If your kid is as obsessed with Minecraft as my nephews are, then you will absolutely love these awesome Minecraft crochet keychains! Since they absolutely love this game, I wanted to make them something really special for it. But I wanted the pattern to be quick to crochet, no sew (because who likes sewing), and customisable.
So last year, before the first day of school, I designed this pattern and crocheted them all keychains for their backbacks of their custom Minecraft skins! Not only were they thrilled (you should have seen their faces!) but all of their friends were jealous – which is always a great flex in Elementary school isn’t it? haha.
So, as the new school year begins, I finally decided to release these crochet Minecraft keychain patterns. In this pattern, we show you how to crochet Minecraft’s Steve, Alex, and the Creeper keychains. However, the best part of this pattern is that we will show you how to adapt it to crochet any Minecraft character that you like! They are great crochet ideas for boys or girls.
So let’s begin crocheting these keychains for the Minecraft addict in your life!
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Minecraft Crochet Keychains Free Pattern
This pattern is for your personal use only and cannot be sold, copied, or reproduced in any way without permission from the designers. You may sell finished objects made from this pattern in small quantities but please give credit to chaicoffeecrochet.com as the pattern designer.
Tools and Supplies You Will Need to Crochet Your Minecraft Keychains
- Yarn: You need a very small amount of DK yarn in
- green and black for the Creeper
- skin colour, rust, green, white and pink for Alex
- skin colour, dark brown, blue, and white for Steve
- 2.75 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch markers
- Polyfill stuffing
- Keychain ring
Minecraft Amigurumi Keychains: Stitches and Abbreviations Used
This pattern is written in US terms and crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise.
Sl st: slip stitch
SC: single crochet
INV DEC: invisible decrease
INC: two SC in the same stitch
BLO: back loops only
SC3TOG: SC three together (see special stitches)
Special Stitches
SC3TOG
In this stitch, we will be combining three stitches into one.
- Insert hook into the front loop of the first stitch. Pull up a loop. (2 loops on hook)
- Insert hook into the front loop of the second stitch. Pull up a loop. (3 loops on hook)
- Insert hook into the front loop of the third stitch. Pull up a loop. (4 loops on hook)
- Then yarn over and pull through all four loops on your hook.
Pattern Notes & Tips for Crocheting Minecraft keychains
- Difficulty level: Intermediate
- This pattern is written in US terms.
- This pattern is crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker on the first stitch of every round so that you don’t lose track of the start of your round.
- Since this is a no-sew pattern, the design is done using colour changes and so the stitches must be in line so that the design isn’t misaligned. Using the yarn under method will allow your stitches to stack up on top of each other. If you are using yarn over, your stitches may slant, causing the design to not be in line.
- Tip: To ensure that your stitches are in line, insert a yarn scrap in the first stitch of Round 5. In each subsequent round, ensure that you are starting in line with this stitch. If you notice that your stitches have skewed away from this stitch, do not end the round there. Do an additional SC so that you are under your yarn scrap. This will now be the end of the round. Move your stitch marker over accordingly.
- To change colours, start the last SC of the previous colour as normal. Insert your hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, and now you have two loops on your hook. Now, drop your working yarn and pick up the new colour and pull that through the two loops on your hook. You will now continue working with the new colour. As you change colours, you can loosely carry the yarn that you are not using along your work. Be sure not to keep it too taut, as that may result in altering the shape of your keychain.
- These keychains were made using DK yarn. However, you may use any yarn with the relevant hook. However, the thicker the yarn, the larger your final project will be. For a keychain, you probably want to stick to yarn that is worsted weight or thinner.
- If you would like to make this into a keychain, use a keychain ring with a jump ring. Use pliers to pull apart the jump ring. Hook it into the centre of the magic circle at the top of the keychain and use pliers to close the jump ring tight.
Finished size of Minecraft crochet keychains
Each keychain turns out to be approximately 1.25 inches, using DK yarn and a 2.75mm crochet hook.
