🌸 Welcome to this adorable Flower Basket Dango Amigurumi pattern! This free pattern will guide you through creating a cute Japanese-inspired dango dessert nestled in a flower basket. The finished amigurumi makes a charming decoration piece that brings a touch of kawaii style to any space. Perfect for beginners and experienced crocheters alike, this project uses basic stitches to create a delightful handmade gift or personal keepsake.
Key Takeaways
- Beginner-friendly pattern with basic stitches
- Creates a cute decoration piece with Japanese influence
- Customizable colors to match your style
- Quick project that makes a perfect gift
Use Ideas 🎁
Wondering what to do with your finished Flower Basket Dango? Here are some creative ideas:
- Display it on a shelf or desk as a sweet decoration
- Give it as a thoughtful handmade gift to friends who love Japanese culture
- Use it as a cute pin cushion for your sewing supplies
- Add it to a child’s room as a colorful decoration (not suitable as a toy for very young children)
- Create a collection of different colored dangos in various basket styles
- Use it as a photography prop for social media posts
- Make it a seasonal decoration by using colors that match holidays or seasons
What will you use your Flower Basket Dango for? The possibilities are endless! 💕
Materials&Tools
- Yarn
- Polyester Fiberfill
- 2.0mm Hook
- Yarn Needle
- Glue (To connect the parts, you can also sew with yarn)
Abbreviation
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase (2 single crochets in one stitch)
- dec – decrease (merge 2 single crochets into 1)
- sl st – slip stitch
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- sk – skip
- magic ring – adjustable ring to start crocheting in the round
- BLO – back loop only
- FLO – front loop only
How to Read Pattern?
- R5: ch, [1 sc, sc inc] x 6, sl st
In Round 5, start with a chain stitch, then repeat the pattern “1 single crochet, single scrochet increase” 6 times. End with a slip stitch.
- (sc+sc+sc)
Parentheses ( ) indicate that all stitches within them are worked into the same stitch. So ‘(sc+sc+sc)’ means working 3 single crochet stitches all into the same stitch.
Pattern Info
Main Body
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6
- R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6
- R6: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 6
- R7: [5 sc, inc] x 6
- R8-14: 42 sc
- R15: [5 sc, dec] x 6
- R16: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
- R17: [3 sc, dec] x 6
- R18: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
- R19: [sc, dec] x 6
- R20: 6 dec
Bangs
Big
- Start with magic ring
- 8 hdc
Small
- Start with magic ring
- 6 sc
Basket Head Cover
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6
- R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6
- R6: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 6
- R7: [5 sc, inc] x 6
- R8-15: 32 sc, crochet in rows
- R16: 32 sc, 10 ch
- R17: BLO: 42 sc
- R18: [5 sc, dec] x 6
- R19: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
- R20: [3 sc, dec] x 6
- R21: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
- R22: [sc, dec] x 6
- R23: 6 dec
Basket Edge
- R17 of the Head Cover: FLO: 42 (dc+dc+dc)
Handle
- 36 ch, add wire, 35 sc into 2nd chain from the hook
- Turn and crochet 35 sc with wire
Flower
- R1: 6 ch, sc into 2nd chain from hook, inc, (sc+sc+sc), (sc+sc+sc), (sc+sc+sc),
Leaf
- R1: 3 sc
- R2: 3 (3 ch+sc into 2nd chain from hook+hdc+sl st)
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