can follow along easily. Perfect as a sweet gift or pocket-sized decoration to brighten your day. You will love the detailed instructions and small, satisfying pieces.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g/175 m) - Beige (face color, small amount)
  • 02
    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g/175 m) - Crimson (cap color)
  • 03
    Cotton yarn NAKO Mia (50 g/170 m) - Green (leaf and body color)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook size 2.0 mm
  • 02
    Wire 0.5 mm (thin wire for petioles)
  • 03
    Thin black thread for embroidery
  • 04
    Sewing needles and pins
  • 05
    Tapestry needle
  • 06
    Scissors
  • 07
    Any synthetic or organic filler for stuffing
  • 08
    Stitch markers (optional)

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— Head :

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) X 6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 5 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 6 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 7 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

(1 sc, dec) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 9 :

(dec) X 6 (12 sts)

Info :

After R9 stuff the head tightly. Leave a tail.

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In remaining 6 sc sew 6 stitches from inside to outside in sequence, pull the yarn, secure and hide it.

— Cap :

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(1 sc, inc) X 6 (18 sts)

Round 4 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 5 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 6 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 7 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

sc around (18 sts)

Info :

Put the cap on the doll's head and work

Round 10 :

(1 sc, dec) X 6 (12 sts)

Info :

Make 1 sc and 1 sl st more. Leave a tail.

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Make clean fastening off.

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How to do clean fastening off: insert the yarn into the first stitch after your last stitch. Insert the yarn back into this last stitch and repeat. Secure the yarn and hide inside.

— Body&Arms :

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Green yarn. First make 2 arms:

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

sc around (6 sts)

Round 3 :

sc around (6 sts)

Info :

Make 1 sl st more and leave short tail.

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Body:

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2 :

(inc) X 6 (12 sts)

Round 3 :

(inc, 5 sc) X 2 (14 sts)

Round 4 :

(inc, 6 sc) X 2 (16 sts)

Round 5 :

(inc, 7 sc) X 2 (18 sts)

Round 6 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 7 :

sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

(dec, 7 sc) X 2 (16 sts)

Round 9 :

(dec, 6 sc) X 2 (14 sts)

Round 10 :

(dec, 5 sc) X 2 (12 sts)

Info :

Now place the one arm closely the body and join them together with 2 sc (these inner connecting sc will not be used in the next round). For the arm use its last stitch and the next following stitch. Work 4 sc and join the second arm with 2 sc, when 4 sc again. Now you have round 11.

Round 11 :

4 sc (arm), 4 sc (body), 4 sc (arm), 4 sc (body) (16 sts)

Round 12 :

(dec) X 8 (8 sts)

Info :

Make 1 sl st more and leave long tail for stitching.

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Make clean fastening off. Lightly stuff the body (not the arms).

— Doll Assembly :

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Place the head onto the body, pin it. It is comfortably to fix the head with a large thick needle, piercing the head and body through.

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Carefully sew on the head with small stitches.

— Face :

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Embroider the eyes a few stitches with thin black thread, as shown further in the photos.

— LEAF-CRADLE :

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consist of 2 leaves - big and small worked back-and-forth in rows. Be sure to check the chart as you work, as some rows start and end differently! Green yarn

— Big leaf :

Round 1 :

Row 1: 2 ch, 1 dc, 1 sc into magic ring (4 sts), turn...

Round 2 :

R2: 2 ch, (1 sc,1 dc,1 sc in one loop - hereafter I refer to this set as "sds" for convenience, but it counts as three stitches!), 1 sc (6 sts)

Round 3 :

R3: 2 ch, 1 sc, sds, 2 sc (8 sts)

Round 4 :

R4: 2 ch, 2 sc, sds, 3 sc (10 sts)

Round 5 :

R5: 2 ch, 3 sc, sds, 4 sc (12 sts)

Round 6 :

R6: 2 ch, 4 sc, sds, 5 sc (14 sts)

Round 7 :

R7: 2 ch, 5 sc, sds, 6 sc (16 sts)

Round 8 :

R8: 2 ch, 6 sc, sds, 7 sc (18 sts)

Round 9 :

R9: 2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 8 sc (20 sts)

Round 10 :

R10: 2 ch, 8 sc, sds, 9 sc (22 sts)

Round 11 :

R11: 2 ch, 9 sc, sds, 10 sc (24 sts)

Round 12 :

R12: 2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 10 sc (25 sts)

Round 13 :

R13: 2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 11 sc (26 sts)

Round 14 :

R14: 2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 11 sc (27 sts)

Round 15 :

R15: 2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 12 sc (28 sts)

Round 16 :

R16: 2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 12 sc (29 sts)

Round 17 :

R17: 2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 13 sc (30 sts)

Round 18 :

R18: 2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 13 sc (31 sts)

Round 19 :

R19-26 (8 rows): 2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 12 sc, 1 dec (31 sts)

Round 27 :

R27: 2 ch, 13 sc, sds, 10 sc, 2 dec (30 sts)

Round 28 :

R28: 2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 10 sc, 2 dec (29 sts)

Round 29 :

R29: 2 ch, 12 sc, sds, 7 sc, 3 dec (27 sts)

Round 30 :

R30: 2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 7 sc, 3 dec (25 sts)

Round 31 :

R31: 2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 3 sc, 4 dec (22 sts)

Round 32 :

R32: 2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 3 sc, 4 dec (19 sts)

Info :

Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

Info :

At the finish end of the leaf attach a new yarn (blue arrow in the photo) and work the leaf in a round with an edging of sc. To keep the edge of the leaf from pulling down, sometimes make increases. At the sharp end of the leaf make a prong - in one loop: sc, ch, dc, ch, sc.

