Daisy Belle Wiggle Worm Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial
Cute Fidget Toy For Kids

This Daisy Wiggle Worm is a cute little project you can whip up quickly and give as a gift to someone who needs a hug today! 

You can use it as a keychain, attach it to a backpack, or simply keep it in your pocket and give it a nice squeeze whenever you feel like it.

I hope you enjoy this pattern and if you have any questions, you can ask them in the comments below or in our FB Group where you will surely get the help you’re looking for.

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Video Tutorial

If you're more of a visual learner, here's a step-by-step video tutorial on how to make your Daisy Belle Wiggle/Worry Worm.

Materials Needed

• Wooden Print Cat Doll Head Beads (30 mm) available on Ebay and Amazon. These are quite LARGE, so make sure you have the right size.
• Yarn in white & yellow - Ricorumi DK 100% cotton, 25 g (57.5 m) or the slightly heavier Lang Handarbeitsgarn (12 wpi)
• Crochet hook size E (3.5 mm)
• A darning needle
• A pair of scissors
• Stitch marker or contrasting piece of yarn
• Glue (if you’d like the flower hat to stay in place).

Abbreviations

• mc = magic circle

• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• st = stitch
• sts = stitches
• fo = fasten off

Skill Level

• Beginner

Gauge

13 stitches and 4 rows = 5 cm in double crochet

If your Wiggle Worm looks narrow or not as full as you anticipated, try a heavier weight yarn.  If you want your Wiggle Worm  to be longer, just increase the number of stitches in your body chain.

Size

This Daisy Wiggle Worm measures approx. 5.5 “ (14 cm) in height including the head & hat.

Yardage

Weight: 14 grams

Yardage: Approximately 32.2 meters of yarn

Notes

- You can use any type of yarn as long as you have a corresponding crochet hook size (check yarn label for recommendations). 

- You can make the pattern larger or smaller by changing the type of yarn and/or hook size. 

- Numbers at the end of each row (in brackets) indicate the number of final stitches in that row. 

- Please note that I use US crochet terms. 

How To Make Sure Your Worry Worms Curl Properly Every Time

Daisy Belle Wiggle Worm Pattern Instructions

Hanger

• Tie a slip knot on your hook with yellow, ch 40.
• Sl st into the first chain. Do not cut your yarn. Try to keep your chain untwisted.

Body

• Row 1: Ch 21 (21).

• Row 2: 3 dc into the second chain from your hook.
• 3 dc into each st of your chain until you reach back to where you slip stitched the hanger (60).

Note: Place your dc stitches into the front loops of your chain and make sure not to skip any.

• Slip stitch into the last stitch to join.

• Leaving a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

• Tie a knot with your 2 tail ends.
• Twist your wiggle worm around your finger to curl nicely.

• Row 3: Attach white to your last st from Row 2, ch 2.
• 2 dc into that same st.

Note: Place your Row 3 stitches into both loops of the previous row's stitches. Try to work over your tail ends so you don't have to weave them in later.

• 3 dc into each st of Row 2 (180).

• Leaving a 4” tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.
• Insert your crochet hook into the top of your bead.
• Pull up the hanger (beginning chain) through the center hole of the bead from bottom to top. Do not tie a knot yet. Set aside.

Daisy Hat

• Round 1: Starting with Yellow, work 6 sc into a Magic Circle.

Note: If you don't know how to work a Magic Circle yet, simply chain 2 and work the 6 sc into the second chain from your hook.

Place a stitch marker in the first stitch of each upcoming round.

• Round 2: 2 sc into each st around (12).

• Round 3: sc around (12).

• Leaving a 4" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

• Round 4: Join white yarn, sc around (12).

• Round 5: [ch 3, starting from the second chain from your hook work 2 sc, sl st into the next stitch from round 4]. Repeat [ ] 11 more times (12 petals).
• Leaving a 4" tail, cut your yarn and fasten off.

• Insert your crochet hook into the top of the daisy hat, catch the hanger with your hook and pull it through the hat (from bottom to top).

• Lower the daisy hat onto the bead and tighten it by tying a simple knot with the hanger as close as possible to the hat to secure it in place.

• You can also add a dab of glue on the top of the bead to hold the hat in place.

• Weave in all your ends.

I hope you enjoyed making this cute little Daisy Wiggle Worm! What will you be using it for?

I’d love to hear from you!

Happy hooking!

May 🙂

Would you like to see another pattern using the same wooden bead for a worry worm's head? Try this cute Kitty With A Cat Hat Worry Worm Crochet Pattern: