🌸 Create your own adorable bouquet dango amigurumi with this free pattern! These cute Japanese-inspired treats on sticks make perfect decorations, gifts, or collectibles. The simple design is perfect for beginners while still being fun for experienced crocheters. Each dango can be customized with different colors to match your style or the season.
Key Takeaways
- Easy-to-follow pattern suitable for beginners
- Customizable with endless color combinations
- Versatile as decorations, gifts, or learning tools
- Quick project that uses minimal yarn
Use Ideas 🎁
Wondering what to do with your finished dango bouquet? Here are some fun ideas:
- Home Décor: Display in a small vase on your desk or shelf
- Gifts: Make a sweet handmade present for friends who love cute things
- Holiday Ornaments: Create seasonal colors for festive decorations
- Teaching Tool: Help kids learn colors and counting
- Photography Prop: Use as an adorable backdrop for product photos
- Keychain: Attach a keyring to make a portable charm
- Craft Fair Items: Sell these quick-to-make cuties at local markets
The best part? Each dango uses very little yarn, making them perfect for using up leftover bits from other projects! 🧶
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
- hdc inc – half double crochet increase (2 half double crochets in one stitch)
- dc – double crochet
- 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
Head Cover
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: BLO: [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: 31 sc
- R9-15: 31 sc, turn
- R16: 31 sc, 11 ch
- R17: BLO: 42 sc
- 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
Flower Bundle
- Start on R17 of the Head Cover, stitch in back loop only
- R1: 42 sc
- R2: FLO: [sl st, sc, hdc inc, sc] x 10, 2 sl st, BLO (with white yarn): [ch, sl st] x 42
Bow
- Start with magic ring
- Ch 3, 4 dc, 2 ch, sl st, 2 ch, 4 dc, 2 ch, sl st, sl st
- Leave a long tail for sewing
Base
- Start on R4 of the Head Cover, stitch in front loop only
- R1: [hdc, hdc inc] x 9
- R2-3: 27 hdc
- R4: [sl st, ch] x 27
Flower (make 11)
- ch 6, hdc into 2nd chain from the hook, hdc inc, (hdc+2 ch+hdc inc), (2 ch+hdc inc+2ch+hdc), (hdc+2 ch +hdc inc)
Leaf (make 4)
- 4 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from the hook, sc, sl st
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