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Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern

Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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Cozy Accent

A warm touch for your space that transforms ordinary corners into inviting nooks filled with handmade charm.

About This Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern makes a decorative amigurumi called Jack in Love: a heart-shaped tree growing from a skull-style pot. It combines simple amigurumi techniques with shaping, embroidery, and a few small sewn parts. You will work in continuous spirals, learn color changes and invisible decreases, and assemble the pot, tree, leaves and facial embroidery.

Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Pattern includes full round-by-round instructions, leaf and eye patterns, and step-by-step assembly photos. The finished toy measures about 15 cm tall with recommended materials and can be adjusted with different yarn/hook choices.

Why You'll Love This Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it blends whimsical design with satisfying construction techniques that produce a charming decorative piece. I enjoy how the heart-shaped branches can be bent and posed, making each finished Jack unique. The pattern taught me clever ways to hide joins and embroider expressive facial details. Sharing it lets others create a cozy accent that’s both playful and elegant, and I get a lot of joy seeing finished photos from makers.

Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love experimenting with color: try pastel yarns for a softer look, or autumn browns and oranges for seasonal charm.

To make a larger version, use a thicker yarn and a larger hook; this will increase both the pot and tree size while keeping the same shaping logic.

You can create a mini keychain version by using fingering yarn and a much smaller hook, plus omitting the internal plastic base and wire.

I often change the pot design by embroidering different faces or adding appliques; the same pot shape works great with floral or geometric decorations.

For sturdier, poseable branches, insert thicker wire or tape two wires side by side before inserting them into the branch cores.

Try making seasonal leaves: sew tiny crocheted flowers for spring or add bead accents for a sparkly holiday look.

I sometimes add a removable felt liner inside the pot to hide the plastic disc and give a smoother interior finish.

Swap the heart-shaped branch layout for a simple upright branch or a small tree with several offshoots to create a different silhouette.

Embellish the leaves by stitching veins with a slightly lighter or darker green thread for more realism and texture.

If you want a more aged or rustic look, lightly brush a thin varnish or glue mixture over the branches and shape them once stiffened.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the stitch marker when working in continuous spirals causes you to lose track of the round; place a marker at the start of every round to stay on track. ✗ Not stuffing the base evenly results in a lumpy pot shape; stuff gradually and shape as you go for smooth, even curves. ✗ Changing color incorrectly can leave loose strands; perform the color change on the second half of the last stitch to secure tidy transitions. ✗ Forgetting to count stitches after increases and decreases will create uneven shaping; count every round, especially after increases or decreases, to maintain correct stitch counts.

Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern

Create an adorable heart-shaped tree growing from a skull-style pot with this detailed amigurumi pattern. You will enjoy clear step-by-step rounds, helpful photos, and finishing tips to bring Jack in Love to life. Perfect as a gift or a unique home accent to brighten any shelf or desk with handmade charm.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Jack in Love Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Sport weight yarn (Fine yarn) or Fingering for 100% cotton yarn
  • 02
    Colors: white - approx. 20g (Alize Cotton Gold #55 for the pot)
  • 03
    Colors: black - approx. 15g (Yarn Art Jeans #53 for the base, soil, eyes, mouth, nose)
  • 04
    Colors: brown - approx. 10g (Yarn Art Jeans #40 for the tree)
  • 05
    Colors: green - approx. 5g (Yarn Art Jeans #82 for leaves)

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook 2 mm (I used 2 mm Clover Amour which corresponds to 1.75 mm regular hook)
  • 02
    Crochet hook 2.25 mm (for testing result example)
  • 03
    Scissors
  • 04
    Tapestry needle for sewing and weaving ends
  • 05
    Stitch marker (I use a piece of yarn)
  • 06
    Polyester fiberfill (stuffing)
  • 07
    Stuffing tool (wooden skewers and tweezers recommended)
  • 08
    Wire 2 mm (about 60 cm, copper recommended)
  • 09
    A piece of plastic to make the bottom steady (lid of a plastic container)
  • 10
    Pins for assembly

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— Base :

Info :

Work with black yarn.

Round 1 :

6 sc in a MR (6)

Round 2 :

6 inc (12)

Round 3 :

(inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 4 :

(inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)

Round 5 :

(inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30)

Round 6 :

2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) * 5, inc, 2 sc (36)

Round 7 :

(inc, 5 sc) * 6 (42)

Round 8 :

3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) * 5, inc, 3 sc (48)

Round 9 :

(inc, 7 sc) * 6 (54)

Round 10 :

4 sc, (inc, 8 sc) * 5, inc, 4 sc (60)

Info :

Change to white color (fasten off black yarn).

