🌸 Create adorable flower-themed dango amigurumi with this free pattern! These cute Japanese-inspired treats combine the traditional dango (sweet rice dumplings) with beautiful flower designs. Perfect for beginners and experienced crocheters alike, these small projects work up quickly and make delightful decorations or gifts.
Key Takeaways
- Quick project that’s perfect for using up yarn scraps
- Beginner-friendly with simple stitches and techniques
- Customizable with different flower types and colors
- Versatile decorations for many occasions
Use Ideas 🎀
Wondering what to do with your cute flower dangos once they’re finished? Here are some fun ideas:
- Hang them as decorative ornaments in your home
- Attach them to keychains or bag charms
- Create a mobile for a child’s room
- Use as party decorations for birthdays or spring celebrations
- Make a garland by connecting multiple dangos
- Give as thoughtful handmade gifts
- Use as photo props for cute pictures
- Create seasonal decorations for holidays like Easter or Mother’s Day
These sweet little creations bring joy wherever they go! What will you use yours for?


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
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
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
- R8-14: 42 sc
- R15: [5 sc, dec] x 6
- R16: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
Flower
R1: 3 ch, 3 incomplete dc in the first stitch, 3 incomplete dc in the second stitch. Pull the yarn through all incomplete dc from both stitches.
Flower Center
4 ch, 4 incomplete hdc into 3rd chain from the hook, pull the yarn through, then 3 ch. Sl st into the stitch where the incomplete hdc was made, and cut the yarn.
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
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What will you create next? Every pattern is an opportunity to bring something special into the world with your own two hands. Happy crocheting! 💕


