Easy Crochet Eggplant Free Pattern With Tutorial For Beginners

Create a fun and colorful kitchen decor with this easy Crochet Eggplant Free Pattern that helps you make a charming veggie in no time.

Creator & Tutorial Credit

As shown in the tutorial by Farkli Dunyam, this project has been presented here as an easy written reference.Please visit the Farkli Dunyam channel to watch the original video and see more helpful crochet ideas.

The Crochet Eggplant Free Pattern is a fun and simple project suitable for beginners. This crochet eggplant has a smooth, rounded purple body and a green top that mimics the leaves, giving it a charming and realistic look. Its size is small enough to finish quickly and soft enough to hold comfortably.

Lovely Crochet Eggplant Free Pattern with a Cute Look

 This crochet eggplant can be used as a decoration in the kitchen, a toy for children, or a small handmade gift. Its sturdy shape and cute details make it useful for many purposes around the home.

To work on this project, you will need purple and green yarn, a crochet hook, fiberfill stuffing to give the eggplant its shape, and a yarn needle for finishing the edges neatly. The eggplant is formed by crocheting simple stitches in rounds while changing colors for the green stem. This makes it an easy and clear project for those who want to practice working in circles and switching yarn colors.

Overall, this Crochet Eggplant is a lovely and approachable addition to your crocheting activities. Don't forget to visit Farkli Dunyam's channel to watch the original video and find more crochet ideas to try.

Amigurumi Eggplant Crochet Pattern

The amigurumi eggplant (aubergine) brings together gentle curves, vibrant color contrast, and subtle details. This design incorporates smooth amigurumi increases and decreases, resulting in a plump, elongated oval, crowned with a leafy calyx cap. The pattern is seamless and straightforward, offering a highly realistic result that suits toy collections, home decor, or market-themed playsets.

Pattern Basic Points

Key Features:

• Body shaped with methodical increases and staged decreases for natural contour.
• Dense, seamless, spiraled construction for a solid stuffed feel.
• Realistic, separately worked leaf cap in green with pointed edging.
• Cap assembled on top of body for a lifelike finish.
• Ample instructions for stuffing, finishing, and assembly.

Special Notes

• Use continuous spiral rounds; place a stitch marker at the first stitch of each round for accurate counting.
• Stuff the eggplant gradually and adjust the shape as you decrease to avoid bulges and flat spots.
• Crocheting the leaf cap points individually adds dimension and authenticity.
• Maintain consistent, firm gauge for a sturdy and gap-free fabric.
• Do not skip any decreases or increases; each round's stitch count is carefully calculated for the elongated form.

Skill Level

Intermediate: This pattern is ideal for those comfortable with amigurumi shaping, frequent increases and decreases, and basic color changes. The cap's point construction requires confidence in working back-and-forth in rows atop a round base.

Materials

• Yarn: Amigurumi-weight (sport or light DK) cotton in eggplant purple and leaf green.
• Hook: Size 2.0 mm, or appropriate to achieve a dense, tight fabric.
• Stuffing: High-quality polyester fiberfill.
• Notions: Stitch marker, scissors, yarn needle for sewing and weaving ends.

Measurements and Gauge

• Finished Size: Approximately 13-17 cm (5-7 inches) tall, depending on yarn and tension.
• Gauge: 26 sc x 29 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4" x 4") in single crochet.
• Stitch Pattern: Single crochet in continuous spiral (amigurumi method).

Stitch Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Description
sc	single crochet
inc	increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
dec	decrease (sc2tog: single crochet two together)
ch	chain
sl st	slip stitch

Special Stitches

• Invisible Decrease: Insert hook in front loop of two consecutive stitches, yarn over, pull through both loops, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.
• Magic Ring: Create an adjustable beginning for crochet in the round.
• Pointed Cap Triangles: Worked back and forth, decreasing by one sc at the start of each row to shape triangular points.