Round 11 :

BLO (p.8) 60 sc (60)

Round 12 :

(inc, 9 sc) * 6 (66)

Round 13 :

66 sc (66)

Round 14 :

5 sc, (inc, 10 sc) *5, inc, 5 sc (72)

Round 15 :

72 sc (72)

Round 16 :

(inc, 11 sc) * 6 (78)

Round 17-21 :

(5 rows) 78 sc (78)

Round 22 :

(dec, 11 sc) * 6 (72)

Round 23-25 :

(3 rows) 72 sc (72)

Round 26 :

5 sc, (dec, 10 sc) * 5, dec, 5 sc (66)

Round 27-30 :

(4 rows) 66 sc (66)

Info :

Cut out a piece of plastic to fit the bottom (it will help to make the base steady) and put it inside the base (as shown in the p.9). If your plastic is too flexible, cut out 2 or 3 pieces and put them together.

Round 31 :

FLO 66 sc (p.10) (66)

Round 32 :

66 sc (p.11) (66)

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving a tail 15-20 cm to weave in the end.

Info :

Use the "straight edge" method to finish the top edge: Skip one stitch and insert the needle into the 2nd one (p.12), pull it out. Insert the needle into the last stitch of the round (between the front and the back loop of the stitch) (p.13). Pull the needle out, tighten the thread, weave in the end (p.14).

— Top (soil) :

Info :

Attach black yarn to the back loop of 30th round (p.15).

Info :

Make regular decreases in the next round instead of invisible ones: pull a loop through one stitch, pull a loop through the next stitch (p.16), yarn over, pull through 3 loops on the hook (p.17).

Round 1 :

(dec, 9 sc) * 6 (60)

Round 2 :

4 sc, (dec, 8 sc) * 5, dec, 4 sc (54)

Round 3 :

(dec, 7 sc) * 6 (48)

Round 4 :

(dec, 6 sc) * 6 (42)

Round 5 :

(dec, 5 sc) * 6 (36)

Round 6 :

(dec, 4 sc) * 6 (30)

Info :

Stuff the base firmly.

Round 7 :

(dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)

Info :

Change to brown color (fasten off black yarn).

Round 8 :

FLO 24 sc (24)

Round 9 :

(dec, 2 sc) * 6 (18)

Round 10-11 :

(2 rounds) 18 sc (18)

Round 12 :

(dec, 1 sc) * 6 (12)

Round 13-16 :

(4 rounds) 12 sc (12)

Info :

Stuff the stem.

Round 17 :

6 sc, ch 2 (8)

Info :

Continue crocheting the next round starting from the 1st stitch of the previous round (p.20). Mark the 2nd of 2 chains (p.21 - red loop), we will need it while crocheting the second branch.

Round 18 :

6 sc, 2 sc along the chain, make sure to crochet only into BLO of the chain (p.21 - white loops), as we will need the front loops (red and yellow) to crochet the second branch (p.22).

Round 19-27 :

(9 rounds) 8 sc (8)

Round 28 :

dec, 6 (7)

Round 29-32 :

(4 rounds) 7 sc (7)

Round 33 :

dec, 5 (6)

Round 34-43 :

(10 rounds) 6 sc (6)

Info :

Measure how much wire you will need, it should be inserted into the branch and about half of the body (p.23), cut 2 such pieces. Bend the bottom and top parts (p.24), insert the wire (p.25).

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving a 15 cm tail for closing the opening. Insert the yarn tail into a needle, go under the front loops of all 6 sc (p.26), tighten the thread and weave in the yarn end (p.27).

Info :

Crochet the 2nd branch. Attach yarn to the marked loop of 17th round (p.28), leave 10-15 cm yarn tail, we will need it later.

Round 17 :

2 sc along the chain, 6 sc (p.29) (8)

Round 18 :

8 sc (8)

Info :

Repeat rounds 19-43 of the first branch for the second branch. Insert the 2nd piece of wire into the 2nd branch. Cut the yarn off and close the opening. If there is a hole left between two branches, sew it using the yarn tail left from starting the 2nd branch (p.30,31). Bend the branches to form a heart (p.32,33).

— Leaves :

Info :

Separate leaves (make 4).

Info :

Ch 4, turn, work from the 2nd ch from hook (p.34 - white loop):

Round 1 :

1 sc, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 1 sc, ch 2, sl st into the 2nd ch from hook (p.35,36), continue on the other side of the chain, 1 sc, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 1 sc, sl st into the 1st stitch of the row (p.37,38)

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving 10-15 cm for sewing.

Info :

Leaves on branches (make 4): Crochet the leaves in the same way, but make the last sl st with brown yarn (p.39,40). Ch 5, attach it to the tree with a sl st (p.41,42).

