Sushi Set Pattern – Free

🍣 Crochet your own adorable sushi set with this free pattern! This beginner-friendly project lets you create realistic-looking sushi pieces that make perfect play food, cute decorations, or thoughtful gifts. The pattern includes instructions for making nigiri, maki rolls, and even a little soy sauce dish to complete your set.

Key Takeaways

Beginner-friendly pattern with step-by-step instructions
Creates realistic-looking sushi pieces
Perfect for play food, decorations, or gifts
Complete set includes multiple sushi styles

Materials&Tools

Yarn
Polyester Fiberfill
2.25mm Hook(What I used in this pattern)
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)
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
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

Rice Ball (White)

Start with magic ring
R1: 6 sc
R2: 6 inc
R3: [sc, inc] x 6
R4-R6: 18 sc
R7: [sc, dec] x 6
R8: 6 dec

Nori Band (Black)

R1: 21 ch
R2-R3: 20 sc (crochet in row)

Tamagoyaki (Egg) (Yellow)

110 ch (adjust length as needed), 109 hdc into 2nd chain from hook
Shape into rectangle and place on rice ball

Shrimp

14 ch, crochet in 2nd chain from hook: [2 dc inc, dc] x 4, 2 ch, sl st, 2 ch, [dc, 2 dc inc] x 4, 2 ch, sl st, 2 ch, [2 dec, sc] x 4, 2 ch, sl st, 2 ch, [sc, 2 dec] x 4, 2 ch, sl st
At the 2 ch stitch at the side: 2 sc, sl st, turn, 2 sc, sl st, (5 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from hook, sc, hdc, sc), (5 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from hook, sc, hdc, sc)

Octopus

Start with magic ring
R1: 6 sc
R2: 6 inc
R3: [sc, inc] x 6
R4-R6: 18 sc
R7: [sc, dec] x 6
R8: 6 dec
R9: 6 inc
R10: 13 ch, 12 sc into 2nd chain from hook , sl st, repeat around

Fried Shrimp

Body

Start with magic ring
R1: 5 sc
Crochet in FLO R2-11
R2: 5 inc
R3: [sc, inc] x 5
R4-7: 15 sc
R8: [3 sc, dec] x 3
R9: [4 sc, dec] x 2
R10: 10 sc
R11: [3 sc, dec] x 2
R12: 8 sc
No need for stuffing
No need to cut yarn, continue crocheting the surface
Each surface texture is (sl st+3 ch+sl st)

Tail

7 ch, crochet into 4th chain from the hook: (dc+tr), (tr+dc+3 ch+sl st), (sl st+3 ch+dc+tr), (tr+dc+3 ch +sl st)
Leave a long tail to sew onto the Body

Nori Seaweed Band

R1: 28 ch, join to form a ring, 28 sc
R2-R7: 28 sc

Salmon Topping x 10

4 ch, 4 incomplete dc puff stitch

Salmon

12 ch
R1: inc into 2nd chain from the hook, 8 sc, dec
R2: dec, 8 sc, inc
R3-R11: Repeat R1-2(Two rows in orange, one row in white)

This appears to be a simple pattern that creates a striped effect, alternating between:

A row that starts with an increase, has 8 single crochets in the middle, and ends with a decrease
A row that starts with a decrease, has 8 single crochets in the middle, and ends with an increase

The instructions indicate that this pattern should be repeated through row 11, with a color pattern of two rows in orange followed by one row in white