Free Crochet Orange Baby Rattle Pattern

If you like making things with your hands and want to create something special for a baby, you'll enjoy this crochet orange baby rattle pattern. It's a pattern that shows you every step you need to take to make this adorable toy. The baby rattle looks like a cute little orange with a ring to hold onto. It's like a mini orange made just for babies, with added white lines to make it look like a real orange. It's not only charming but also soft for little hands to grasp. With this pattern, you can make a delightful toy that babies will love to shake and play with.

Crochet Orange Baby Rattle Pattern

Materials and Tools

YarnArt JEANS, 55% cotton, 45% acrylic: 160m/50gr
color #82 olive green for the leaf and stem Alize Cotton Gold, 55% cotton, 45% acrylic: 330 m/50gr
color #83 pumpkin for half of the orange
color #55 white or #62 milk white for the segments
Alize Cotton Baby Soft, 50% cotton, 50% acrylic: 170 m/100g gr
color #37 orange for the orange peel
crochet hook that is convenient for using this kind of yarn
needles for sewing
(I used a 2.5 mm hook)
wooden ring 2.2-2.4" (5.5-6 cm) in diameter
scissors
safety pins
stuffing (holo-fibre or any synthetic material)
rattle

Abbreviations

CH = chain
MC = magic circle
SC = single crochet
INC = increase (crochet 2 st in one stitch)
DEC = decrease (crochet 2 st together)
(...) = the figure inside the parenthesis equals the number of stitches in the round
X = repeat the instruction X times

Half of the orange

Start with white or milk white yarn:

Rnd 1: 8 SC in MC (8)

Continue with yarn Alize Cotton Gold No83 pumpkin orange:

Rnd 2: 8 INC (16)
Rnd 3: (INC, I SC) X 8 times (24)
Rnd 4: (2 SC, INC) x 8 times (32)
Rnd 5: (3 SC, INC) X 8 times (40)
Rnd 6: 2 SC, (INC, 4 SC) x 7 times, INC, 2 SC (48)
Rnd 7: 1 SC, (INC, 5 SC) x 7 times, INC, 4 SC (56)
Rnd 8: (INC, 6 SC) X 8 times (64)

Change the thread to white or milk white:

Rnd 9: 64 SC (64)

Change the thread to yarn Alize Cotton Baby No37

orange

Rnd 10: 64 SC (64)

Cut the thread and hide the yarn tail inside the half of the orange.

Peel off the orange half-crochet with Alize Cotton Baby #37

Rnd 1: 6 SC in MC (6)
Rnd 2: 6 INCR (12)
Rnd 3: (INCR, I SC) X 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (INCR, 2 SC) X 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (INCR, 3 SC) X 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (INCR, 4 SC) X 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (INCR, 5 SC) X 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (INCR, 6 SC) X 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (INCR, 7 SC) X 6 times (54)
Rnd 10: (INCR, 8 SC) X 6 times (60)

Yarn:

Rnd 11: [INC, 9 SC) X 2 times, 10 SC)] X 2 times (64)
Rnds 12-17 (6 rounds): 64 SC (64)

Cut the thread, hide yarn tail inside the peel of the

Half Orange

Round orange

Crochet with Alize Cotton Baby #37 yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 SC in MC (6)
Rnd 2: 6 INCR (12)
Rnd 3: (INCR, I SC) X 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (INCR, 2 SC) X 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (INCR, 3 SC) X 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (INCR, 4 SC) X 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (INCR, 5 SC) X 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (INCR, 6 SC) X 6 times (48)
Rnds 9-18 (10 rounds): 48 SC (48)
Rnd 19: (DEC, 6 SC) X 6 times (42)
Rnd 20: (DEC, 5 SC) X 6 times (36)

Stuff your orange. I recommend stuffing the head at this point and putting the rattle inside. I tight.

Rnd 21: (DEC, 4 SC) X 6 times (30)
Rnd 22: (DEC, 3 SC) X 6 times (24)
Rnd 23: (DEC, 2 SC) X 6 times (18)
Rnd 24: (DEC, I SC) X 6 times (12)
Rnd 25: 6 DEC (6)

as possible.

Cut the thread, fasten hole, hide yarn tail inside the orange.

Leaf and stem

Rnd 1: 6 SC in MC (6)
Rnd 2: (2 SC, INC) X 2 times (8)
Rnd 3: (3 SC, INC) X 2 times (10)
Rnd 4: (4 SC, INC) x 2 times (12)
Rnd 5: (5 SC, INC) X 2 times (14)
Rnd 6: (6 SC, INC) X 2 times (16)
Rnd 7: (7 SC, INC) X 2 times (18)
Rnd 8-10 (3 rounds): 18 SC (18)
Rnd 11: (7 SC, DEC) X 2 times (16)
Rnd 12: (6 SC, DEC) X 2 times (14)
Rnd 13: (5 SC, DEC) X 2 times (12)
Rnd 14: (SC, DEC) X 4 times (8)

The number of rounds for the stem is approximate; please consider the thickness of your ring and the density of your crochet fabric: from time to time, fix the stem with the leaf on the ring as shown in the Assembly section.