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Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern

Small Houses 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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Cute Companion

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

About This Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern teaches you to crochet two small decorative houses using DK cotton yarn and a 2.25 mm hook. You will make inner and outer housings, insert cardboard templates and finish with felt windows and an embroidered door. The design uses simple single crochet shaping, sewn roof parts and decorative embroidery for a polished miniature look.

Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Detailed step-by-step rounds, photos and assembly guidance are included to make construction easy. The finished houses measure approximately 14.5 cm and 12.5 cm tall using the recommended materials.

Why You'll Love This Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it combines simple amigurumi techniques with creative finishing touches like felt windows and embroidered doors that make each house unique. I enjoy the meditative rhythm of single crochet in the rounds and the satisfying transformation when you insert the cardboard templates. Sewing the inner and outer parts together gives the houses a clean, boxed shape that feels professional. The roof construction and embroidery allow me to add small stylistic variations every time I make a new set.

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

Switch Things Up

I love how easily you can customize these houses by changing colors or small details.

I often swap the roof color for a contrasting shade to give the houses more personality.

You can scale the pattern by using thicker yarn and a larger hook to create a chunky, larger house, or thinner yarn for minis.

I sometimes add beads or tiny buttons to mimic doorknobs or window shutters for added charm.

Try different felt colors for windows and doors—white curtains or darker brown frames change the mood dramatically.

I like to vary the embroidery pattern on the roof, making stripes or chequered tiles to match a theme.

For a seasonal twist, embroider tiny wreaths or snow details on the roof and door during the holidays.

If you want a removable roof, attach with snaps or a small Velcro tab instead of sewing permanently.

I recommend experimenting with different cardboard thicknesses for the internal template to change the stiffness of the house walls.

Finally, combine several houses in a row with coordinated colors to create a cute street display—I make one set as a centerpiece and others as gifts.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Not crocheting tightly enough can cause the cardboard insert to show through; maintain firm, consistent tension and use a small hook (2.25 mm) for a dense fabric. ✗ Skipping the instruction to crochet through the posts will change the shape of the corners; follow 'through the posts between stitches' directions exactly where noted. ✗ Forgetting to trace and cut cardboard to the correct size leads to a poor fit; always test-insert the cardboard and trim so it is slightly shorter than the crochet part. ✗ Not pinning or checking the roof placement before sewing results in a crooked roof; pin the roof parts to the house and try the fit before final sewing or gluing. ✗ Using too thick a felt or too loose embroidery thread changes the look of windows and doors; use thin firm felt and split embroidery thread as recommended for crisp detail.

Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern

Create charming miniature crochet houses with clear step-by-step instructions for making two small houses with cardboard inserts, felt details and embroidered doors and windows. This pattern uses DK weight cotton yarn and a small 2.25 mm hook for a neat, tight fabric. Perfect as a decorative set or a thoughtful handmade gift, you will love assembling the felt details and roofs to bring each tiny home to life.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Small Houses Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    DK weight yarn - Alize Cotton Gold (55% cotton/45% acrylic; 100 g/330 m)
  • 02
    Alize Cotton Gold No.37 (orange) - for House No.1 main body (approx 50-100 g depending on size)
  • 03
    Alize Cotton Gold No.83 (pumpkin) - accent (small amount)
  • 04
    Alize Cotton Gold No.493 (brown) - accent (small amount)
  • 05
    Alize Cotton Gold No.56 (red) - for roofs (approx 30-60 g)
  • 06
    Embroidery thread 100% cotton - brown, white, black (small skeins for details)
  • 07
    Thin and firm felt - brown and red for windows and door pieces
  • 08
    Cardboard for the bottom and for the internal templates and roofs (from tea boxes or similar)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook size 2.25 mm
  • 02
    Tapestry needle for sewing and hiding tails
  • 03
    Scissors
  • 04
    Stitch markers (or scrap of contrasting yarn)
  • 05
    Cardboard for the bottom of the houses
  • 06
    Cardboard for the wools of the houses (inner template)
  • 07
    Cardboard for the roofs of the houses
  • 08
    Glue for gluing cardboard
  • 09
    White permanent marker for drawing curtains on windows
  • 10
    Pins for blocking and positioning roof parts

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— HOUSE No.1 (the outer part) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.37 (orange) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Round 1 :

8 into MR

Info :

Place a stitch marker in the 2nd stitch (3 sc) not to lose the corner.

