Tiny Cactus
Free Cactus crochet tutorial by The Wandering Deer.
With this pattern, you can crochet a miniature cactus. Any yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can use the finished toy as a keychain or a brooch.
Materials and tools
- Yarn in three colors (green, yellow, pink)
- Crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Scissors
- Beads for decoration
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- inc - increase (2 sc in 1 stitch)
- dec - decrease (sc2tog)
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Tiny cactus amigurumi crochet pattern
Cactus
With green yarn.
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-10: 18 sc (18) (7 rounds)
11: In BLO, (dec, sc) (12)
Stuff with filling.
12: 6 dec (6)
Finish off.
Top cactus
With green yarn.
1: 5 sc in MR (5)
2: 6 inc (10)
3-5: 10 sc (10)
Finish off and leave a tail for sewing.
Pot
With yellow yarn.
1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: In BLO, 24 sc
6-7: 24 sc (24)
8: 24 sl st
Finish off and leave a tail for sewing.
Flower
With pink yarn.
In MR: (2 ch, sl st into the ring) x 5.
Finish off and leave a tail for sewing.
Toy assembly
- Insert the cactus into the pot and sew it in place.
- Sew the eyes on round 5 with 4 stitches between them.
- Embroider a small smile between the eyes.
- Embroider cheeks under the eyes.
- Sew the top cactus piece to the left side of the cactus base between rounds 1 and 4.
- Sew to the top part of the cactus.
