Baby Mushroom

Free Baby Mushroom crochet tutorial by Delinlea.

With this pattern, you can crochet an autumn mushroom with eyes. The toy can be used as a keychain. For this amigurumi project, any yarn and a matching crochet hook will work. You can decorate the mushroom however you like, for example, you can make the cap look like a fly agaric by sewing on white beads or embroidering white dots.

Materials and Tools

• Two yarn colors (dark green and white)
• Thread for embroidering the face
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Pins
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Autumn Mushroom Crochet Pattern

Body

Use white yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 2 sc in each stitch (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: 24 sc (24)
9: 24 sc (24)
10: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
11: 18 sc (18)
12: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13: 12 sc (12)
14: 12 sc (12)
15: work this round in back loops only, (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
16: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
17: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Fasten off. Insert the safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10. Stuff firmly.

Cap

Use any color (dark green in this version):

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 2 sc in each stitch (12)
3: 12 sc (12)
4: 12 sc (12)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
6: 15 sc (15)
7: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
8: 18 sc (18)
9: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
10: 24 sc (24)
11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
12: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
13: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
14: 42 sc (42)
15: 42 sc (42)
16: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
17: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Fasten off, leave a tail for sewing. Stuff. Make sure there is not too much stuffing around the opening.

Legs (2 parts)

Use white yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 2 sc in each stitch (12)
3: 12 sc (12)

Fasten off, leave a tail for sewing. Stuff both legs.

Arms (2 parts)

Use white yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 sc (6)

Fasten off, leave a tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly

• Using sewing pins, you can pre-position the parts before sewing.
• Sew the cap to the body.
• Sew on the arms and legs.
• Embroider the mouth with black thread.
• If you are making a fly agaric, you can embroider white dots on the cap.