Round 2 :

1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (16)

Round 3 :

2 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (24)

Round 4 :

4 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (32)

Round 5 :

6 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (40)

Round 6 :

8 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (48)

Round 7 :

10 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (56)

Round 8 :

12 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (64)

Round 9 :

14 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 15 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 15 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 15 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (72)

Info :

* Crochet the next round through the posts between stitches. To do this, insert the hook in the first stitch and draw it out in the second stitch, grabbing the working yarn and making sc.

Round 10 :

72 sc (through the posts between stitches)

Round 11-13 :

72 sc (3 rounds)

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Trace the bottom of the square on the cardboard and cut it out. If you use thin cardboard, then cut two squares.

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* Continue crocheting in a circle.

Round 14-44 :

88 sc (31 rounds)

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Insert the cardboard template into the bottom of the house. Do not cut yarn.

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Prepare the cardboard for the wools of the house. The density of cardboard from a large box of Greenfield tea will suffice. Measure one side of the house with a ruler to cut off the required amount of cardboard. (In my house, one side is 5 cm * 4 + 3 cm for the fold to glue the workpiece).

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Trim the edge of the cardboard to the desired length. It must be shorter than the crochet part.

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Complete crocheting the required number of sc to the corner of the house – 3 sc. (guide on your part). Cut yarn.

— HOUSE No.1 (the inner part) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.37 (orange) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Round 1 :

8 into MR

Round 2 :

1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 1 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (16)

Round 3 :

2 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 3 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (24)

Round 4 :

4 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 5 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (32)

Round 5 :

6 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 7 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (40)

Round 6 :

8 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 9 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (48)

Round 7 :

10 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 11 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (56)

Round 8 :

12 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch), 13 sc, (3 sc in 1 stitch) (64)

Info :

* Crochet the next round through the posts between stitches. To do this, insert the hook in the first stitch and draw it out in the second stitch, grabbing the working yarn and making sc.

Round 9 :

64 sc (through the posts between stitches)

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* Crochet all the next rounds through both loops.

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Draw the yarn tail to the right side.

Round 10-40 :

64 sc (31 rounds)

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Insert the inner part into the outer part. Check if the height of both parts matches. Adjust the height. Complete or unravel the row if needed.

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Complete crocheting the required stitches to the corner of the house. (Guide on your part). Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.

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Draw the yarn tail of the outer part of the house to the wrong side using a crochet hook.

— JOIN THE PARTS OF THE HOUSE :

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Sew both parts of the house in a circle.

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Hide the yarn tail inside the house. Cut the excess yarn.

— HOUSE DESIGN :

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Make the templates from a sheet of paper for two windows and a front door. Trace around the prepared templates on the felt and cut them out. Red felt is for the front door. Brown felt for the windows.

— FRONT DOOR DESIGN :

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Apply horizontal and vertical lines on the felt with the marker. Embroider the vertical and horizontal stitches with brown thread.

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Secure thread on the wrong side of the part. Cut thread. Apply the ready parts on the house. Glue them.

— WINDOWS DESIGN :

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Draw curtains on the windows with permanent marker. Draw the curtains several times to make the drawing brighter as the marker sinks into the felt over time and becomes pale.

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Apply vertical and horizontal lines (the window frame) with the marker.

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Prepare a scrap of white embroidery thread. Split it into three threads. We will need two threads for embroidering the vertical and horizontal stitches.

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Secure the thread on the wrong side of the part. Cut thread. Apply the ready parts on the house. Glue them.

— ROOF (back part) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.56 (red) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Chain 16 :

Start crocheting in the second chain from hook - 15 sc, chain 1, turn.

Round 2-18 :

15 sc, chain 1, turn (17 rounds)

Round 19 :

15 sc

Info :

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Steam the part for a few seconds with the iron, through a damp cloth. Prepare the cardboard in half of the part. Fold the part in half, insert the cardboard, and sew the edges. Draw the needle to the other side of the part, and sew the edges too. Hide the yarn tail inside the part and cut the excess yarn. Pin the part to the house and try it on.

— ROOF (make 2 - front and back parts) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.56 (red) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Chain 12 :

Start crocheting in the second chain from hook - 11 sc, chain 1, turn.

