Emotional Lemons Amigurumi is a fun and expressive crochet project that lets you create cute lemon characters with different moods and personalities. This free crochet tutorial is easy to follow and suitable for beginners and intermediate crocheters. With simple shaping and customizable facial expressions, these lemon amigurumi make perfect gifts, desk buddies, or playful decorations that instantly bring smiles.

Materials

Yarn

• YarnArt Jeans 35 (Yellow) – 15 g
• YarnArt Jeans 69 (Green) – 3 g
• YarnArt Jeans 53 (Black) – 1 g

Tools

• 2.0 mm crochet hook
• Toy stuffing (hollow fibre)
• Sewing needle
• Clear glue

Abbreviations

• mr – magic ring
• sc – single crochet
• inc – increase
• dec – decrease
• ch – chain
• sl st – slip stitch
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• (… , …) × n – repeat the sequence n times
• ( ) – total number of stitches in the round

PATTERN

Body

Use yellow YarnArt Jeans. Work in continuous rounds.
Stuff as you go.

1: 6 sc in mr (6)
2: (1 sc, inc) × 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) × 3 (12)
4: (1 sc, inc) × 6 (18)
5: (2 sc, inc) × 6 (24)
6: (3 sc, inc) × 6 (30)
7: (4 sc, inc) × 6 (36)
8: (5 sc, inc) × 6 (42)
9: (6 sc, inc) × 6 (48)
10–20: (11 rounds) sc in all 48 st (48)

21: (6 sc, dec) × 6 (42)
22: (5 sc, dec) × 6 (36)
23: (4 sc, dec) × 6 (30)
24: (3 sc, dec) × 6 (24)
25: (2 sc, dec) × 6 (18)
26: (1 sc, dec) × 6 (12)
27: (2 sc, dec) × 3 (9)
28: (1 sc, dec) × 3 (6)

Fasten off, close the opening, and hide the yarn end.

Leaf

Use green YarnArt Jeans.

Ch 12, start in the 3rd ch from the hook:

1:
7 dc, 2 hdc, 1 sc in the last ch of the foundation chain;
continue on the opposite side of the chain:
2 hdc, 7 dc, ch 2 (20)

Sl st to join.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Face Embroidery & Assembly

• Embroider the eyes between Rounds 16–17.
• Embroider the smile between Rounds 12–13.
• Eye and smile width: 4 sc.
• Secure the embroidery stitches with a small amount of clear glue if needed.
• Sew the leaf onto the body.
• Optionally, use dry pastel to add blush to the cheeks.

Feel free to customize the facial expression and assemble the toy however you like.

Congratulations!

Your amigurumi toy is complete.

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