Little Cactus

Who is standing there alone in the hot and dry desert?

Preparation:

Material list:     

• Crochet hook thickness 3mm
• Cotton yarn (LL 50g/115m) in green, as well as in yellow and a rest brown
• stitch marker or a thread of a different color
• Rice and filling cotton
• Embroidery thread for embroidering the eyes in black and white

Notes:

Unless explicitly stated, all pieces are crocheted in spiral rounds, even if the crochet instructions of say "3 rounds of sc".

The numbers before each step indicate the number of rows/rounds.

The number in parentheses at the end of each step indicates the number of stitches at the end of the step.

Body:

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                           (6)

R2                inc every st                               (12)

R3                inc every 2nd st                        (18)

R4                inc every 3rd st                         (24)

R5                inc every 4th st                         (30)

R6                inc every 5th st                         (36)

R7                inc every 6th st                         (42)

R8                inc every 7th st                         (48)

R9                inc every 8th st                         (54)

R10              inc every 9th st                         (60)

R11-R22     12 rounds sc                               (60)

R23              crochet every 9th+10th st together        (54)

R24              1 round sc                                              (54)

R25              crochet every th+9th st together            (48)

R26              1 round sc                                              (48)

R27              crochet every 7th+8th st together          (42)

R28              1 round sc                                              (42)

R29              crochet every 6th+7th st together          (36)

R30              1 round sc                                              (36)

R31              crochet every 5th+6th st together          (30)

R32              1 round sc                                              (30)

R33              crochet every 4th+5th st together          (24)

Fill the lower part with some rice to give the cactus a little more stability, then fill it up with filling cotton.

R34              crochet every 3rd+4th st together          (18)

R35              crochet every 2nd+3rd st together         (12)

R36              crochet every 1st+2nd st together          (6)

Sl st in the next stitch, cut the thread and sew. Close the small hole that has formed.

Feet (3x crochet):

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                           (6)

R2                inc every 2nd st                        (9)

R3                inc every 3rd st                         (12)

R4                inc every 4th st                         (15)

R5                inc every 5th st                         (18)

R6                inc every 6th st                         (21)

R7                inc every 7th st                         (21)

                     Slip stitch into next stitch, cut thread long.

Arm small:

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                            (6)

R2                inc every st                                (12)

R3                1 round sc                                 (12)

R4                inc every 2nd st                         (18)

R5-R8          4 rounds sc                                (18)

                     Slip stitch into next stitch, cut thread long.

Arm medium:

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                             (6)

R2                inc every st                                 (12)

R3                1 round sc                                  (12)

R4                inc every 2nd st                          (18)

R5-R12        8 rounds sc                                (18)

                     Slip stitch into next stitch, cut thread long.

Arm big:

                     2 ch or Magic Ring

R1                6 sc                                             (6)

R2                inc every st                                 (12)

R3                inc every 3rd st                           (18)

R4-R13        10 rounds sc                               (18)

                     Slip stitch into next stitch, cut thread long.

Flower in green and yellow:

               Stitch 5 sts and close to form a ring

(5x)        stitch 6 sc, starting with the second from the needle work 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, then finish petal with a slip stitch into the ring.

Finish:

Start by stuffing some filling cotton into each of the three arms, and then sew the middle arm onto the large one.

Next, fill the feet and arrange them on the bottom of the body in a triangular shape. Attach them with pins and sew them tightly.

Now attach the arms to the body. Make sure that the arms are roughly centered on the body when viewed from the front and directly opposite when viewed from above.

Now the spikes are embroidered. For this purpose, use a knot stitch. Stitch between the stitches with a needle and a brown thread and hold the thread. Wrap the thread around the needle 4-5 times and then stitch into the same stitch again. A small knob will form. Distribute these knobs over the body and arms.

First sew the green flower, which forms the sepals. Then attach the yellow petals to the sepals. Finally, you can cover the middle hole with a white thread and a knot stitch as with the spikes.

The last thing to do is embroider the face. Using black thread, embroider the eyes over two rows, then center the mouth in between. Finally, add the highlights in the eyes with some white thread and.... Done!

Have fun with crocheting!