Round 2 :

11 sc, chain 2, turn

Round 3 :

12 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 4 :

12 sc, chain 2, turn

Round 5 :

13 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 6 :

13 sc, chain 2, turn

Round 7 :

14 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 8 :

14 sc, chain 2, turn

Round 9 :

15 sc, chain 1, turn

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In the next rounds, keep an even row on one side of the part and chain 1. Decrease the other side of the part, and do not chain 1.

Round 10 :

15 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 11 :

15 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 12 :

15 sc, turn

Round 13 :

14 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 14 :

14 sc, turn

Round 15 :

13 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 16 :

13 sc, turn

Round 17 :

12 sc, chain 1, turn

Round 18 :

12 sc, turn

Round 19 :

11 sc

Info :

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Steam the part for a few seconds with the steam of the iron, through a damp cloth. Prepare the cardboard in half of the part. Fold the part in half, insert the cardboard and sew the edges. Draw the needle to the other side of the part, and sew the edges. Hide the yarn tail inside. Pin the part to the house and try it on.

— ROOF (the outer part) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.56 (red) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Chain 19 :

Start crocheting in the second chain from hook - 18 sc, chain 1, turn.

Round 2-26 :

18 sc, chain 1, turn (25 rounds)

Round 27 :

18 sc

Info :

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Steam the part for a few seconds with the iron, through a damp cloth. Prepare the cardboard in half of the part. Fold the part in half, insert the cardboard, and sew the edges. Draw the needle to the other side of the part and sew the edges. Hide the yarn tail inside.

— ROOF (front part) :

Info :

YARN - Alize Cotton Gold No.56 (red) and a 2.25 mm crochet hook.

Chain 19 :

Start crocheting in the second chain from hook - 18 sc, chain 1, turn.

Round 2-24 :

18 sc, chain 1, turn (23 rounds)

Round 25 :

18 sc

Info :

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Steam the part for a few seconds with the iron, through a damp cloth. Prepare the cardboard in half of the part. Fold the part in half, insert the cardboard, and sew the edges. Draw the needle to the other side of the part and sew the edges. Hide the yarn tail inside.

— ROOF ASSEMBLY :

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Pin the roof parts to the house and try them on. Embroider the vertical and horizontal stitches (tile) on the roof parts to create a tiled look before final assembly.

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Prepare a scrap of brown embroidery thread. Split it into three threads. We will need two threads for embroidering the vertical and horizontal stitches.

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First, embroider the horizontal stitches at the same distance from each other. Embroider the vertical stitches in a checkerboard pattern. Embroider the vertical stitches in a checkerboard pattern across the roof pieces and secure thread on the wrong side of the parts.

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Apply glue to the wrong side of felt parts and attach windows and doors. Pin the finished roof to the house, sew or glue into position, and finish any remaining embroidery details. Your small houses are complete.

Assembly Instructions

  • Insert the cardboard template into the bottom of the outer crocheted part, check the fit and do not cut the yarn until the cardboard sits properly.
  • Insert the inner crocheted part into the outer part, adjust the heights to match and sew both parts together in a circle using the long tail to secure; hide excess yarn inside.
  • Trace templates onto felt and cut windows and door pieces, embroider door and window details, then glue or stitch the felt pieces onto the house in the chosen positions.
  • Make roof parts (front, back and outer pieces), insert folded cardboard into each roof part, sew edges, pin the roof to the house to check the fit, then sew or glue the roof in place after embroidering tile lines.
  • Secure any loose threads and hide tails inside the structure, trim excess yarn and give the roof parts a light steam through a damp cloth to shape if needed.

Important Notes

  • 💡Make sure you crochet tight enough; otherwise, the stuffing or cardboard will show through the holes.
  • 💡Trace and cut the cardboard templates carefully and make them slightly shorter than the crochet part so they sit comfortably inside the house.
  • 💡Use stitch markers for corners and increases to keep the square shape consistent while you work.

This delightful Small Houses pattern transforms simple DK cotton into tiny handcrafted homes full of personality. The combination of tight single crochet construction, cardboard inserts and embroidered felt details makes each house look polished and durable. Display them together or gift one as a cozy, handmade keepsake. 🧶🏡🧵

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished houses using the stated materials are approximately 14.5 cm and 12.5 cm (5.7 and 4.9 inches) in height.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, but changing yarn weight will affect the final size and density; use an appropriate hook for the yarn you choose and remember to adjust cardboard templates accordingly.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate; basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases and sewing pieces together is recommended.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crafters complete the set of houses in about 5-7 hours, depending on experience and how much time you spend on embroidery and assembly.