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I got 100 sc -50 sc on one side of leaf and 50 sc on the other. Then work chain of 15, connect the round with sl st and make 2 sl st more. Leave a tail and make clean fastening off, hide the tail inside.

— Small leaf :

Round 1 :

Row 1: 2 ch, 1 sc, 1 dc, 2 sc into magic ring (6 sts), turn...

Round 2 :

R2: 2 ch, 1 sc, sds, 2 sc (8 sts)

Round 3 :

R3: 2 ch, 2 sc, sds, 3 sc (10 sts)

Round 4 :

R4: 2 ch, 3 sc, sds, 4 sc (12 sts)

Round 5 :

R5: 2 ch, 4 sc, sds, 5 sc (14 sts)

Round 6 :

R6: 2 ch, 5 sc, sds, 6 sc (16 sts)

Round 7 :

R7: 2 ch, 6 sc, sds, 7 sc (18 sts)

Round 8 :

R8: 2 ch, 7 sc, sds, 8 sc (20 sts)

Round 9 :

R9: 2 ch, 8 sc, sds, 9 sc (22 sts)

Round 10 :

R10: 2 ch, 9 sc, sds, 10 sc (24 sts)

Round 11 :

R11: 2 ch, 10 sc, sds, 11 sc (26 sts)

Round 12 :

R12: 2 ch, 11 sc, sds, 12 sc (28 sts)

Round 13 :

R13: 2 ch, 10 sc, dec (13 sts)

Round 14 :

R14: 2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Round 15 :

R15: 2 ch, 8 sc, dec (11 sts)

Round 16 :

R16: 2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Round 17 :

R17: 2 ch, 5 sc, dec (8 sts)

Round 18 :

R18: 2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Round 19 :

R19: 2 ch, 2 sc, dec (5 sts)

Round 20 :

R20: 2 ch, dec (3 sts)

Info :

Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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Now attach a new yarn according to the chart (blue arrow) and work second side:

Round 13 :

R13: 2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Round 14 :

R14: 2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Round 15 :

R15: 2 ch, dec, 8 sc (11 sts)

Round 16 :

R16: 2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Round 17 :

R17: 2 ch, dec, 5 sc (8 sts)

Round 18 :

R18: 2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Round 19 :

R19: 2 ch, dec, 2 sc (5 sts)

Round 20 :

R20: 2 ch, dec (3 sts)

Info :

Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

Info :

Work the leaf in a round with a edging of sc (I got 72 sc). Leave long tail for stitching.

Info :

Iron the leaves gently through a damp cloth.

— CRADLY ASSEMBLY :

Info :

Put a smaller leaf on top of a large, pin it. Carefully sew them together with small stitches over the edge. At the very beginning and finish, sew firmly, making several stitches on top of each other. Then make a neat seam exactly in the middle of the leaf.

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Now make a petiole for the cherry berry. Take a 15 cm long piece of thin wire. Hook the wire on one sc on the top of the doll, twist it tightly. Bend the tail of the wire to the necessary distance (I made a 5 cm long petiole). Cut off the excess from the wire tail, so that there was 5 mm.

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Take a piece of green yarn 80 cm long, pull it along the wire, hook on the wire tail and start wrapping the petiole, very tightly, gently, coil by coil. (As you get closer to the cap, it will become harder to wrap, you have to try) After wrapping the entire petiole, tie both tails of yarn together very tightly.

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Insert the tails into a thick needle, stick it near the petiole and pull it out the doll's neck. Pull the yarn. To be sure, once again pull the needle out near the petiole and back - at the doll's neck. Cut the end of the yarn.

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When both dolls are ready, connect their petioles in the same way, wrapping them together at a distance of 5 mm. Insert the tails of the yarn into the needle and pull it through the winding, cut it off.

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Your cute cherry babies are ready!

Assembly Instructions

  • Place the head onto the body, pin it and pierce with a large thick needle to hold the position, then carefully sew with small stitches around the neck.
  • Position the arms on either side of the body, join by working connecting sc as instructed and secure with additional stitches so the seams are tight.
  • Sew the smaller leaf onto the larger leaf with small stitches around the edge, then create a neat seam down the middle to form the cradle pocket.
  • Make the petiole by twisting thin wire, wrapping it tightly with green yarn, then insert and hide yarn tails through the doll's neck for a secure finish.
  • Wrap the two petioles together at about 5 mm distance when both dolls are ready, insert yarn tails through the winding and trim the excess.

Important Notes

  • 💡Use the initial thread tail as a marker when crocheting circles; pull it out between rounds 2 and 3 to help count your rounds.
  • 💡Follow the leaf chart carefully since some rows start and end differently; check each row count against the chart as you work.
  • 💡Make clean fastening off as described to hide tails inside the piece and to avoid bulk on small stitches.
  • 💡Lightly stuff the body but avoid stuffing the arms; overstuffing will distort the proportions of these tiny dolls.

These Cherry Babies are tiny and full of charm — perfect as a small gift or an ornament for your home. Make a pair and tuck them into the included leaf cradle for an irresistible display. Enjoy the satisfying process of stitching small pieces and creating a miniature scene. 🍒🧶

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished dolls measure approximately 5.4 cm (2.1 in) tall and the leaf cradle is about 13 cm (5.1 in) high when using the recommended yarn and 2.0 mm hook.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights, but the final size will change accordingly; choose an appropriate hook for your yarn and be aware that stitch counts will remain the same but the scale will differ.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate: basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases, and working in rounds is recommended to follow the instructions comfortably.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters complete this project in 5-7 hours, though time may vary depending on your experience and how long you spend on finishing and assembly.