Embroidered Eyes Tutorial

Looking for a quick and easy way to embroider eyes on your crochet plushies? This post walks you through my method for creating a soft and unique look for your handmade pieces.

Hand holding a white crochet mouse with embroidered eyes.

This embroidered eyes tutorial is shown on Baby Brie Mouse. The pattern includes a ballet outfit with removable tutu. But for this post, she’s been made without color changes, giving her a soft and classic look.

The eyes are actually a throwback to one of my first designs – the original Jolene Kitty pattern (the pattern that sparked the Fable Collection!) She is a worsted weight design and the eyes were embroidered with embroidery floss.

Hand holding a classic crochet cat wearing a yellow crochet dress

Close up of Jolene Kitty's embroidered eyes.

Let’s jump in!

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SUPPLIES:

Black worsted weight yarn
Stitch markers
Yarn needle
Scissors

INSTRUCTIONS:

You can watch a tutorial video HERE.
Eyes are embroidered horizontally.
Use stitch markers to mark out eyes first.

1: With a yarn needle and a 25″ strand of black worsted weight yarn, insert into the lower half of the head and bring needle up at the first eye.

2: Insert needle one stitch over and back up at the original point. Repeat 3-4 times to form the eye.

A stitch marker marking eyes on a white crochet mouse head.

Showing first steps of embroidering the eye on a crochet mouse.

Showing steps for embroidering the eye on a crochet mouse.

3: Insert needle back into original space, coming out 1–2 sts from the outer edge of the eye, level with the bottom of the eye.

4: Insert needle back in at the same point, forming a lash, then come out one stitch above the first lash to form a second, then returning to the same point. Bring yarn out through the lower half of the head, knot, and weave in ends.

Showing first steps of embroidering the eye lash on the eye on a crochet mouse.

Making the second embroidered eyelash on a crochet mouse.

Finished eye and eyelashes on a crochet mouse.

SHAPING THE EYES

1: Using a 16″ strand of main color yarn, insert needle into the back of the head and come out to the left of Finn’s left eye.

2: Insert needle back into head to the right of the left eye and come out on the top left of the right eye.

3: Insert needle to the right of the right eye and out the same spot at the back of the head.

4: Gently pull on the two strands of yarn until the loops created over each eye are hidden and there is a slight dent created at each eye. Knot and weave in ends.