Free Crochet Bread Pattern — Chocolate Baguette Amigurumi

This free crochet bread pattern makes a chubby little baguette with three chocolate toppings, two feet and a stitched-on smile. It is worked in the round from a magic ring in chenille yarn, in four separate pieces, and finishes at about 11 × 2.5 × 6.5 cm, roughly 4¼ inches long. The loaf itself needs nothing beyond single crochet, increases and decreases; the chocolate on top adds half doubles and doubles worked into a starting chain.

The full written pattern is on this page, and there is a printable PDF at the top if you would rather work from paper.

Designed & crocheted by Yarnplay Studio · Made with Veraline Yarn

What you will need

Two colors, both Puffie Yarn. Puffie is a chenille, so the finished loaf has a soft, slightly furry surface that reads a lot like a real crust — and it hides uneven stitches while it is at it.

• Puffie Yarn — 10 Burnt Sugar Brown · the loaf
• Puffie Yarn — 43 Mocha Fudge Brown · the three chocolate toppings and both feet

One 50 g ball of each color is plenty — neither one gets used up. The three chocolate toppings and both feet together take only a corner of the second ball, so there is enough left to make a second loaf in reversed colors if you want a pair.

Two hook sizes. The body is worked on a 2.5 mm hook and everything else on a 2.0 mm. That is not fussiness: the toppings and the feet are small pieces where a loose fabric would let the stuffing and the sewn edges show through, and dropping half a millimetre tightens them up. A set like the Pink Crochet Tool Kit covers both.

You will also need: polyester fiberfill, a pair of black safety eyes, black embroidery thread for the smile, a yarn needle and stitch markers.

Abbreviations (US terms)

• ch — chain
• sc — single crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• dc — double crochet
• inc — increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
• dec — decrease (sc 2 together)
• st(s) — stitch(es)
• ( … ) * N — repeat the instructions inside the parentheses N times

Everything is worked in a continuous spiral unless a row says otherwise, so put a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round and move it up as you go.

Baguette body

Yarn: Puffie Yarn in 10 Burnt Sugar Brown. Hook: 2.5 mm.

• R1: Magic ring, 6 sc (6 sts)
• R2: 6 inc (12 sts)
• R3: (sc, inc) * 6 (18 sts)
• R4: (5 sc, inc) * 3 (21 sts)
• R5–R7: 21 sc (21 sts)
• R8: (6 sc, inc) * 3 (24 sts)
• R9–R13: 24 sc (24 sts)
• R14: (7 sc, inc) * 3 (27 sts)
• R15–R24: 27 sc (27 sts)
• R25: (7 sc, dec) * 3 (24 sts)
• R26–R30: 24 sc (24 sts)
• R31: (6 sc, dec) * 3 (21 sts)
• R32–R34: 21 sc (21 sts)
• R35: (5 sc, dec) * 3 (18 sts)
• R36: (sc, dec) * 6 (12 sts)
• R37: 6 dec (6 sts)

Stuff firmly. Fasten off and close the opening.

The increases are spread over three points rather than six, which is what gives the loaf its long, slightly squared-off shape instead of a ball. Start stuffing around R30 and keep going as you decrease — once you pass R35 the opening is too tight to reach through, and this piece wants to be full. A softly stuffed loaf sags in the middle and the chocolate on top will not sit flat.

Large chocolate topping (make 1)

Yarn: Puffie Yarn in 43 Mocha Fudge Brown. Hook: 2.0 mm.

• Start: Ch 13, begin in 2nd ch from hook.
• R1: sc, hdc, 8 dc, hdc, 3 sc in last ch; work on other side: hdc, 8 dc, hdc, inc (26 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

This is one round worked all the way around a starting chain — down one side, three stitches to turn the end, back up the other side. You are not turning the work, so keep the right side facing you the whole way. It comes off the hook as a flat oval with slightly rounded ends.

Small chocolate topping (make 2)

Yarn: Puffie Yarn in 43 Mocha Fudge Brown. Hook: 2.0 mm.

• Start: Ch 11, begin in 2nd ch from hook.
• R1: sc, hdc, 6 dc, hdc, 3 sc in last ch; work on other side: hdc, 6 dc, hdc, inc (22 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Same construction as the large one, two chains shorter and two doubles fewer on each side.

