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These little crochet sushi whip up in no time and are a great scrap buster. Here’s my free pattern!

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In my quest to crochet Japanese food, I had trouble finding a crochet sushi pattern that I liked. They were all too big. I wanted something small, and although still not true to size, similar in size. Some of the patterns I looked at resulted in sushi that was more than 2 inches in diameter!

Are you new to crochet amigurumi? Don’t worry, as these are really easy patterns to follow.

Crochet Sushi Maki

Specifically, I wanted a good crochet sushi maki pattern. Maki sushi is made by spreading out rice and the filling on a piece of nori (seaweed) on a makisu (sushi-making mat). It is then rolled and cut – hence the name, roll sushi, or maki.

Crochet Sushi Maki Pattern

Maki sushi, or roll sushi can have various fillings. Popular choices include salmon, tuna, tamago (egg) and California (imitation crab). Some fancier rolls have a combo of items, and so making this crochet sushi maki is quite versatile.

To keep them nice and small, I used light-worsted or DK weight yarn (category 3) in black and white. This is what was in my stash, and so this is what I used. For the fillings, however, I used worsted weight yarn (category 4) as I only have that weight in coloured yarn. You could certainly make these out of worsted weight (category 4) yarn completely – they will end up a tad larger, that’s all.

These are cute little crochet sushi maki that measure about 1.5 inches in diameter. Given its small size, this is not intended for young children who might try to swallow it.

This pattern is constructed from the inside (the filling), works its way out and then down the sides and then back towards the centre. It is the same on the top and the bottom.

Round 1 – Starting with the filling colour, make a MR, ch 1, 5 sc (5)
No need to cut this yarn as you will be using it again.
Round 2 – Switch to white yarn, inc in each stitch (10)
Round 3 – [sc, inc] repeat 5 times (15)
No need to cut the white yarn, as you will be using it again.
Round 4 – Switch to black yarn. In BLO, sc all around (15)
Rounds 5 & 6 – in both loops, sc all around (15)
Round 7 – Switch back to white yarn. In BLO, sc all around (15)
Round 8 -[sc, dec], repeat 5 times (10)
I cut the white and black yarn at this point. Tuck the ends into the sushi.
Stuff lightly. Don’t overdo it in order to maintain its shape.
Round 9 – Switch back to the yarn used as the filling colour, dec all around (5), Slst to the first stitch in this round for a neater finish.
Cut the yarn and use the end to sew it closed using a yarn needle.
Weave the end in and cut any excess.

Although this is the same, top and bottom, I prefer the look of the ending part better than the beginning. It looks neater in my opinion.

Feel free to make several as maki sushi is typically served as 6 pieces.

Crochet Sushi Uramaki (Inside Out Roll) Pattern

Typically, the nori (seaweed) is on the outside of the roll; however, there is also something called a uramaki, which is an inside-out roll, where the rice is on the inside. This type of sushi has more rice than nori.

Avocado and cucumber are common fillings for this type of sushi.

I tend to find this kind of sushi to be a bit bigger than the maki sushi. The finished product of these crochet sushi uramaki measures about 1.75 inches in diameter.

This pattern uses a green filling, which could be avocado or cucumber, depending on the shade of green that you use.

Similar to the crochet sushi maki pattern, this is constructed from the centre of the filling, out to the outer edge of the piece of sushi, down the sides and then back to the centre.

It is finished off with beige embroidery floss to mimic the sesame seeds on the outside. I think that my beige floss was a little too light coloured (it’s very subtle), but it was all I had on hand. I think it works, though.

Round 1 – Using green yarn, make a MR, ch 1, 5 sc (5)
No need to cut the green yarn as you will be using it again.
Round 2 – Switch to black yarn, inc in each stitch (10)
No need to cut the black yarn, as you will be using it again.
Round 3 – Switch to white yarn, [sc, inc] repeat 5 times (15)
Round 4 – [2sc, inc} repeat 5 times (20)
Round 5 – In BLO, sc all around (20)
Rounds 6 & 7 – in both loops, sc all around (20)
Round 8 – In BLO, [2 sc, dec], repeat 5 times (15)
Round 9 – Switch back to black yarn, [sc, dec], repeat 5 times (10)
I cut the white and black yarn at this point. Tuck the ends into the sushi.
Stuff lightly. Don’t overdo it in order to maintain its shape.
Round 10 – Switch back to green yarn, dec all around (5), Slst to the first green stitch for a neater finish.
Cut green yarn and use the end to sew it closed using a yarn needle.
Weave the end in and cut any excess.
Using the beige embroidery floss, go around the white exterior to make it look like sesame seeds. Leave a bit of a tail and go around individual stitches in a random way. Go all the way around. Tie the ends together and weave the ends inside to hide them. I used double thread so that it was more noticeable, but it uses up a lot of the embroidery floss.

There is definitely a top and a bottom side to this. I find that the finished end (round 10) looks nicer than the magic ring side.

Feel free to make multiples, as typically this type of sushi is served as 6 pieces.

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