After we caught the crochet bug, I wanted to add crochet food to everything — or at least to every sweater. We started with a classic: pizza. Using yarn from Commonthread by DMC, we crocheted a pizza patch and attached it to a cozy sweater. It’s fun, wearable, and easy to stick onto a sweatshirt, tote, or any garment you like. Below are step-by-step instructions and a list of supplies to make your own pizza slice patch.
We mixed a few different DMC yarns to give the slice realistic color and texture. My favorite detail is the mushrooms worked with metallic Tiara yarn — the shimmer creates subtle variations in tone that look surprisingly natural.
These instructions assume you know basic crochet stitches. If you’re new to crochet, there are many beginner tutorials available online to learn chain, slip stitch, and single crochet. For those familiar with the basics, here’s a quick glossary of abbreviations used below:
ch: chain stitch
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
Supplies:
- Chunky knit sweater or another clothing item
- DMC Woolly yarn in dark red, black, tan, and avocado
- DMC Belinda bamboo yarn in yellow
- DMC Metal Chic Tiara yarn in beige
- 2.75 mm crochet hook
- Small scissors
- Yellow embroidery thread (optional, for attaching the slice; yarn also works)
- DMC plastic craft needle
Crust
Ch 26.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, continue to end of row (25 sts), ch 1, turn.
Row 2: sc across (25 sts), ch 1, turn.
Rows 3–14: Repeat Row 2.
Row 15: Fold the piece lengthwise, aligning the chain edge with the final row. Using the top of Row 14 and the bottom chain edge, single crochet the two halves together with 24 sc. On the 25th sc, change to the crust color yarn: insert hook, pull through with crust yarn and pause.
Sauce
With both loops of crust yarn on the hook, lay red yarn alongside the crust yarn in the opposite direction. Yarn over and finish the 25th sc using both strands. Drop the crust yarn and ch 1 with the red yarn only, then turn.
Sauce Row 1: 25 sc. At the last stitch of this row, change to the cheese-colored yarn.
Cheese
Row 1: 24 sc, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: 24 sc, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: Begin decreasing to shape the slice point. Skip the first stitch, sc in the 2nd st from hook, continue across (22 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 4: Skip the first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (21 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 5: Sc across starting in the first stitch (21 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 6: Skip the first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (20 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 7: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (19 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 8: Sc across starting in first stitch (19 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 9: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (18 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 10: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (17 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 11: Sc across starting in first stitch (17 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 12: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (16 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 13: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (15 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 14: Sc across starting in first stitch (15 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 15: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (14 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 16: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (13 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 17: Sc across starting in first stitch (13 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 18: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (12 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 19: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (11 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 20: Sc across starting in first stitch (11 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 21: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (10 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 22: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (9 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 23: Sc across starting in first stitch (9 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 24: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (8 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 25: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (7 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 26: Sc across starting in first stitch (7 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 27: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (6 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 28: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (5 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 29: Sc across starting in first stitch (5 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 30: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (4 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 31: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (3 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 32: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, continue across (2 sc), ch 1, turn.
Row 33: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd st from hook, finish with 1 sc, pull yarn through and weave in ends.
Weave in any yarn tails where color changes occurred so the piece looks tidy.
Olives
Ch 2. In the 2nd ch from hook, work 10 sc in the same stitch. Slip stitch into the first sc, pull yarn through and weave in ends.
Pepperoni
Ch 5.
Row 1: In 2nd ch from hook, sc 2; continue working sc2 into each chain around, slip stitch into first sc, ch 1.
Row 2: Repeat Row 1, slip stitch into first sc, pull yarn through and weave in ends.
Mushroom
Ch 2.
Row 1: In 2nd ch from hook, sc 1, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Sc 1 in first st, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: Sc 1 in first st, ch 1, turn.
Row 4: Sc 3 in first st, ch 1, turn.
Row 5: Sc 2 in first st, sc 2 in second st, sc 2 in third st, ch 1, turn.
Row 6: Sc across starting in first stitch, ch 1, turn.
Row 7: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd stitch and across, ch 1, turn.
Row 8: Skip first stitch, sc in 2nd stitch and across, finish, weave in ends.
Bell Pepper Bits
Ch 2.
Row 1: In 2nd ch from hook, sc 1, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Sc 1 in first stitch, ch 1, turn.
Continue adding rows to make bits in different sizes.
To attach toppings, use a plastic yarn needle and matching yarn for each topping. Stitch around the pieces, working across the stitches so the seam hides. Leave a short tail at each end under the pizza; after stitching, tie the tails together on the underside to secure.
To affix the slice to a sweater, use a plastic yarn needle and embroidery thread that matches the cheese color to stitch around the edge. For extra durability, apply an iron-on bonding strip before sewing the slice in place.
Photos by Jeff Mindell
Who else is ready to wear their love of pizza on their sweater?
This post was created in partnership with Commonthread by DMC. All content and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that keep this project possible.