The list of patterns that wait for to be written in clean (...photographed for step by step tutorial, test, translate, check, recheck..) and published in the Etsy shop has become rather long and don't ever come to end. Given that this is so I would like to inaugurate the autumn with a free amigurumi pattern, the star cactus!
In many (actually all females!) asked me: how to work it? It's simple! It's so easy that it could be the first work for those who want to get closer to amigurumi.
Stitches and abbreviations (US terms):
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- inc: single crochet increase (sc twice into the same stitch)
- dec: single crochet decrease (work two stitches together)
Gauge and supplies:
- 3 mm (D) crochet hook
- sport weight yarn about 50 g/125 m
- brown felt
- fiberfill for stuffing
- sewing and tapestry needle
- beads, pompoms, pins...
- 4 cm (1,5 in) clay pot
It isn't necessary to use the recommended yarn and crochet hook! Using a larger crochet hook, and a suitable yarn, the amigurumi cactus will be larger preserving the same proportions.
Pattern:
rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. Work in a continuous spiral.
rnd 2: inc 6 times [12]
rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 st) repeat 6 times [24]
rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 st) repeat 6 times [30]
rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 st) repeat 6 times [36]
rnd 7/12: sc in all 36 st
rnd 13: (dec, sc in next 4 st) repeat 6 times [30]
rnd 14: (dec, sc in next 3 st) repeat 6 times [24]
rnd 15: (dec, sc in next 2 st) repeat 6 times [18]
rnd 16: (dec, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [12]
Leave a long tail of thread, fold the work like in the pictures and lock the position with a couple of stitches for each part. Do not stuff!
Cut a circle of 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, sew a running stitch a half cm (0,4 in) from the edge, pull the thread to leave a little hole, stuffing and close.
Sew the cactus on the cloth basis and fill with beads, pompom, flowers, colored pins...
