How to Crochet Soccer Ball Keychain Pattern for Bag Accessories
Kick off your creativity with this Free Crochet Soccer Ball Keychain Pattern that’s perfect for sporty flair and handmade accessory lovers.
Soccer fans and handmade accessory lovers alike will adore the charm and practicality of a small crochet soccer ball keychain. This delightful pattern combines functionality and creativity, offering a stylish way to personalize everyday objects like bags, purses, or keys. Perfect for showcasing your love for the game, it’s a fun, lightweight item that can also be a thoughtful gift for friends, sports enthusiasts, or party favors.
Crochet Soccer Ball Keychain for Sporty Elegance
Designed with a versatile pattern, you can customize the colors to match your favorite team or event theme, adding a personal touch to an already unique accessory. Adding optional embellishments like beads or decorative cords amplifies its charm, allowing for endless creativity.
Skill Level
Beginner – Advanced Beginner
Requires knowledge of: Magic ring, single crochet, increasing, decreasing, sewing pieces, and basic embroidery (optional for embellishments).
Not only is this a fun way to spend time doing something productive, but you’ll finish with a piece that’s as functional as it is visually appealing. With customizable designs and practical use, this crochet project strikes the perfect balance between form and function while celebrating your passion for soccer.
Summary
Celebrate your love for soccer (football) or the Women’s World Cup with this adorable amigurumi soccer ball keychain! This step-by-step pattern guides you through making a 3D crocheted ball in your favorite team colors, decorated with distinct pentagons for classic soccer styling. Personalize it for your national team, club, or in green and yellow for Brazil. This beginner-friendly amigurumi project is finished off with a chain for a keyring, making it a perfect gift or bag accessory.
Amigurumi Soccer Ball Keychain Pattern
Pattern Notes
- Ball is worked in continuous rounds (amigurumi style) with increases, maintaining a tight gauge.
- Classic amigurumi technique: use a stitch marker to keep track of rounds.
- The pentagons are made separately using finer thread and then sewn on for an authentic soccer ball effect.
- The keychain cord is crocheted and attached before sewing up the final ball.
- Stuff firmly before full closure but do not overstuff to keep the shape.
- Color customization is encouraged!
Materials
- Main yarn: DK or Worsted weight cotton/acrylic in light lemon lime (or base color)
- Small amount of black or team-pentagon color (thin #10/thread-weight preferred for pentagons), e.g., cotton #1000
- Matching hook for main yarn (e.g., 2.5–3.5 mm)
- Smaller hook for pentagon thread (e.g., 0.75 mm)
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- Stitch marker
- Tapestry/yarn needle
- Keyring or split ring
- Optional: beads for personalization
- Fabric or craft glue (for optional help in assembling)
- Pins
Measurements / Sizing
- Finished ball: 3.5–4 cm (1.5 in) diameter, depending on hook/yarn choice
- Pentagons: Approximately 1.2–1.5 cm each
- Chain/cord: ~5 cm before attaching (adjustable)
Gauge
- Amigurumi is best worked tight so stuffing doesn’t show.
- For ball: 6 sc x 6 rounds ≈ 2 cm square
Stitch Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Stitch |
|---|---|
| MR | Magic ring |
| sc | Single crochet |
| inc | Increase (2 sc in st) |
| dec | Decrease (sc2tog) |
| ch | Chain |
| sl st | Slip stitch |
| st | Stitch |
| FO | Fasten off |
Special Stitches
- Magic Ring (MR): Make a loop, crochet stitches inside the loop, then pull tight.
- Decreases (dec): Crochet 2 sc together through front loops only.
- Pentagon motive: sc, ch, sc repeats for shape.
The Crochet Pattern
1. Soccer Ball Body (Main Color)
R1:
Make a MR, 6 sc into the ring (6).
R2:
Inc in each st around (2 sc in each st) (12).
R3:
(sc, inc) repeat 6 times around (18).
R4:
sc, inc, sc 2, inc; Repeat sequence until end. (Work: sc in next st, inc in next, sc in next 2, inc in next; total of 5 repeats, sc in last st). (24)
R5:
(sc 3, inc) x6 (30).
R6–R10:
sc in each st around (5 rounds, 30 sc per round).
R11:
(sc 3, dec) x6 (24).
R12:
(sc 2, dec) x6 (18).
R13:
(sc, dec) x6 (12).
Stuff the ball firmly at this stage.
R14:
Dec in each st around to close (6).
Finish off, use tapestry needle to weave through the last sts and pull tight to close the ball’s opening (inverted closing ring).
2. Pentagons (Make 12, small black or contrast thread, thread crochet)
With fine yarn/thread & small hook:
R1:
MR, 5 sc in ring.
Close ring, sl st to 1st sc.
R2:
(ch 1, sc in same st, ch 1, sc in same st) repeat in every st.
Each stitch: sc, ch 1, sc in same st, repeat all around (should have 2 sc in each, separated by ch-1).
Sl st to finish, FO leaving a long tail for sewing.
Make 12 pentagons total.
3. Keychain Cord
- Double main yarn or use thicker cord for durability.
- Ch 10.
- Slip keyring or split ring into this cord before attaching to the ball.
- Sl st back through 6th chain from one end for secure hanging loop.
- Sl st in every ch back to base, ch 1, FO.
- Beads can be added if desired for decoration.
Assembly & Finishing
- Using pins, arrange 12 pentagons around the ball:
- 1 centered at the “top” of the ball (starting Magic Ring area).
- Attach 5 around this center, spacing evenly and skipping 2 rows between points.
- Place the remaining 5 pentagons as shown in video, spaced to mimic classic soccer ball geometry (alternating with previous row, forming triangles).
- Use small amount of glue if desired to lightly hold in place before sewing.
- Sew pentagons:
- Thread the tapestry needle with pentagon yarn.
- Whipstitch or backstitch only through the outer loops at the ends of each pentagon, following ball’s curvature.
- Move in triangle/star fashion, always sewing from one pentagon point-end to next, ensuring a soccer-ball effect.
- Tilt pentagons as needed for symmetry. Adjust while pinning.
- After all are sewn, hide and secure ends.
- Attach keychain cord:
- Secure loop at top center point (between two pentagons or in seam at center).
- Pull cord through, knot inside, FO, weave in tail.
- Personalization:
- Add beads or beads to keychain before closing the loop or at any point.
- Final touches:
- Remove pins, adjust pentagon position if needed, trim loose threads.
- Ball should be firm, with a smooth surface, and all pentagons lying flat.
Assembly & Finished Size Checklist
- Crochet and close 3D soccer ball, stuff firmly.
- Make and safely sew on all 12 pentagons for a classic soccer appearance.
- Attach finished crochet chain with keyring securely to top center before pentagon sewing if preferred.
- Add beads or personal embellishments as desired.
- Final ball size: c. 4–5 cm across, chain c. 5 cm, total length about 9–10 cm.
- Ensure all ends are securely knotted, hidden, and trimmed.
