{"title":"How to Crochet a Cherry Keychain (Easy Amigurumi Cherries)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-a-cherry-keychain","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"Crochet Jewel","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqaVRjYImQu68u1jOmINlfA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFMiMqmyRM"},"tldr":"Crochet two stuffed cherries with leaves and clip them on a keychain. Easy round by round pattern with an E hook and worsted yarn.","quickAnswer":"Crochet two stuffed cherries with leaves and clip them on a keychain. An easy project: about 1 hour. Materials cost about $1 to $4. You need 8 things, including red medium worsted yarn, green medium worsted yarn and polyester fiberfill. The 10 steps start with work Six Single Crochet Into the Cherry Magic Ring, pull the Magic Ring Closed on the Crochet Cherry, work the Crochet Cherry Increase Rounds and crochet Four Even Rounds to Shape the Cherry.","totalDurationSeconds":490,"videoDurationSeconds":490,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":60,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":60,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":1,"max":4},"yield":"1 cherry keychain"},"tools":["3.5mm (E) crochet hook","yarn needle","stitch marker","scissors"],"materials":["red medium worsted yarn","green medium worsted yarn","polyester fiberfill","keychain ring or lobster clasp"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Work Six Single Crochet Into the Cherry Magic Ring","text":"Start with red yarn. Wrap it around your fingers to make a magic ring, insert the hook, pull up a loop and chain 1. Now work six single crochet into the ring: insert the hook, grab the yarn, pull it through, yarn over and pull through both loops. Count to six as you go. This is round 1 of the cherry."},{"number":2,"title":"Pull the Magic Ring Closed on the Crochet Cherry","text":"Hold the stitches and pull the yarn tail firmly. The ring cinches shut into a small solid circle with no hole in the middle. Slip stitch into the first stitch to join. After that, you can work the rest of the cherry in a spiral, so there are no more joins and no visible seam running up the side."},{"number":3,"title":"Work the Crochet Cherry Increase Rounds","text":"Round 2: work 2 single crochet in every stitch for 12. Clip a stitch marker into the first stitch so you know where each round starts. Round 3: 1 single crochet in the next stitch, then 2 in the stitch after that. Repeat around for 18. The piece stays flat for now and grows into a small disc."},{"number":4,"title":"Crochet Four Even Rounds to Shape the Cherry","text":"Now work 1 single crochet in every stitch, no increases, for four full rounds. You keep 18 stitches each time. The flat disc starts to curl up into a cup, and that is the round body of your cherry taking shape. Keep your tension even here so the sides look smooth and the stitches stay tight."},{"number":5,"title":"Stuff the Crochet Cherry and Start the Decreases","text":"Round 8: single crochet in one stitch, then a decrease over the next two. To decrease, pull up a loop in each of two stitches and yarn over through all three loops. Repeat around for 12. Now stuff the cherry lightly with fiberfill. Then round 9: decrease all the way around for 6 stitches."},{"number":6,"title":"Close the Cherry and Weave In the Red Yarn Tail","text":"Slip stitch into the next stitch, fasten off and leave a tail. Thread it on a yarn needle and weave it in and out across the top of the cherry to close the last little gap. Pull it snug and bury the end inside. Make a second cherry the same way, so you have a matching pair."},{"number":7,"title":"Chain 22 for the Cherry Stem and Leaf","text":"Switch to green yarn. Make a slip knot on the hook and chain 12. This part becomes the stem. Then chain 10 more for the leaf, so you have 22 chains in all. Keep the chains loose and even, because the leaf gets worked back into the last 10 of them and tight chains are hard to work into."},{"number":8,"title":"Crochet the Cherry Leaf Down One Side and Back Up","text":"Skip the first chain. Slip stitch, sc, hdc, dc, 2 dc, 2 dc, dc, hdc, then 3 sc in the next chain to turn the tip. Work back up the other side: hdc, dc, 2 dc, 2 dc, dc, hdc, sc and a slip stitch. The taller stitches in the middle give the leaf its oval shape. Fasten off and make a second stem and leaf."},{"number":9,"title":"Sew the Two Cherry Leaves Together at the Base","text":"Lay the two leaves side by side so their stems hang down. Thread a yarn needle with one of the green tails and sew through both leaves where they meet at the base. Go back and forth a few times in the back so the join is firm. This joint holds the whole charm, so make it strong."},{"number":10,"title":"Sew the Stem Tail Into the Top of Each Cherry","text":"Take the tail at the end of one stem and thread it on the needle. Push it into the top of a cherry and weave it through three or four times so the cherry cannot pull off. Repeat with the other stem and cherry. Slide a keychain ring through the leaf join and your cherry keychain is done."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-11-11T18:04:24.219Z","published":"2026-11-11T18:04:23.844Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. 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