What to make with Red Yarn – Free Crochet Patterns
If you are like us, we are always left over some some random colored balls of yarn.. and then looking for things to make with said color of yarn. So I thought it would be fun to start a bit of a collection of the different colored rainbow crochet patterns.. patterns that help you use up supplies you have a “lot of”. Let’s begin our rainbow crochet with Red Yarn Crochet Patterns. So.. if you have a lot of Red Yarn.. what can you make? Let’s check out these free crochet patterns today!
Lets take a peak at some great crocheting with Red Yarn. There is a range of crochet tutorials in this collection, they are all free (at the time of writing) and hopefully uou will find some easy crochet patterns as well as some more challenging ones. Either way, lots of red yarnspirations for you here today, that you can have a go at with lots of different typse of yarn brands!
Grab your hook, your red yarn and let’s take a look..
Free Crochet Patterns in Red Yarn
Red Crochet Heart
Heart Crochet Patterns are of course perfect for any red yarn scraps! Here is a super simple and super quick red yarn crochet pattern – that works with any thickness of yearn. Red Plush Yarn for squishies.. cotton yarn for heart pocket friends.
Mushroom Crochet Patterns/ Mushie Crochet
My daughter LOVES LOVE LOVES crocheting a Mushie – basically a mushroom person. They are so so cute.. and luckily for you there are a number of free mushroom patterns out there. The first one by the Friendly Red Fox, an amazing website that we have featured many times before and the second is on Yours Patterns.
Regular Mushroom Crochet Pattern
Similarly, you may want to make a REGULAR Mushroom.. Fear not.. again we have a couple of free mushroom crochet patterns for you to try out! A dinky small one by Grietje and a fancier mushroom by Amigurumi to Go!
Watermelon Crochet Patterns
Apple Crochet Pattern
Crochet in the Sun has a super fun little happy apple crochet pattern! This makes an adorable plushie that you could gift to a teacher on teacher appreciation day. Or make in a smaller cotton yarn as fabulous apple crochet keychains! So cute!
Strawberry Crochet Projects
Cherry Crochet Pattern
Similarly why not give these fabulous little crochet cherries a go. They are by Dandy Bee Makes! And are simply adorable. Again, you can play around with the yarn sizes and make plushies or keychains depending on yarn thickness and hook size!
Strawberry Corchet Pattern
Whilst on the topic of cute crochet fruit, we of course also need a free strawberry crochet patterns. Strawberries are perfect as key chains and quick and easy to make. Here is a great example by Stella’s Yarn Universe!
Watermelon Crochet Pattern
This is another great Red Yarn Craft… and if you make in the style of a classic rainbow crochet, it is actually a very quick craft that only needs a few rows of crochet. PLUS, if you add a hair clip inside, it turns into a fantastic fidget toy! Here is a great project on YouTube! Or here is another pattern, that I have used for fidget toy crochet at school fairs before.
Rose crochet projects
If you have red yarn to use up, then of course we also need a few flowers. Here is a relatively simple crochet rose pattern – that is great for adding to hair bands, or a bag as detail. So cute.
Poppy Crochet Pattern
Similarly, Thoresby Cottage has a lovely poppy pattern to make out of red yarn left overs.
Red Crochet Animal Patterns
Now I think this is the section you have all been waiting for! Who doesn’t love a crochet critter or two. They are particularly popular at craft fairs to make and sell (though the Mushies always sell out at fairs too). Remember if making and selling, to keep an eye on those safety eyes when using plush yarn or mayb hand sew the eyes on instead!
Amigurumi Crab Crochets Patterns
The best animal critter to crochet using red yarn, I think is a crab!! Who doesn’t looove a crab. They are so cute and of course PERFECT for any red yarn. I have a few patterns for you to choose form. Here we have the free Pattern on Ravelry by Eden or this adorable one by Octobus Crochet – both are free!
Or make this mini crab amigurumi – which would be perfect for red yarn scraps or worked up into a plush with super chunky yarn. Grab it on Ravelry by Helen Fey and photo by AnneZoe.