Info :

Weave in the ends. Sew the leaves on the branches randomly (p.48), you may attach some small branches on the inner side of the tree, and then sew the leaf to the outer side (p.45-47).

Info :

Make a few small branches without leaves: attach brown yarn to the tree (p.49), ch 6, starting from the 2nd ch from the hook (p.50): 5 sl st, sl st to the same place from where the ch begins (p.51). Cut the yarn off and weave in the ends. If the branch looks down, make a few stitches to make it look up (p.52).

— Eyes (make 2) :

Info :

Work with black yarn. Eyes will be worked in rows with a turning ch. Ch 2, turn, work from the 2nd ch from hook:

Row 1 :

3 sc in 1 stitch (p.54), ch 1, turn (3)

Row 2 :

inc, 1 sc, inc (p.55), ch 1, turn (5)

Row 3 :

inc, 3 sc, inc, ch 1, turn (7)

Row 4 :

inc, 5 sc, inc, ch 1, turn (p.56) (9)

Info :

Before crocheting the next row, watch the video.

Row 5 :

Skip 2 stitches, crochet into the 3rd stitch (p.56): (1 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dc, 1 hdc) (p.57), sl st into the next stitch, skip 2 stitches, crochet into the 3rd stitch: (1 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dc, 1 hdc)

Info :

Continue crocheting around the heart (p.59,60): 3 sc on the side part, 3 sc into the base ch, 3 sc on the side part.

Info :

Cut the yarn off leaving 40-50 cm. Weave in the end using the "straight edge" method, but in this case do not skip any stitches, insert the needle into the 1st stitch of the row. Do cut off the yarn, we will need it to sew the eyes to the base.

— Assembling :

Info :

Pin the eyes between rounds 15 and 25 (if you count from the 1st white round, the eyes will be between the 8th and 18th rounds), the shortest distance between eyes is 6 stitches (on the 14th round) (p.61).

Info :

Make sure that the middle part of the tree (the place where the branches are divided) corresponds with the middle part of the face.

Info :

Sew them around using an invisible stitch: grab a stitch on the head (p.62), insert the needle into a stitch on the eye (from the inner side - p.63), insert it back into the next stitch on the eye (from the outer side - p.64).

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Sew the eyes around and weave in the end.

Info :

Cut a piece of yarn (approximately 10 cm) and pin it to create a guideline for embroidering the mouth (as shown in the p.65).

Info :

Embroider the mouth with black yarn, you will need 50-60 cm for the mouth and nose. If your yarn looks thin, you may use 2 threads for embroidery. Thread a needle and embroider the mouth following this guideline using running stitch (p.66,67).

Info :

Cover the blank spaces left with vertical stitches (p.68-70). Don't cut the yarn off, continue to embroider the nose.

Info :

Mark the points where the nose should be (if you count from the 1st white row, the nose will be between 6th and 8th rounds). The distance between the upper points is 1 stitch and between the lower points is 5 stitches (p.71).

Info :

Embroider the nose making 3 stitches for each nostril (p.71-74). Weave in the yarn end.

Assembly Instructions

  • Pin the eyes between rounds 15 and 25 of the white section so they line up symmetrically; the shortest distance between eyes is 6 stitches on round 14.
  • Position the middle of the tree (where branches split) to correspond with the middle of the face before sewing to ensure the whole composition is centered.
  • Sew the eyes using an invisible stitch: grab a stitch on the head, insert the needle into a stitch on the eye from the inner side, then back into the next stitch from the outer side and continue around the eye.
  • Embroider the mouth using the pinned guideline and running stitch; use 50-60 cm of black yarn (or two threads if yarn is thin) and cover blank spaces with vertical stitches.
  • Insert wire pieces into branches before closing openings and sew any gaps between branches using the yarn tail left from starting the second branch.

Important Notes

  • 💡All parts are worked in continuous spirals (without slip stitch and ch), unless noted otherwise.
  • 💡To keep track of the rounds use a stitch marker and move it at the start of each round.
  • 💡Work with consistent tension and stuff gradually to maintain smooth shapes and stable structure.

This charming Jack in Love amigurumi brings a playful heart-tree growing from a skull pot to your home — a sweet and spooky accent you will adore. Make one for your desk, shelf or as a whimsical handmade gift that sparks smiles. Happy crocheting and enjoy shaping your branches and leaves into a unique little friend! 🧶🌿

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished amigurumi measures approximately 15 cm (6 inches) tall when using the recommended yarn and hook size.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights, but this will affect the final size; adjust your hook size accordingly and consider using thicker wire for larger branches.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases, working in continuous spirals, and embroidery skills is recommended.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters complete this project in about 5-7 hours, although time may vary depending on experience and how much finishing and shaping you do.