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Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern
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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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Bite-Sized Project

Finishes in 2-4 hours—perfect for an afternoon of creative relaxation.

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Tiny Treasure

Small, sweet, and gift-worthy creations that fit perfectly in the palm of your hand with detailed charm.

About This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates two tiny Cherry Babies and a leaf-cradle using cotton yarn and a small 2.0 mm hook. The dolls are worked in continuous rounds while the leaves are crocheted back-and-forth following a chart. It is ideal for making a delicate, gift-ready miniature set with a charming finish.

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

The pattern includes full rounds for heads, caps, bodies and arms plus detailed leaf charts for big and small leaves. Assembly, petiole wrapping and finishing instructions are provided to help you achieve professional results.

Why You'll Love This Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it turns simple stitches into a whimsical pair of tiny cherry dolls that bring instant joy. I enjoy the balance between a quick make and thoughtful details like the tiny cap and wrapped petiole, which make each piece feel handmade and special. The leaf-cradle adds a beautiful display element that elevates the little dolls into a charming scene. Making these feels relaxing and rewarding, and they are perfect for gifting or keeping as a sweet handmade keepsake.

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 colors; try soft pastels for a nursery-friendly version or bright neons for a playful look.

I often swap the cotton for a slightly thicker sport-weight yarn and a larger hook to make a chunkier, more cuddly version of the dolls.

To make them into keychains or bag charms I add a small metal loop at the top of the petiole before finishing the yarn wrap.

I sometimes embroider tiny smiles, freckles, or blush by using a small amount of yarn or embroidery thread to change the doll’s expression.

For more stability try adding a short piece of floral wire inside the arms so they hold shape better when posed.

I like to create sets in complementary color palettes — a neutral leaf with brightly colored caps looks very striking hanging in a cluster.

If you want a hanging loop on the leaf-cradle add a chain of 15 (as suggested) and secure it into the edging for an instant wall or ornament hanger.

Try substituting the wire petiole with a braided yarn cord for a softer, textile-only finish if you plan to give the dolls to small children.

I also experiment with tiny accessories like a crocheted scarf or a little felt heart glued to the leaf to make each set unique.

When gifting, present the Cherry Babies in a small organza bag or attach a little tag with your yarn and hook details — it makes a lovely handmade keepsake.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the instruction to pull the initial tail out between rounds 2 and 3; this makes counting rounds harder so pull the initial thread end out to serve as a marker between rounds 2 and 3. ✗ Forgetting to stuff the head before finishing decreases shaping control; stuff the head tightly after round 9 to keep a rounded face and steady shape. ✗ Using inconsistent tension on the small stitches causes uneven shapes and gaps; maintain even, slightly firm tension throughout and practice on a swatch if needed. ✗ Not making clean fastening off can leave visible tails; follow the clean fastening off method by inserting the yarn into the first stitch after your last stitch, then back into the last stitch and secure before hiding the tail. ✗ Overstuffing the leaf-cradle distorts the seams and makes sewing difficult; stuff the leaf lightly and adjust stuffing gradually while assembling to preserve shape.

Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

Make a pair of tiny, charming Cherry Babies with this detailed crochet pattern. You will learn how to crochet tiny heads, caps, bodies, arms and a leaf-cradle to display them. The pattern uses cotton yarn and a small hook for a neat, miniature finish—perfect for gifts or charms. Clear step-by-step rounds and assembly instructions help you finish adorable pocket-sized cherries.

Intermediate 2-3 Hours

Materials Needed for Cherry Babies Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

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    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g / 175 m) - Beige (small amount for faces and details)
  • 02
    Cotton yarn Alpina Lily (50 g / 175 m) - Crimson (small amount for caps and heads)
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    Cotton yarn NAKO Mia (50 g / 170 m) - Green (approx. 50 g for leaves and bodies)

— Tools Required

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    Crochet hook size 2.0 mm
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    Wire 0.5 mm (15 cm pieces for petioles)
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    Thin black thread for embroidery
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    Sewing needles and pins
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    Tapestry needle
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    Scissors
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    Any synthetic or organic filler for stuffing
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    Thick needle for fixing head and pulling yarn through leaf/petiole

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— Instruction :

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This project is quite easy to crochet but to make the leaves, you have to be very careful and check the chart. If you use materials mentioned above, you will get result in dolls 5,4 cm (2,1 in) and a leaf-cradle 13 cm (5,1 in) high. The babies are crocheted in continuous rounds and the leaves worked back-and-forth in rows.

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NOTE#1 How decrease does: insert the hook into the next stitch and thread over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 2 loops on the hook. Insert the hook into the next stitch and thread over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 3 loops on the hook. Thread over again and pull the loop of thread through all 3 loops on the hook.

