Create your own adorable scallion dango amigurumi with this free crochet pattern! These cute Japanese-inspired treats feature green onion tops paired with sweet dumplings on a skewer. Perfect for beginners and experienced crocheters alike, this pattern uses basic stitches to create a charming food plushie that will bring smiles to faces.

Key Takeaways

Quick project that uses minimal yarn
Beginner-friendly pattern with basic stitches
Creates a cute food plushie with Japanese inspiration
Customizable colors and sizes

Use Ideas 🎁

Looking for ways to enjoy your finished scallion dango amigurumi? Here are some fun ideas:

Add it to your food amigurumi collection 🍡
Give as a unique handmade gift to foodies or Japan lovers
Use as a cute decoration for your kitchen or dining area
Create a keychain by adding a small ring and chain
Make a refrigerator magnet by sewing a magnet to the back
Design a mobile for a nursery with multiple dangos
Use as play food for children’s pretend kitchen sets
Make a holiday ornament with festive colored yarn

Have you thought about making multiple dangos with different colored toppings? The possibilities are endless! 🧶

Crocheted bunny with green cactus ears, cute face.

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
sk – skip
magic ring – adjustable ring to start crocheting in the round
BLO – back 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.

Scallion

Scallion Head Cover

Short Scallion

Start with magic ring
R1: 8 sc
R2: 8 inc
R3: [3 sc, inc] x 4
R4: BLO: 20 sc
R5-12: 20 sc, sl st and cut the yarn

Long Scallion

Start with magic ring
R1: 8 sc
R2: 8 inc
R3: [3 sc, inc] x 4
R4: BLO: 20 sc
R5-14: 20 sc

After R14 of the long scallion, DO NOT cut the yarn. Sl st to connect the short scallion, then continue crocheting.

R15: 10 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc, 10 sc
R16-18: Change yarn, 42 sc
R19-20: Change yarn, 42 sc, then cut the yarn
R21: skip 10 stitches in the center of the head cover, 32 sc
R22-28: crochet in rows 32 sc
R29: 32 sc, 10 ch
R30: [5 sc, dec] x 6
R31: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
R32: [3 sc, dec] x 6
R33: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
R34: Sew the roots of the scallion to the base of the main body, then continue crochet [sc, dec] x 6
R35: 6 dec