# Free crochet strawberry pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a strawberry, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 11 rounds across 2 separate pieces. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Strawberry |
| Designer | JaneW |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 2 pieces · 11 rounds · 125 stitches · 3 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #E13E41, #232323, #3C6E47 |
| Updated | 2026-09-12 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pattern |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Strawberry

- **Round 1:** 4 sc in ring → 4
- **Round 2:** inc, sc, inc, sc → 6
- **Round 3:** inc, sc, inc, sc, 2 inc → 10
- **Round 4:** inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, sc, sc, inc → 14
- **Round 5:** 14 sc → 14
- **Round 6:** sc, sc, sc, inc, 2 sc, sc, inc, sc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc → 17
- **Round 7:** 4 sc, inc, sc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, sc, sc → 20
- **Round 8:** 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc, sc, dec, 2 sc → 17
- **Round 9:** dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec → 11
- **Round 10:** 5 dec, sc → 6
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Leaf

- **Foundation:** chain 3
- **Row 1:** 3 sc, ch 3 back (3 sc) → 3

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |
| fasten off | FO | Fasten off | FO | cut & fasten off |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `ch 3 back (…)` — chain 3, then work the listed stitches back down that chain

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pattern](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pattern) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** JaneW. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pattern