Feet (make 2)

Yarn: Puffie Yarn in 43 Mocha Fudge Brown. Hook: 2.0 mm.

• R1: Magic ring, 6 sc (6 sts)
• R2: 6 inc (12 sts)
• R3: 12 sc (12 sts)
• R4: 2 sc, 4 dec, 2 sc (8 sts)
• R5: 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (6 sts)
• R6–R8: 6 sc (6 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Each foot is a small ball that narrows into a short stem. The pattern does not say to stuff them; a wisp of fiberfill pushed into the rounded end before you close it keeps the foot from folding flat once it is sewn on.

Putting it together

The written pattern ends with the four pieces, so the assembly below is how the sample in the photographs is put together.

• Chocolate first. Lay the three toppings along the top of the loaf — the large one in the middle, a small one on either side, with a little of the loaf showing between them. Pin them and look at the loaf head-on before you sew: this is the part everyone sees. Sew all the way around each oval with its long tail, catching the outer edge into the body so the chocolate lies flat instead of standing proud.
• Face. Put the safety eyes on the front of the loaf, in the widest part, sitting a little below the chocolate. Push the shanks through and fix the washers before any stuffing goes in — once the body is stuffed firmly you will not be able to reach them. Stitch the smile in black thread, centered between the eyes and about two rounds down.
• Feet. Sew the two feet to the underside toward the front, close enough together that they nearly touch, with the stem end tucked into the body. Set slightly forward, they tip the loaf into a little lean and stop it rolling.

Weave the ends into the stuffing rather than along the surface. Chenille shows a woven end as a shiny line.

Questions about this pattern

What hook sizes does this pattern use?

Two. The body is worked on a 2.5 mm hook and the toppings and feet on a 2.0 mm. The smaller hook is there because those pieces are only one or two rounds deep, and at 2.5 mm the fabric is open enough for stuffing and sewn edges to show through. If you only have one hook, use the 2.5 mm throughout and work the small pieces at a tighter tension than feels natural.

How much yarn does this pattern use?

Less than one ball of each. Puffie Yarn comes in 50 g / 78 yd balls, and the loaf uses well under a full ball of 10 Burnt Sugar Brown; the toppings and feet barely dent a ball of 43 Mocha Fudge Brown. Two balls make the project comfortably, with leftovers.

How big is the finished baguette?

About 11 cm long, 2.5 cm deep and 6.5 cm tall — roughly 4¼ inches end to end — with a 2.5 mm hook and Puffie Yarn. Chenille is forgiving about tension but not about hook size — a 3.0 mm hook will add a centimetre or so and leave a looser fabric that lets the stuffing show.

Can I use a different yarn instead of Puffie?

Yes. Any soft chenille or velvet yarn of a similar weight will work, and the stitch counts do not change — only the finished size does. What does change is the look: a cotton or acrylic gives you a firmer loaf with much crisper stitch definition, which reads more like a toy and less like bread. If you want the plush, slightly fuzzy crust in the photographs, stay with a chenille. The Puffie color card is the quickest way to compare browns in person before you commit.

My stitches keep popping out — how do I stop chenille worming?

Worming is when a loop of the plush yarn works its way loose and stands up off the surface as a little loop. It is a property of chenille, not a mistake you made, and it happens when the fabric is too loose to hold the yarn in place. Three things fix most of it: use a hook a size or two smaller than the ball band suggests, which is exactly why this pattern calls for 2.5 mm; keep your tension even rather than tight, because yanking chenille pulls the pile out of shape; and work in a continuous spiral so there is no seam line where the tension changes. A loop that has already popped can usually be eased back through with a yarn needle from the wrong side.

Do I have to use safety eyes?

No, and you should not if this is going to a baby or a child under three. Safety eyes are named for their backing washer, not for being child-safe — they can still be worked loose from a plush toy. Two French knots or a small satin stitch in black embroidery thread give the same face with nothing to come off. Embroider before you stuff, for the same reason as the safety eyes.

Can I sell what I make from this pattern?

Yes. Finished items are yours to sell, in person or online. Please credit the designer — Yarnplay Studio — where you list it. What you may not do is resell, redistribute or republish the pattern itself, including the PDF, in whole or in part.