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Dumpling in a Steamer crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 46 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
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Time
~2 h
Size
7.5 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

A free crochet dumpling pattern for a round, smiling amigurumi bun with a pleated top, sitting in its own little bamboo steamer basket. The dumpling plushie is milky white with soft beige pleats swirling up to a tiny pinched knot, shiny black eyes and pink cheeks, and the straw-colored steamer has honey-brown stripes. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook and stands about 7.5 cm (3 in) tall, with 10 mm safety eyes, embroidered pleats and the stuffed dumpling sewn into the open steamer. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece.

How to crochet the Dumpling in a Steamer

Beginner-friendly · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 5 pieces in rounds: Bamboo steamer, Dumpling, Pinched top, Cheek ×2 (46 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 4 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. 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.

What you'll need

Tick things off as you gather them.

0 of 9 gathered

Gauge

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.

Parts

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0 of 42 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 8.5 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 16 rounds.
  2. Change to honey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
  3. Change to straw (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
  4. Change to honey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
  5. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  1. Size before assembly: about 8 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 25 rounds.
  2. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 3 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

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    1. Bamboo steamer is the base; its magic ring is at the bottom.
    1. Dumpling → bamboo steamer. Centre: at the centre of the magic ring. Sew the piece on by its closed end (last rounds); it touches rounds 1–16 of the bamboo steamer (all the way round). It points up. Press it into the base by about 7 mm.
    1. Pinched top → dumpling. Centre: at the centre of the magic ring. Sew the piece on by its closed end (last rounds); it touches round 1 of the dumpling (all the way round). It points up. Press it into the base by about 3 mm.
    1. Cheek → dumpling (make 2). Centre: between rounds 13 and 14, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Sew it flat all round its edge; it covers rounds 12–15 of the dumpling, about 4 st wide.

    Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

    • Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the dumpling): in round 12, 8 st apart (count along round 12: about 3.8 st each side of the centre front line).
    • Embroidery in brown thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, on the centre front line) → (in round 14, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 11.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 1.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 2 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre back line ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 2.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 3 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 11 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
    • Embroidery in beige thread (on the dumpling), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 6 and 7, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).

    Bamboo steamer · R1–R5

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done
    Weirdness
    1/5
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