Whismsical Zodiac Mochi Keychain Crochet Free Pattern
The Gemini Zodiac Mochi Keychain crochet pattern is a fun and playful project designed for astrology lovers and kawaii amigurumi fans. This pattern guides you through creating a soft, round mochi-style base with a colorful split hood that represents Gemini’s dual nature.
Crochet Zodiac Mochi Keychain
Finished with cute horns, decorative hair tufts, and embroidered zodiac details, this keychain is perfect for gifts, bag charms, or small handmade shop items. The pattern allows easy color customization, making it simple to adapt for other zodiac signs or personal styles while keeping the same adorable mochi shape.
Materials
- Baby yarn in White, Pink, Blue, and Yellow
- 2.0 mm crochet hook
- Fiberfill or cotton stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Keychain ring
Inner Mochi Ball White
- R1 Create a magic ring and work 6 single crochet
- R2 Increase in each stitch for a total of 12 stitches
- R3 Alternate 1 single crochet and 1 increase around for 18 stitches
- R4 Work staggered increases using 1 single crochet, 1 increase, 1 single crochet repeated around for 24 stitches
- R5 Work 3 single crochet and 1 increase repeated around for 30 stitches
- R6 Work staggered increases using 2 single crochet, 1 increase, 2 single crochet repeated around for 36 stitches
- R7 Work 5 single crochet and 1 increase repeated around for 42 stitches
- R8 to R14 Work 42 single crochet in each round
- R15 Work 5 single crochet and 1 decrease repeated around for 36 stitches
- R16 Work staggered decreases using 2 single crochet, 1 decrease, 2 single crochet repeated around for 30 stitches
- R17 Work 3 single crochet and 1 decrease repeated around for 24 stitches
- R18 Work staggered decreases using 1 single crochet, 1 decrease, 1 single crochet repeated around for 18 stitches
- Stuff the mochi ball firmly with fiberfill
- R19 Work 1 single crochet and 1 decrease repeated around for 12 stitches
- R20 Work 6 decreases, fasten off, and sew the opening closed
Outer Hood Pink and Blue
- R1 Create a magic ring and work 6 single crochet
- R2 Work 3 increases in Pink, change color, then work 3 increases in Blue for 12 stitches
- R3 to R7 Continue increasing following the same mochi ball increase pattern while changing color halfway through each round
- R8 to R16 Work 21 single crochet in Pink and 21 single crochet in Blue for each round
- R17 Begin decreasing following the mochi ball decrease pattern while maintaining the color split
- R18 Continue staggered decreases with color split, then fasten off
Horns Make 2 One Pink One Blue
- R1 Create a magic ring and work 6 single crochet
- R2 Increase in each stitch for 12 stitches
- R3 to R4 Work 12 single crochet in each round
- R5 Work 1 single crochet and 1 decrease repeated around for 8 stitches
- R6 Work 8 single crochet and change to White yarn at the end
- R7 Work 2 single crochet and 1 decrease repeated twice for 6 stitches
- R8 Work 6 single crochet
- R9 Increase in each stitch for 12 stitches, fasten off leaving a long tail
Accessories
- Hair Tuft Small Work a magic ring with 10 half double crochet using 5 Blue and 5 Pink
- Hair Tuft Medium Work a magic ring with 8 half double crochet in Yellow
- Hair Tuft Smallest Work a magic ring with 9 single crochet in Yellow
- Yellow Star Work a magic ring with 10 half double crochet then create 5 points by chaining 4, skipping 1 stitch, working single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, skipping 1 stitch, and slip stitching into the next stitch