Imagine holding a tiny planet Earth, soft to the touch and colorful, dangling from your keys! This adorable crochet planet Earth keychain brings a little piece of the world right into your pocket. Perfect for beginners, this crochet project is not only easy but super satisfying to make.
Crochet Planet Earth Keychain
Materials Needed:
- Cotton yarn in green and blue (suggested brand: Kol's Wo Wo Karma Cotton)
- A 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Scissors
- Darning needle for weaving in ends
- Stuffing material
- Basic crochet skills (magic circle, single crochet, increases, decreases, tapestry crochet)
Pattern Instructions:
Starting with Green Yarn:
Magic Circle:
- Make a magic circle with 6 single crochets (sc). Alternatively, chain 2, and in the second chain from the hook, make 6 sc.
Round 1:
- 6 sc in the magic circle.
Round 2:
- Increase (inc) in each stitch around (12 sc).
Adding the First Color Changes:
Round 3:
- Start with 1 sc, then (1 inc, 1 color change to blue), make 1 sc in blue and change color back. Continue with (1 sc in green, 1 inc) around until you have 18 stitches. Keep the blue yarn behind your work to carry it along.
Round 4:
- (2 sc in green, 1 inc), then change color to blue, (1 sc in blue, change color back to green), continue pattern, ending with 24 stitches while observing color changes where detailed in the description.
Continuing with the Pattern and Color Changes:
In Round 5:
- (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat around with color changes specified, ending with 30 stitches.
Round 6:
- (4 sc), then 1 inc, repeat around with color changes as instructed, resulting in 36 stitches.
Round 7:
- (5 sc, 1 inc) repeat around with color changes, to total 42 stitches.
Working Steady Rounds with Color Changes:
Rounds 8-12:
- Follow the pattern for single crochets around with color changes, as described in the text to depict continents and oceans, maintaining the size by not increasing further.
Decreasing Rounds with Color Changes:
Round 13:
- Start with dec (decreases), following the method of (5 sc, 1 dec) repeat around, with attention to color changes, until you have 36 stitches.
Continue Decreasing Rounds:
- The pattern for the subsequent rounds has you continue to decrease the number of stitches, alongside detailed color changes, to shape the planet Earth, similarly to rounds 13 but reducing the stitch count according to the pattern (to 30 stitches, 24, 18, and finally 12 stitches).
Closing the Earth:
- Before closing, stuff the Earth firmly.
Final Round:
- Perform 6 decreases with blue yarn only, until you have 6 stitches left.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave this tail through the front loops of the remaining 6 stitches, pull tight to close, and weave in ends.
Finishing Touches:
- Weave in all loose ends.
- Optionally, attach a key ring or string to hang your planet Earth amigurumi.
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