This is a free amigurumi crochet pattern for the brass magnifying glass from the Clutch Justice flatlays: a 3 inch ice blue lens built from two flat circles over a hidden stiffener, a brass bezel worked in reverse single crochet, a white surface stitch glint, and a stuffed navy handle with a brass collar. About 8 inches finished, advanced beginner level, all 52 rounds audited before publication. A Full Edition PDF adds the mini keychain magnifier and the complete verification table.
No. 01: The Evidence Bag Pouch · No. 02: The Murderboard Coaster Set · No. 03: The Amigurumi Gavel · No. 04: The Striped Notebook Cover · No. 05: The Brass Magnifying Glass (you are here)
The lens is two flat crochet circles joined around a plastic canvas disc, which is what keeps a plush lens reading as a lens instead of a throw pillow.
The bezel introduces this series’ newest technique: reverse single crochet, also called crab stitch. Its twisted rope texture is the closest yarn gets to a beveled metal rim.
The handle is the same honest 12 stitch tube as the gavel’s, in navy with a three round brass collar where it meets the lens. Series veterans already know this cylinder.
All 52 rounds across six components were audited arithmetically before publication, including both joining rounds of the bezel. The counts in parentheses reconcile.
On the Record: I Said I Could Not Crochet This
In Pattern No. 04, discussing the full flatlay, I wrote that the brass magnifying glass was the one prop I could not crochet for you, and then added that the series was young. Several readers treated that as a commitment. Having reviewed the record, I concur with their reading. Pattern No. 05 is the brass magnifying glass.
The magnifier earns its place on the desk the same way the notebook does: it stands for a discipline. On this site the discipline is the close read. Not the summary of the filing, the filing. Not the press release about the audit, the audit. Most of what this publication finds, it finds because somebody put the actual document under the actual glass and read the footnotes where institutions prefer to keep their load bearing sentences. The magnifying glass on the desk is a daily reminder that the answer is almost never in the headline.
So here is one that cannot scratch, weighs nothing, and survives being thrown into a tote bag with three accordion folders. It will not actually magnify your documents. Neither will the decorative brass one, if we are being honest with the record.
What You Are Making
A plush magnifying glass about 8 inches long. The lens is a 3 inch disc: two flat circles in pale ice blue joined around a plastic canvas stiffener by a brass bezel, with the bezel’s outer round worked in reverse single crochet for that beveled rim. A short diagonal of white surface stitches makes the glint, which is the universally ratified symbol for glass in soft sculpture. The handle is a stuffed navy tube with a brass collar at the top, whipstitched to the bezel’s base.
Materials and Gauge
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Yarn | Worsted weight (#4 medium). Main color (MC): navy, approximately 35 yards. Contrast color 1 (CC1): metallic gold or brass tone, approximately 30 yards. Contrast color 2 (CC2): pale ice blue, approximately 40 yards. A scrap of white for the glint. |
| Hook | 3.5 mm (US E/4). Amigurumi rules apply: the fabric must hide stuffing and the insert. |
| Notions | Fiberfill, one locking stitch marker, tapestry needle, a 2.9 inch circle cut from plastic canvas (or doubled stiff cardboard for decorative use only). Optional: a 5 inch dowel for handle rigidity. |
| Gauge | Approximately 5 sc and 5 rounds per inch. Density beats measurement, as established in Pattern No. 03. |
| Finished size | Lens approximately 3.1 inches across the bezel. Handle approximately 4.6 inches. Overall about 8 inches. |
| Skill level | Advanced beginner. One new technique, taught below. |
Abbreviations and Techniques
| Abbreviation | Meaning (US terms) |
|---|---|
| ch | chain |
| sc | single crochet |
| inc | 2 sc in the same stitch |
| rev sc | reverse single crochet (crab stitch, see below) |
| BLO | back loops only |
| MR | magic ring |
| Rnd(s) | round(s) |
| MC / CC1 / CC2 | navy / brass gold / ice blue |
Reverse single crochet (the bezel)
Single crochet worked backward: left to right for right handed crocheters instead of right to left. Insert the hook into the next stitch to the right, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops. It feels wrong for the first five stitches and then it feels like a technique. The backward motion twists each stitch into a small rope knot, and a full round of them reads as a milled metal edge. Do not turn your work and do not overthink your tension; rev sc is most convincing slightly loose.
Returning techniques
Magic ring, continuous spiral rounds with a marker, and BLO creases all work exactly as they did in Pattern No. 03, the gavel, where each is taught in full. The short version: wrap twice, work Round 1 into the ring, cinch; never join rounds, just mark the first stitch and spiral; BLO where the pattern says so and nowhere else.
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Pattern Notes
If your brass yarn is a wrapped metallic that splits, hold it doubled with a strand of plain gold and slow down on the rev sc round; crab stitch punishes split stitches. The handle takes the same fixes as the gavel’s: dimples mean late stuffing, barreling means loose even rounds. And if the two lens circles come out different sizes, your tension drifted between them; make a third and let the closest pair proceed to assembly. Two witnesses, consistent testimony.
The desk set is now complete enough to photograph: the magnifier rests on the notebook cover from Pattern No. 04, the gavel from No. 03 presides, the coasters from No. 02 hold the coffee, and the hooks live in the pouch from No. 01.
Bluebook: Williams, Rita. The Brass Magnifying Glass: A Clutch Justice Crochet Pattern, Clutch Justice (July 10, 2026), https://clutchjustice.com/2026/07/10/amigurumi-magnifying-glass-crochet-pattern/.
APA 7: Williams, R. (2026, July 10). The brass magnifying glass: A Clutch Justice crochet pattern. Clutch Justice. https://clutchjustice.com/2026/07/10/amigurumi-magnifying-glass-crochet-pattern/
MLA 9: Williams, Rita. “The Brass Magnifying Glass: A Clutch Justice Crochet Pattern.” Clutch Justice, 10 July 2026, clutchjustice.com/2026/07/10/amigurumi-magnifying-glass-crochet-pattern/.
Chicago: Williams, Rita. “The Brass Magnifying Glass: A Clutch Justice Crochet Pattern.” Clutch Justice, July 10, 2026. https://clutchjustice.com/2026/07/10/amigurumi-magnifying-glass-crochet-pattern/.
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