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Leggy Onigiri crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 63 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
1/3
Time
~2 h
Size
10.1 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet onigiri pattern: a Leggy Onigiri amigurumi, about 10 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a white rice-ball triangle with a dark nori band, a smiling face, rosy cheeks, tiny arms and very long legs in red and white striped socks and brown shoes. You need about 70 m of yarn: 20 m white, 15 m charcoal, 10 m ivory, 10 m cream, 5 m red, 5 m brown and 5 m blush pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. A cheerful gift for sushi and anime food fans, it sits happily on a desk with its legs stretched out. Spin the 3D model, then follow the round-by-round pattern for the body and the long socks.

How to crochet the Leggy Onigiri

Beginner-friendly · 10 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 7 pieces in rounds: Rice ball, Leg ×2, Arm ×2, Cheek ×2 (63 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.

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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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  1. Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest, 8 cm long; 28 rounds.
  2. Change to charcoal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
  3. Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R22).
  4. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  5. Press the piece flat to about 5.2 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 30 % --> 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: an oval about 2.4 × 1.6 cm at the widest, 9.5 cm long; 27 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs vertically, top to bottom; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
  2. With brown: ch 4.
  3. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  4. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  5. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
  6. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
  7. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
  8. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
  9. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
  10. Change to ivory (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R17).
  11. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 30° around round 14<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces down on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 14, on the centre bottom line <!-- st 0.05 right -->). On the inner side draw rounds 14 and 15 together (1 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 3 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  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.

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 9 mm (on the rice ball): between rounds 8 and 9, 4 st apart (count along round 8: about 2.2 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the rice ball), straight stitches through: (in round 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 11 and 12, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

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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