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Sep 16, 20213 min read

Amigurumi Banana

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You will need:

For cotton yarn -

Cotton yarn yellow color

Cotton yarn baby yellow/butter yellow color

Cotton yarn brown color

Cotton yarn red color

Crochet hook 3.5mm

For chenille yarn -

Chenille yarn yellow color

Chenille yarn brown color

Cotton yarn Porcelain color

Cotton yarn red color

Crochet hook 4mm

Needle for sewing

Safety eyes

Fiberfill

Stitch guide:

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Chain (ch): Yarn over and pull through loop.

Single crochet (sc): Insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops.

Slip stitch (slst): Insert hook in stitch yarn over and pull through 2 loops.

Single crochet increase (inc): singe crochet in the same stitch follow the instructions.

Single crochet decrease (dec): insert hook in front loop of the next 2 stitches. Yarn over draw through 2 loops.

Banana size: chenille - 7.2 inch (18.5 cm), cotton - 6.5 inch (16.5 cm)

Notes:

-Suitable for every LovLim yarn kit

-This pattern is worked in a continuous spiral without closing off each round. Please mark the first stitch of each round and move the marker up as you work.

The pattern:

Skin Body -

With yellow color

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (MR)

Rnd 2: (sc in next stitch, inc) repeat 3 times (9)

Rnd 3: (sc in next 2 stitches, inc) repeat 3 times (12)

Rnd 4: (sc in next 3 stitches, inc) repeat 3 times (15)

Rnd 5: (sc in next 4 stitches, inc) repeat 3 times (18)

Rnd 6: 18 sc (18)

Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 stitches, inc) repeat 3 times (21)

Rnd 8: 21 sc (21)

Rnd 9: (sc in next 6 stitches, inc) repeat 3 times (24)

Rnd 10-19: 24 sc, repeat for 10 rounds (24)

starting the peeled skin, working in rows -

Row 1: sc flo (front loop only) in next 8 stitches, ch1, turn (8)

Row 2: sc in next 8 stitches, ch1, turn (8)

Row 3: dec, sc in next 6 stitches, ch1, turn (7)

Row 4: dec, sc in next 5 stitches, ch1, turn (6)

Row 5: sc in next 6 stitches, ch1, turn (6)

Row 6: dec, sc in next 4 stitches, ch1, turn (5)

Row 7: sc in next 5 stitches, ch1, turn (5)

Row 8: dec, sc in next 3 stitches, ch1, turn (4)

Row 9: sc in next 4 stitches, ch1, turn (4)

Row 10: dec, sc in next 2 stitches, ch1, turn (3)

Row 11: sc in next 3 stitches, ch1, turn (3)

Row 12: dec, sc in next 1 stitches, ch1, turn (2)

Row 13: sc in next 2 stitches, ch1, turn (2)

Row 14: dec, ch1, turn (1)

Row 15: sc (1)

For the next peeled skin, with yellow color, continue in round 19 of the skin body, chain 1 (doesn't count as sc), proceed with ROW 1, the first sc (from the 8 sc) is in the same stitch as the chain 1, don't forget that the first row is flo (front loop only)

Repeat Row 1 - Row 15 pattern for the other 2 peeled skin

Banana -

With a different shade of yellow/porcelain

Starting in the back loops of round 19 of the skin body

Rnd 20: ch 1 (doesn't count as a sc), sc in the same stitch of the ch1, sc in the next 23 stitches (24)

continue to work in a continuous spiral without closing off each round

Rnd 21-22: 24 sc, repeat for 2 rounds (24)

Rnd 23: sc in the next 5 stitches, inc (2 single crochet in the same stitch), sc in the next 10 stitches, dec (2 single crochet together), sc in the last 6 stitches (24)

Rnd 24: 24 sc (24)

Rnd 25: sc in the next 5 stitches, inc (2 single crochet in the same stitch), sc in the next 10 stitches, dec (2 single crochet together), sc in the last 6 stitches (24)

Rnd 26: 24 sc (24)

Rnd 27: sc in the next 5 stitches, inc (2 single crochet in the same stitch), sc in the next 10 stitches, dec (2 single crochet together), sc in the last 6 stitches (24)

Rnd 28: 24 sc (24)

Rnd 29: sc in the next 4 stitches, (inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next 9 stitches, (dec) repeat 2 times, sc in the last 5 stitches (24)

Rnd 30: sc in the next 12 stitches, (sc in next 1 stitches, dec) repeat 4 times (20)

Assemble the safety eyes between rounds 21-22, 4 stitches between the eyes

Rnd 31: sc in the next 8 stitches, (sc in next 1 stitches, dec) repeat 4 times (16)

Rnd 32: sc in the next 5 stitches, inc (2 single crochet in the same stitch), sc in the next 6 stitches, dec (2 single crochet together), sc in the last 2 stitches (16)

Rnd 33: 16 sc (16)

Rnd 34: (dec) repeat 3 times, sc in the next 2 stitches, (dec) repeat 4 times (9)

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