After making my egg tart amigurumi for Lunar New Year, I thought I would keep the momentum going with some more Hong Kong-inspired snacks.
So the next one that I have for you is one of Hong Kong's favorite street food: CURRY FISHBALL.
So fresh off the stove, I present to you a crochet pattern for a cute family of amigurumi curry fishballs!
You can find curry fishballs from street vendors in Hong Kong or even restaurants. These savory snacks are normally served on a bamboo skewer for easy eating so you don't need forks/plates.
Rather than using curry as a topping after cooking, curry fishballs are typically cooked in the curry sauce so they soak in all the flavors and fragrances of the spices.
I know that I've been to Hong Kong more times than I can remember (because some of those times are from when I was a baby) but I don't think I can recall ever having the chance to try out curry fishballs from a street vendor.
However, when I used to watch Hong Kong dramas with my mom, these yummy snacks pop up regularly.
I had a lot of fun designing these curry fishballs. I wanted them to be playable. So I designed it with a tunnel right in the middle of the ball so that I can put a "skewer" through it. My kids love taking it on and off the stick.
The skewer can be anything from a plastic/paper straw to a pencil or even chopsticks. Whatever you have on hand that's of similar girth would suffice as a skewer for these curry fishballs.
Do you like curry fishballs? What's your favorite Asian street food? Let me know what you think!
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What You Need / Materials
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- Worsted weight yarn in the following colors:
- Mustard Yellow (I used Loops and Threads' Impeccable in Gold)
- 3.5 mm Crochet Hook
- Safety Eyes (I used 6.0 mm)
- Poly-fil or any Polyester Stuffing of your choice
- Yarn Needle
- Stitch Markers
- Scissors
- A stick of some sort (e.g. drinking straw, pencil, etc.)
Stitches & Abbreviations
- st/sts - stitch/stitches
- ch - chain
- sc - single crochet
- sc inc - single crochet increase, 2 single crochets in one stitch
- sc dec - single crochet decrease, single crochet 2 stitches together
- BLO - back loops only
Notes
- The curry fish ball is crocheted from the inside out. First, you crochet a tunnel for the stick to go through, then you crochet the ball on the outside.
- The top fish ball does not have a through-tunnel to thread the stick through but just sits at the top of the stick. You can choose to make it just like all the other fish balls if you do not want a "topper" fishball.
Amigurumi Food Pattern
Fish Balls
Ch 8
Round 1: Sc into the first ch to make a loop, then sc in each st around (8 sts) [see pic 1]
Round 2-9: Sc in each st around from the inside of the circle outwards so that the "wrong side" of the piece is facing out (8 sts) [see pic 2]
You would have just created a tunnel for the straw to go through.
Round 10: Sc inc BLO in each st around (16 sts) [see pic 3]
Round 11: [Sc, sc inc] x 6 times (24 sts)
Round 12: [2 sc, sc inc] x 6 times (32 sts) [see pic 4]
Round 13-16: Sc in each st around (32 sts) [see pic 5 and 6]
Round 17: [2 sc, sc dec] x 6 times (24 sts)
Round 18: [Sc, sc dec] x 6 times (16 sts) [see pic 7]
Round 19: Sc dec in each st around (8 sts) [see pic 8]
Cut and fasten off, and sew each st of the last round with each st of the first round.
Top Fish Ball
Round 1: Magic Ring with a base of 6 sc (6 sts)
Round 2: [2 sc, sc inc] x 2 times (8 sts)
Round 3-9: Sc in each st around from the inside of the circle outwards so that the "wrong side" of the piece is facing out (8 sts)
Round 10: Sc inc BLO in each st around (16 sts)
Round 11: [Sc, sc inc] x 6 times (24 sts)
Round 12: [2 sc, sc inc] x 6 times (32 sts)
Round 13-16: Sc in each st around (32 sts)
Round 17: [2 sc, sc dec] x 6 times (24 sts)
Round 18: [Sc, sc dec] x 6 times (16 sts)
Round 19: Sc dec in each st around (8 sts)
Round 20: [2 sc, sc dec] x 2 times (6 sts)
Cut and fasten off, and close up the hole at the top of the fish ball.
Did you make your own curry fishballs? I'd love to see it! Please share it with me on Instagram and/or use the #onceuponacheerio hashtag.
This is an original crochet pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this crochet pattern as your own. If you wish to share this crochet pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for personal use but please DO NOT sell or distribute the crochet pattern.
You may sell products made from this crochet pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!
You may sell products made from this crochet pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!
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