This little crochet banana keychain is a quick, cheerful make: a curved yellow banana with a green tip at one end and a brown stem at the other, lightly stuffed so it holds its shape on your keys, your bag or a zipper pull. It is worked flat in rows of half double crochet, shaped on the last row and sewn up, and the whole video tutorial is only about five minutes long.
Watch the video, then use the written steps below. They are the video’s own subtitles, word for word, so you can follow along at your own pace.
What You’ll Need
Yarn: the video uses a bright yellow yarn for the banana, plus a little green for the tip and a little brown for the stem. Any smooth yarn works, and a keychain is a perfect way to use up leftovers.
Hook: the one recommended on your yarn label. A smaller hook gives tighter stitches, which helps a keychain keep its shape.
You’ll also need: a little fiberfill for stuffing, a yarn needle for sewing it up with the yarn tail, scissors, and a keyring or clip to turn it into a keychain.
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Watch the Video Tutorial
Step-by-Step: The Video Subtitles
These are the video’s subtitles, copied word for word. The video has no chapters, so they are split into five parts, each with the time it starts in the video.
Part 1 (0:00)
Learn to crochet this little banana in just 5 minutes
Start with a slip knot
Chain 18 stitches
Slip stitch into the second chain from hook
Slip stitch into next stitch
Then work 13 half double crochets (hdc)
Finish with 2 slip stitches
Chain 1
Turn your work
Part 2 (0:51)
Work into front loops only
Insert hook into first stitch
Slip stitch
Slip stitch into next stitch
Then work 13 hdc
Remember to only pick up front loops
Finish with 2 slip stitches
Chain 1 and turn
Rows 3-7 repeat row 2 pattern
Complete these rows
Part 3 (2:16)
Row 8: Start with 2 slip stitches
Then 2 hdc
1 hdc decrease (hdc2tog)
Yarn over and pull through all loops
Let me show again
First make 2 hdc
Then 1 hdc decrease
1 hdc
2 slip stitches
Chain 1, leave long tail for sewing
Part 4 (3:38)
Insert hook into either end
Work 4 single crochets (sc)
Slip stitch to first sc, fasten off
Other end: also work 4 sc
Slip stitch to first sc
Chain 1
Round 2: 4 sc
Slip stitch to first sc, fasten off
Part 5 (4:50)
Use yarn tail to sew
When halfway sewn
Stuff with fiberfill
Your banana is complete!
Banana Keychain Tips
- Leave a long tail. The video sews the banana up with the yarn tail, so leave plenty before you fasten off.
- Stuff as you sew. Adding the fiberfill halfway through sewing, as the video does, is much easier than pushing it in at the end.
- Keep it light. A little stuffing is enough for a keychain. Too much stretches the stitches.
- Make a bunch. Once you have made one, the next takes a fraction of the time, and they make fun little gifts and craft-fair pieces.
More Keychains to Crochet
If you enjoyed this one, try the Crochet Biscuit Keychain, the Easy Crochet Keychain Tutorial, the DIY Colorful Crochet Keychain, the Little Turtle Keychain, or browse 5 WOW Crochet Keychain Ideas. For more little stuffed makes, see our free amigurumi crochet patterns.
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Happy hooking!