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NOTE#2 For crocheting of circles - pull the initial thread end out between rounds 2 and 3, it would serve as the marker and help you to count the rounds.

— Head :

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Beige yarn

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 4-7 :

(4 rounds): sc around (18 sts)

Round 8 :

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

Round 9 :

(dec) X 6 (12 sts)

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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 :

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Crimson yarn

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 4-8 :

(5 rounds): sc around (18 sts)

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Put the cap on the doll's head and work

Round 10 :

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

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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

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First make 2 arms:

Round 1 :

6 sc into magic ring (6 sts)

Round 2-4 :

(3 rounds): sc around (6 sts)

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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 6-7 :

(2 rounds): 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)

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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)

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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. 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!

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Green yarn

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Big leaf:

Row 1 :

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

Row 2 :

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)

Row 3 :

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

Row 4 :

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

Row 5 :

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

Row 6 :

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

Row 7 :

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

Row 8 :

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

Row 9 :

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

Row 10 :

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

Row 11 :

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

Row 12 :

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

Row 13 :

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

Row 14 :

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

Row 15 :

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

Row 16 :

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

Row 17 :

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

Row 18 :

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

Row 19-26 :

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

Row 27 :

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

Row 28 :

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

Row 29 :

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

Row 30 :

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

Row 31 :

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

Row 32 :

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

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Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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At the finish end of the leaf attach a new yarn (blue arrow in the photo) and work the leaf in a round with a 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.

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Small leaf:

Row 1 :

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

Row 2 :

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

Row 3 :

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

Row 4 :

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

Row 5 :

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

Row 6 :

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

Row 7 :

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

Row 8 :

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

Row 9 :

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

Row 10 :

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

Row 11 :

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

Row 12 :

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

Row 13 :

2 ch, 10 sc, dec (13 sts)

Row 14 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 15 :

2 ch, 8 sc, dec (11 sts)

Row 16 :

2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Row 17 :

2 ch, 5 sc, dec (8 sts)

Row 18 :

2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Row 19 :

2 ch, 2 sc, dec (5 sts)

Row 20 :

2 ch, dec (3 sts)

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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:

Row 13 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 14 :

2 ch, 11 sc (13 sts)

Row 15 :

2 ch, dec, 8 sc (11 sts)

Row 16 :

2 ch, 8 sc (10 sts)

Row 17 :

2 ch, dec, 5 sc (8 sts)

Row 18 :

2 ch, 5 sc (7 sts)

Row 19 :

2 ch, dec, 2 sc (5 sts)

Row 20 :

2 ch, dec (3 sts)

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Make 1 ch more and leave short tail.

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

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Iron the leaves gently through a damp cloth.

— Cradly Assembly :

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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.

— Petiole & Final Assembly :

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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. 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.

Assembly Instructions

  • Place the head onto the body and pin it in place; secure by piercing both pieces with a large thick needle and then sew the head on with small, even stitches.
  • Attach the arms when instructed during round 11 by placing the arm close to the body, joining with 2 sc, work 4 sc across the body and join the second arm with 2 sc to create an even join.
  • Sew the small leaf onto the large leaf along the edge with small stitches, then sew a neat seam exactly in the middle of the leaf to form the cradle pocket.
  • Wrap a 15 cm piece of thin wire to form a petiole, then tightly wrap with green yarn and secure the yarn tails by pulling them through the doll's neck with a thick needle.
  • Connect the two petioles by wrapping their ends together at a 5 mm distance, insert tails into a needle and pull through the winding before trimming.

Important Notes

  • 💡Follow the chart carefully when making the leaves because some rows start and end differently than you might expect.
  • 💡Pull the initial thread end out between rounds 2 and 3 for the circles to use as a round marker and make counting easier.
  • 💡Use the clean fastening off technique described to hide ends neatly inside the caps and leaves.
  • 💡Lightly stuff leaves and do not overstuff the body; overstuffing can distort the shape and make sewing difficult.

These Cherry Babies are a tiny, heart-warming project you can finish in an afternoon. They make perfect little gifts, ornaments, or sweet additions to your handmade collection. Try new colorways or stitch a tiny loop to turn them into keychains or dangles. 🧶🎀

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

Using the recommended yarn and 2.0 mm hook, each doll measures approximately 5.4 cm (2.1 in) tall and the leaf-cradle is about 13 cm (5.1 in) high.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, but changing yarn weight will affect the finished size and stitch density; choose an appropriate hook and expect a different scale—adjust stuffing and wire length accordingly.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so basic knowledge of amigurumi techniques, working in continuous rounds, increases and decreases is recommended for best results.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crafters finish the pair and the leaf-cradle in about 2–3 hours, depending on experience and how carefully you work the leaf charts and assembly.