A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
Free crochet dreidel pattern: a Dizzy Dreidel with Swirly Eyes amigurumi, about 11 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a blue spinning top tilted mid-spin, with a white tip, a white handle, swirly dizzy eyes, a surprised open mouth and two gold six-pointed stars embroidered on the sides.
You need about 35 m of yarn: 20 m blue, 5 m white, 5 m rose and 5 m light blue. Plan on roughly 1 hour.
It makes a cheerful Hanukkah decoration or a soft toy to hand to a child at the holiday table, and it is a quick, beginner-friendly make. Turn the 3D model around and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Dizzy Dreidel with Swirly Eyes
Beginner-friendly · 11 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
Crochet the 5 pieces in rounds: Dreidel, Handle, Handle knob, Cheek ×2 (38 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 4 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 6.8 cm long; 24 rounds.
Change to blue (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
Change to blue (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 8 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.
Embroidery in dark blue thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark blue thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 15 and 16, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Satin stitch (on the dreidel): in dark blue thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 9 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 12 and 13, on the centre front line .
Satin stitch (on the dreidel): in pink thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 6 mm wide and 3.4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in yellow thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 5.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in yellow thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 5.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in yellow thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 5.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in yellow thread (on the dreidel), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 13 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 5.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 15.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
× scV incΛ dec
Abbreviations
MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