Lobster Crochet Pattern
What? That isn’t red.. that is a blue lobster Crochet Pattern. I hear y’all and of course this adorable little Free Lobster Crochet Pattern by Spin A Yarn Crochet, will ALSO feature in my Blue Yarn Crochet patterns.. but of course this a fabulous pattern to make in red yarn too! So felt it really needed to feature here as well!
Octopus Crochet Pattern
Or whilst on the topic of sea creatures, how wonderful is this Octopus Crochet Pattern on Ravelry? Amazing!
Red Ladybug Crochet Patterns
How lovely is this love bug lady bug? Such a cute idea! Grab it via Love Crafts! Or try this second ladybird crochet, also a free crochet pattern, by Little Yarn Friends!
Free Elmo Crochet Pattern
Now is Elmo and animal? I don’t know.. but he sort fits into this section better! And when looking for red crafts or red yarn crafts, then of course Elmo HAS To feature. So we have a couple of free Elmo Crochet Patterns for you. First up the Tiny Elmo Crochet Pattern, the pattern is on YouTube and second we have this more regular sized Elmo Crochet Pattern here.
Amigurumi Cardinal Crochet Pattern
Stringy Ding Ding has a wonderful free amigurumy Cardinal Crochet Pattern! You can access it for free on their blog or actually get a printable PDF for a small fee (and ad free content!). Inky Pica Crochet share a second great cardinal bird corchet pattern. Perfect for those lovely red yarns!
Scarlet Parrot Crochet Patterns
There are the red cardinals.. and then there are Red Parrots, or Scarlet Parrots. Again, a choice of two free parrot crochet patterns. The first quicker parrot crochet project is by Stella’s Yarn Universe and the second the fabulous DIY Fluffies that we have featured on here before!
Angry birds crochet pattern
Snacksies makes a popular angry bird! This would be a super fun red yarn craft for Angry Bird Fans! Wouldn’t they look great as a Christmas Tree ornament too!
Red Panda Pattern
DIY Fluffies shares this lovely Red Panda Pattern. You can see in your sample photos that the pattern works really well with both a rusty orange yarn and a red yarn!
Dragon Crochet Pattern
Ok, so our baby dragon here is green.. but who is to say that a dragon HAS to be green. I think red would make a great colour for this adorbale amigurumi dragon too. Check out our Free Baby Dragon Crochet Pattern here!
Snake Crochet Patterns
Snakes can be nade in any colours! Wouldn’t this pattern look great in Red and White Stripes? Stitch by Fay (see the finger knitting snake, as an example in different colours).
Strawberry cow/ turtle/ cat
There is trend out there to take a regular crochet animal and turn into “a fruity animal” – e.g. a cow crochet pattern and make it into a strawberry cow or strawberry turtle etc. So why not take your favourite animal crochet pattern.. and have a go with red yarn and add some yellow dots and a green crochet leaf or two? Ours here are more cerise, but they would work well with reds too!
Red Car Crochet Pattern
One Dog Woof has this adorable Amigurumi Car Crochet Pattern that is too cute not to include in this red yarn crochet pattern collection!
Christmas Crochet Projects in Red Yarn
Finally a quick session dedicated to CHRISTMAS Crochet (we also have some great Crochet Ornaments that you may like to take a peak at).. because of course red yarn is perfect for many Christmas crochet projects! Here are some cute ideas you may like to try out!
Gnome Crochet Pattern
Gnomes are super fun to make and are especially lovely at Christmas. You can really have fun with the colours and red yarn is perfect for any Christmas Crochet Gnome. Free pattern!
Mini Stocking Crochet Pattern
Christmas Stockings are another great red yarn project idea. I LOVE this mini stocking crochet pattern as it is quick to work up and you can make as many or as few as you like. The Stocking Pattern is free! And you can fill it with whatever you wish. Wouldn’t they make cute ornaments or maybe a garland above the fire place?
Free Mini Mitten Crochet
Similarly, I have an adorable free mini mitten crochet pattern for you, which again would look adorable as a garland or advent calendar!
I will be working on futher them yarn color crochet patterns over the coming weeks. If you have a particular color that you are interested in me working on, please do let me know.. I think we will be doing some blue yarn crochet patterns and yellow yarn crochet patterns next!
In the meantime, I will leave you with more free crochet patterns here:
