Create this easy, sew on crochet eyes for dolls or amigurumis. Use different coloured yarns to create the right eye color for your project/s. These crochet eyes can add a charming and lifelike touch to your project/s.
MATERIALS
8 PLY / DK ACRYLIC YARN
COLOURS: GREEN + BLACK + WHITE
3 MM CROCHET HOOK
DARNING NEEDLE
SCISSORS
OPTIONAL: STITCH MARKERS
LEFT EYE
With your black yarn and 3 MM crochet hook, create a Magic Ring (MR) and Chain (CH) 1.
ROUND 1: Hook in 6 Single Crochets (SC) inside the MR joining the green yarn in the last stitch. Pull the ring close.
ROUND 2: Single Crochet Increase (SC INC) in the next 3 stitches (Photo 1), joining your black yarn in the last stitch, SC INC in the next 3 stitches, joining your white yarn in the last stitch.
ROUND 3: * SC INC in the next stitch, SC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 18
ROUND 4: SC INC in the next stitch, Double Crochet Increase (DC INC) in the next stitch, SC INC in the next stitch (Photo 2). Fasten off and leave a tail long enough for sewing onto your project.


CREATING THE RIGHT EYE
With your black yarn, create a MR and CH 1.
ROUND 1: Hook in 6 SC inside the MR, joining the green yarn in the last stitch. Pull the ring close. Total Stitches: 6
ROUND 2: SC INC in the next 3 stitches, joining your black yarn in the last stitch. SC INC in the next 3 stitches, joining your green yarn in the last stitch, SC INC in the next 2 stitches, joining the white yarn into the last stitch.
ROUND 3: * SC INC in the next stitch, SC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 18

ROUND 4: SC INC in the next stitch, DC INC in the next stitch, SC INC in the last stitch. Fasten off and leave a tail long enough for sewing onto your project.
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