Pattern Instructions

Eggplant Body (Purple Yarn)

Foundation:

• Magic ring or ch 2, work 6 sc into the 2nd ch from hook. (6 sts)

Round 2:

• Inc in every stitch around. (12 sts)

Round 3:

• (1 sc, inc) repeat to end. (18 sts)

Round 4:

• (2 sc, inc) repeat to end. (24 sts)
  

  

Round 5:

• (3 sc, inc) repeat to end. (30 sts)

Round 6:

• (4 sc, inc) repeat to end. (36 sts)

Round 7:

• (5 sc, inc) repeat to end. (42 sts)

Round 8:

• (6 sc, inc) repeat to end. (48 sts)

Round 9:

• (7 sc, inc) repeat to end. (54 sts)
  

  

Rounds 10-20:

• 54 sc (no increases/decreases) for 11 rounds to form the widest, straight-sided section of the body.

Round 21:

• Space 3 decreases evenly around; sc in the remaining stitches. (51 sts)
  • (To distribute, sc 16, dec, sc 16, dec, sc 16, dec.)

Rounds 22-24:

• 51 sc even for 3 rounds.

Round 25:

• Space 3 decreases evenly; sc in remaining stitches. (48 sts)

Rounds 26-28:

• 48 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 29:

• Space 3 decreases evenly; sc in remaining stitches. (45 sts)
  

  

Rounds 30-32:

• 45 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 33:

• Space 3 decreases evenly; sc in remaining stitches. (42 sts)

Rounds 34-36:

• 42 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 37:

• (5 sc, dec) repeat to end. (36 sts)

Rounds 38-40:

• 36 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 41:

• (4 sc, dec) repeat to end. (30 sts)

Rounds 42-45:

• 30 sc for 4 rounds.

Round 46:

• (3 sc, dec) repeat to end. (24 sts)

Rounds 47-49:

• 24 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 50:

• (2 sc, dec) repeat to end. (18 sts)

Rounds 51-53:

• 18 sc for 3 rounds.

Round 54:

• (1 sc, dec) repeat to end. (12 sts)

Rounds 55-56:

• 12 sc for 2 rounds.

Round 57:

• Decrease in every stitch until 6 sts remain.
  • (dec) x6

Stuff the eggplant firmly throughout, especially after Round 49 and at regular intervals as you work decreases.

Leaf/Stem Cap (Green Yarn)

Foundation & Increase:

Follow as for body, up to 18 sts:

• Magic ring or ch 2, 6 sc in ring.
• Round 2: Inc in each st. (12 sts)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat to end. (18 sts)

Skip to:

Round 8: (2 sc, inc) repeat to end. (24 sts)

Rounds 9-10:

• 24 sc for 2 rounds.

Stem Cap Points (Make 4 Points):

• For each point:
  • Attach yarn if not already at start of 4 consecutive sc.
  • Row 1: Sc in next 4 sts, turn.
  • Row 2: Dec in first 2 sts, sc in next 2, turn (3 sts).
    

    

  • Row 3: Dec, sc in last (2 sts), turn.
  • Row 4: Dec (1 st). Fasten off that section.
    

    

• Re-attach yarn at adjacent point location to repeat for next set of 4 sc; complete a total of 4 triangles for a realistic leafy cap.

Assembly & Finished Size

• Place the leaf cap over the small end (decreased/closed end) of the eggplant.
• Using yarn needle and green yarn tail, sew cap neatly in place so points sit evenly.
  

  

• Ensure stuffing is firm; adjust as needed for evenness.
• Completed eggplant typically measures 13-17 cm (5-7 inches).

Conclusion

A carefully shaped amigurumi eggplant combines precise increases for width, staged decreases for natural taper, and a playful leafy calyx for a lifelike finish. This pattern provides a solid opportunity for developing proportional shaping and layering color work in amigurumi. The result is a delightful vegetable suitable for play sets, decor, or charming soft produce displays, inviting creativity with subtle shading or different yarn choices to mimic various eggplant varieties.