Baby Tree Creature in a Pot
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Free crochet cactus keychain pattern: a Cactus Keychain amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2 mm hook. A little green cactus with one raised arm and a smiling face stands in a terracotta pot, with a pink flower on its head and a brown keyring loop on top. You need about 45 m of yarn: 15 m green, 5 m terracotta, 5 m pink, 5 m dark brown, 5 m salmon, 5 m light pink and 5 m yellow. Plan on roughly 2 hours. A cactus that never needs watering: hang it on your keys or a bag, or use it as a plant lover's gift. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Cactus Keychain
Beginner-friendly · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 8 pieces in rounds: Pot, Cactus, Cactus arm, Cheek ×2, Flower, Flower centre, Key loop (49 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 7 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 12 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 33 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 16 rounds.
- Change to salmon (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
- Change to dark brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 3.1 cm at the widest, 3.9 cm long; 16 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 85° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, 2.5 st from the centre front line, upward <!-- st 2.52 up -->). On the inner side draw rounds 4 and 7 together (3 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Flat motif — lobed (lobes round a magic ring, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.6 × 2.6 cm; 3 rows.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- A flat circle about 1.2 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in dark brown (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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