Crochet Minecraft Alex Free Pattern
Note: The pattern photos have Alex’s eyes as blue, as I had made a mistake with her eye colour. They should be green, as stated in the pattern, instead of blue
Begin with rust yarn
Round 1: 8 SC into a magic circle (8)
Round 2: (1 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) four times (16)
Round 3: 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 1 SC (24)
Round 4: 3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (5 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 2 SC (32)
Round 5: 32 SC in BLO (32)
Round 6: 32 SC (32)
Round 7: 17 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to rust, 13 SC (32)
Round 8: 16 SC, Change to skin color, 4 SC, Change to rust, 12 SC (32)
Round 9: 10 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to rust, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 1 SC, Change to white, 1 SC, Change to green, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to green, 1 SC, Change to white, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 1 SC, Change to rust, 11 SC (32)
Round 10: 9 SC, Change to skin color, 13 SC, Change to rust, 10 SC (32)
Round 11: 9 SC, Change to skin color, 7 SC, Change to pink, 2 SC, Change to skin colour, 5 SC, Change to rust, 9 SC (32)
Round 12: 8 SC, Change to skin color, 14 SC, Change to rust, 10 SC (32)
Change to skin colour
Round 13: 32 SC in BLO
Round 14: 3 SC, SC3TOG, (5 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 2 SC (24)
Stuff your keychain now.
Round 15: 2 SC, SC3TOG, (3 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 1 SC (16)
Round 16: (1 SC, SC3TOG) four times (8)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert a needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the yarn tail.
Now we will make Alex’s ponytail. Hold your keychain upside down and attach rust yarn using a slip stitch to the first front loop in rust left over from Round 13, to the left side of Alex’s head (see the picture below to see exactly where to attach it). We will be working in the first 3 rust front loops and will be working in rows.
Row 1: Chain 1, 3 SC, Chain 1 and turn. (3)
Row 2: 2 SC. Chain 1 and turn. (2)
Row 3: 1 SC, INC. Chain 1 turn. (3)
Row 4: INV DEC, 1 SC, Chain 1 and turn (2)
Row 5: 1 SC (1)
Fasten off and weave in the ends. You can now add a keychain ring to the top of the head.
Crochet Minecraft Steve Free Pattern
Begin with dark brown yarn
Round 1: 8 SC into a magic circle (8)
Round 2: (1 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) four times (16)
Round 3: 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 1 SC (24)
Round 4: 3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (5 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 2 SC (32)
Round 5: 32 SC in BLO (32)
Round 6: 32 SC (32)
Round 7: 14 SC, Change to skin colour, 6 SC, Change to dark brown, 12 SC (32)
Round 8: 13 SC, Change to skin color, 8 SC, Change to dark brown, 11 SC (32)
Round 9: 10 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to dark brown, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 1 SC, Change to white, 1 SC, Change to blue, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to blue, 1 SC, Change to white, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 1 SC, Change to dark brown, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC, Change to dark brown, 8 SC (32)
Round 10: 10 SC, Change to skin colour, 6 SC, Change to dark brown, 2 SC, Change to skin colour, 6 SC, Change to dark brown, 8 SC (32)
Note: In the next couple of rounds, a few stitches will be done in BLO, as indicated
Round 11: 8 SC, Change to skin colour, 7 SC, Change to dark brown, 1 SC, Change to skin colour, 2 SC in BLO, Change to dark brown, 1 SC, Change to skin, 7 SC, Change to dark brown, 6 SC (32)
Round 12: 3 SC, Change to skin colour, 12 SC, Change to dark brown, 4 SC in BLO, Change to skin colour, 12 SC, Change to dark brown, 1 SC (32)
Change to skin colour
Round 13: 32 SC in BLO
Round 14: 3 SC, SC3TOG, (5 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 2 SC (24)
Stuff your keychain now.
Round 15: 2 SC, SC3TOG, (3 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 1 SC (16)
Round 16: (1 SC, SC3TOG) four times (8)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert a needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the yarn tail. You can now add a keychain ring to the top of the head.
Crochet Minecraft Creeper Free Pattern
Begin with green yarn
Round 1: 8 SC into a magic circle (8)
Round 2: (1 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) four times (16)
Round 3: 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 1 SC (24)
Round 4: 3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (5 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 2 SC (32)
Round 5: 32 SC in BLO (32)
Round 6: 32 SC (32)
Round 7-8 (2 rounds): 14 SC, Change to black, 2 SC, Change to green, 2 SC, Change to black, 2 SC, Change to green, 12 SC (32)
Round 9: 16 SC, Change to black, 2 SC, Change to green, 14 SC (32)
Round 10-11 (2 rounds): 15 SC, Change to black, 4 SC, Change to green, 13 SC (32)
Round 12: 15 SC, Change to black, 1 SC, Change to green, 2 SC, Change to black, 1 SC, Change to green, 13 SC (32)
Round 13: 32 SC in BLO
Round 14: 3 SC, SC3TOG, (5 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 2 SC (24)
Stuff your keychain now.
Round 15: 2 SC, SC3TOG, (3 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 1 SC (16)
Round 16: (1 SC, SC3TOG) four times (8)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert a needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the yarn tail. You can now add a keychain ring to the top of the head.
