Crochet a wonderful fall accent with this free pattern for an amigurumi crochet acorn!

Design Story and Inspiration for This Crochet Acorn Pattern

I love fall and everything that comes with it. I have patterns for things like Crochet Candy Corn and Crochet Pumpkins, but I wanted something new this year, so I started researching all things fall.

I decided a cute little acorn would be the perfect thing to make to decorate the house, and I really love how it turned out! I’ve made several of these and they are SO easy to make and use up scrap yarn!

Yarn Options for Amigurumi Acorns

I chose a cotton fingering weight yarn, Scheepjes Catona. I purchased a large package of all their colors from Amazon, and to be honest I haven’t used them much because there is a small amount of each color. Now I’m going to be crocheting small projects like these with my stash of Catona!

You can use any yarn you like, just be sure to adjust your hook size if you use a different yarn weight. Check the label on the ball band for a recommended hook size, and go down a size or two to make your stitches tighter. Of course, changing the weight of the yarn will affect how large your acorns are, but that’s okay!

Crochet Acorn Video Tutorial

Quick Crochet Acorn Tutorial: Your Perfect Fall Project!

Pattern Details for Crochet Acorns

This pattern is worked in the round beginning at the bottom and working to the top. You will need to know how to make a magic ring, single crochet and work the feather stitch. All of this is shown in the video tutorial.

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Crochet Acorn Amigurumi

What You’ll Need

Yarn: Fingering weight scrap yarn

Crochet Hook: US Size D (3.25mm)

Notions: Stitch marker, small amount of fiberfill, yarn needle

Finished Size: Approximately 2” Tall

Gauge: Not crucial for this project

Stitch Abbreviations
Chain (ch)
Slip Stitch (slip st)
Single Crochet (sc)
Half Double Crochet (hdc)

Special Stitches

Feather Stitch (f-st): Yo, insert hook into the same ch-sp where the last leg of the previous feather stitch was made (or in first ch-sp if the first f-st of the round), yo and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook).  Yo, working over top of the ch-sp of the previous round, insert hook into the skipped stitch or ch-sp right below the current ch-sp, yo and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).  Yo and insert hook into the next ch-sp, yo, and draw up a loop (7 loops on hook), yo and draw through all 7 loops on hook.

Dec: Yo, insert hook into the same ch-sp where the last leg of the previous feather stitch was made (or in first ch-sp if the first f-st of the round), yo and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook).  Yo, working over top of the ch-sp of the previous round, insert hook into the ch-sp right below the current ch-sp, yo and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).  Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-sp, yo, and draw up a loop (7 loops on hook), yo, working over the top of the ch-sp of the previous round, insert hook into the ch-sp right below the current ch sp, yo and draw up a loop (9 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into the next ch-sp, yo, draw up a loop (11 loops on hook), yo and draw through all 11 loops on hook. (See video link at end of pattern for help)

Notes: Ch 2 at beginning of a row or round does not count as a hdc.
Acorn is crocheted in continuous rounds until you get to the top.  Use a stitch marker to keep track of first stitch.

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Crochet Acorn Pattern

Make magic ring.

Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring, pull tightly to close (4 sts).

Round 2: Work 2 sc in each st (8 sts).

Round 3: (Sc, 2 sc in next st) 4 times (12 sts).

Round 4: (Sc 2, 2 sc in next st) 4 times (16 sts).

Round 5: (Sc 3, 2 sc in next st) 4 times (20 sts).

Rounds 6-7: Sc in each st (20 sts)

Change color for top.

Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as hdc, ch 1), skip next st, *hdc back loop only in next st, ch 1, skip next st; repeat from * around, join to 2nd ch of beg ch-3; turn (10 hdc).

Round 2: Ch 1, *yo, insert hook into first ch-sp, yo and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook).  Yo, working over top of the ch-sp of the previous round, insert hook into the back loop only of the sc stitch below the current ch-sp, yo and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).  Yo and insert hook into the next ch-sp, yo, and draw up a loop (7 loops on hook), yo and draw through all 7 loops on hook; repeat from * to end; turn (10 f-sts).

Round 3: Ch 1, (dec) five times (5 f-sts).

Stuff firmly.

Round 4: Ch 1, *sc2tog in f-st and ch-space; repeat from * around (5 sts).

Round 5: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 3 (4 sts).

Round 6: Sc in each st (4 sts).

Fasten off.

Finishing 

Use tail ends to close any holes at the top which may have loosened.

Weave in ends.

Final Thoughts on Our Crochet Acorn Pattern

I hope you enjoy this fun little pattern. It was a blast to make and it’s so fun having these around as decor.

Happy Crocheting!
Amanda