Daisy Pincushion

Free crochet tutorial for a Daisy Pincushion by Maria Bildyakova.
With this pattern, you can crochet a daisy flower. The flower can be used as a pincushion. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work.
Materials and tools
- Any yarn in yellow, white, and green
- Crochet hook
- Synthetic poly filling
- Needle for sewing pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring / magic circle
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n times - repeat n times
Crochet amigurumi daisy pattern
Center (top)
With yellow yarn:
1: ch 2, 6 sc in the first chain (or 6 sc in MR) (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12: (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72)
13-15: 3 rounds with no changes (72), sl st, fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Base (bottom)
With green yarn:
1: ch 2, 6 sc in the first chain (or 6 sc in MR) (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12: (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72), then crochet 12 petals evenly around, sl st, fasten off, cut the yarn.
Petals (make 12)
With white yarn:
1: ch 2, 6 sc in the first chain (or 6 sc in MR) (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6: 3 rounds with no changes (18)
7: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
8-10: 3 rounds with no changes (12), sl st, fasten off, cut the yarn.
Sew the base and the center together, stuff firmly, and hide the yarn tail inside.