Bring a piece of the desert into your home with no worries about getting pricked by thorns! That's the charm of the Thorny Cactus Pattern. This crochet project is a clever way to craft your cactus that's forever green and also shows your love for the cats. Starting with a loop on your finger and using a crochet hook, you build the shape stitch by stitch.
The crochet amigurumi decoration pattern is simple just a series of single crochets that gradually form a cute, round cactus. Along the way, you even add tiny buds and a bright flower on top making it look just like those spiky wonders you see in nature. Once you're done, you'll feel proud placing this handmade cactus on your shelf, with no water or sunlight needed. The best part? It's a fun craft that anyone, from beginners to seasoned crocheters, can enjoy creating.
Yarn Suggestion:
For your crochet cactus project, use cotton or acrylic yarn in a lightweight. Cotton is strong and shiny, good for details. Acrylic is soft, easy to work with, and cheaper. Pick green colors or any you like. This makes your cactus look good and lasts long.
Making The Thorny Cactus Pattern
Materials:
- Yarn (specific colour not provided, but usually green for cacti and brown for soil)
- Crochet hook (size not specified)
- Stitch marker
- Suture needle or yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stuffing (likely polyester fiberfill or similar material)
- Flower pot (for placing the completed crochet cactus)
Abbreviations:
- yo – Yarn over Wrap the yarn over the hook.
- sc – Single crochet: Insert the hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook.
- v or V – Likely refers to the shape made at the top of a stitch that resembles the letter “V”.
- inc – Increase: Work two or more stitches into the same stitch, increasing the total number of stitches.
- dec – Decrease: Combine two or more stitches into one, decreasing the total number of stitches (Note: specific decrease abbreviations or techniques are not described in the given text).
Step by step Patterns
Starting the Cactus Body
- Create a Magic Ring: Yarn over your left hand, thread the crochet hook through the loop on your finger, yarn over, and pull the yarn through the loop. Continue yarn over and pull through to start making single crochet stitches.
- Single Crochets in the Ring: After completing the first single crochet, place a stitch marker under the first "V" made. Continue making single crochets in the loop until you have 6. Confirm you have 6 "V"s.
- Close the Ring: Tighten the magic ring to eliminate any gap in the middle.
Working Rounds
- Round 2 (Increases): For this round, crochet increases in each stitch for a total of 12 stitches. Do two single crochets in each of the six stitches from the previous round.
- Round 3: Crochet a single crochet in each stitch for a total of 12 stitches.
- Round 4: Start from the marker, count 7 stitches, and begin with a single crochet from the 7th V. Mark this new starting point. This round continues with single crochets.
- Round 5: Similar to Round 3, do a single crochet in each stitch.
Finishing the Body
- Closing the Top: After completing the necessary rounds for the body, pull the loop on your hook longer than the crochet hook and cut off the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Filling: Fill the cactus body with stuffing until it becomes bulky.
- Sewing: Using a sewing needle threaded with the tail yarn, sew the top closed. Weave in and out of the front loops of the stitches, pull tight to close, and secure by knotting and hiding the end.
Making the Spines
- White Yarn Detailing: Thread white yarn into a sewing needle. Go through any hole and out of any hole, creating loops around the cactus body, and secure by knotting and hiding the ends.
Adding Side Buds
- Attaching Side Buds: Thread the yarn from the side buds into a suture needle. Determine their position on the cactus body (i.e., count 8-9 rounds from the top). Sew the buds onto the cactus body by passing the needle through the V's of the stitches where you want to affix the buds and their corresponding stitches on the cactus body.
Sewing on Flowers
- Attaching Flowers:
- Insert a sewing needle with yarn through the top of the cactus, a couple of inches from where you want to place the flower.
- Thread another piece of yarn and insert the needle on the opposite side of your first entry point.
- Tie the yarns inside the cactus body to fix the flower in place.
Connecting Cactus to Soil
- Sewing Cactus to Soil: Use the long yarn tail for sewing the cactus to its soil base. Start sewing by inserting the needle into the middle of rounds 12-13 of the soil, securing the cactus evenly onto the soil base.
- Finishing: Once the cactus is securely affixed to the soil, cut off any excess yarn and tuck ends inside using a needle. Place the soil part into a cat flower pot, adjust for fit, and your crochet cactus is complete.
Here is the step-by-step pattern of the crochet cat flower pot:
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