How to Crochet a Custom Minecraft Skin Keychain
If you would like to crochet a different Minecraft character or even a custom skin designed by your kid, you can adapt this pattern for that. Essentially, the heads of all the Minecraft characters are cubes that are 8 pixels by 8 pixels. Our basic cube pattern below is 8 SC by 8 SC. So to customize your minecraft skin, one SC will equal one pixel
Get the pixel grid of the Minecraft character that you want to crochet
To crochet a custom Minecraft character, first get the pixel count of the character that you want. If it is a common character in Minecraft, you can search on Google or Pinterest for the character name followed by pixel (i.e. “Alex Minecraft pixel” or “Minecraft Enderman pixel”) and you should find images showing the 8 pixel cube of the character (at least of the face). Often you will find pixel art designs for these characters with an 8×8 grid.
If your kid has a custom character, ask them to screenshot the pixel art of their character’s head from the program that they used to create it. Below is the screenshot that my nephew Kozu took for me of his custom skin that he designed in Blockbench (and the finished toy is above, at the start of this section).
I’ve labelled the top, bottom, left, front, and right of the the head for ease of understanding.
How to Crochet a Custom Minecraft Keychain
The top and bottom of the cube are usually solid colours (as most skins are solid on the top and bottom, since you can’t see above and below the neck in the game). And so we begin with the top and end with the bottom, since the pattern is designed to be a cube crocheted in the round and so getting pixel-by-pixel designs in the top and bottom is difficult.
Once you have finished the top of the pattern, you will begin from the fourth pixel of the first row of the back of the head of your character, followed by the left side of the head, then the front of the head, and then the right side of the head. You will then end the round with the first three pixels of the first row of the back of the head. Throughout the round, you will change colours based on the pixels, where each SC counts as one pixel.
After this round is complete, you will begin with the fourth pixel on the second row of the back of your Minecraft character’s head and move in the same way around the second row of the head.
Once you have finished all eight rows, you will move onto the colour of the bottom of your Minecraft character’s head.
8 by 8 Cube Pattern
The basic 8 by 8 cube pattern is as follows:
Begin with the colour of the top of the head
Round 1: 8 SC into a magic circle (8)
Round 2: (1 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) four times (16)
Round 3: 2 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 1 SC (24)
Round 4: 3 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch, (5 SC, 3 SC in the next stitch) three times, 2 SC (32)
You will now be working on the back of the head, starting from the fourth pixel of the back of the head. You will then continue onto the left side of the head, then the front of the head, then the right side of the head. You will finish with the first three stitches of the back of the head. The pattern will remain the same. You will just do the colour changes based on the colours in the pixels in your design. One SC equals one pixel.
Round 5: 32 SC in BLO (32)
Round 6-12 (7 rounds): 32 SC (32)
You will now be working on the bottom of your head. Use the colour of the bottom of the head (this is usually the skin colour of your character).
Round 13: 32 SC in BLO
Round 14: 3 SC, SC3TOG, (5 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 2 SC (24)
Stuff your keychain now.
Round 15: 2 SC, SC3TOG, (3 SC, SC3TOG) three times, 1 SC (16)
Round 16: (1 SC, SC3TOG) four times (8)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert a needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Weave in the yarn tail. You can now add a keychain ring to the top of the head. We hope you enjoyed that! If you managed to make a custom Minecraft skin, we would love to see it in our Facebook group or tag us on Instagram.
Frequently Asked Questions About Crocheting these Minecraft Keychains
The colours and corners of my Minecraft keychain aren’t lining up. How do I fix this?
Since the design of the Minecraft characters is created using colour change, the stitches must be in line so that the design isn’t misaligned. So it’s very important that your stitches are stacked on top of one another. Using the yarn under method will allow your stitches to stack up on top of each other. If you are using yarn over, your stitches may slant, causing the design to not be in line. If you find that the colour changes or the corners aren’t lined up, in the place where you think they are misaligned, do an additional SC (or more if needed) at the end of the previous round and let that be the last stitch of the round. Your design will then shift over, allowing the stitches to line up.
How do you attach a keychain ring to your crochet minecraft keychain?
To attach a keychain ring to your crochet Minecraft keychain, you can use a keychain ring with a jump ring. Use pliers to pull apart the jump ring. Hook it into the centre of the magic circle at the top of the keychain and use pliers to close the jump ring tight.
I also like to use ball chain keychains. They can be a bit tricky to put on. You need to pinch the top of your piece together and insert the stem of the ball chain through a stitch to secure it in place. It can be a little difficult to do and may take a few tries. However, I like this method as then I can always remove it if I like. Plus I just like how they look for backpack charms.