Crochet Cactus With Balloon Free Pattern

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SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

YARN: Medium Weight Cotton Yarn (Lace 4) in Green, Black, White and Pink

OTHER MATERIALS: Polyester Fiber Filling

HOOK SIZES: E/3,50 mm

STITCHES USED and ABBREVIATIONS: magic ring (mr), chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), decrease (dec), increase (inc), fasten off (F/O).

INSTRUCTIONS: work in rows (join with a sl st and ch1 at the end of each row) otherwise instructed.

LEGS AND BODY (green yarn)

Make two:

1) 7 sc in a mr (7)

2) inc around (14)

3-5) sc even (14); F/O and hide the yarn and stuff the leg

Do no cut the yarn once you have completed the 2nd leg, CH 1 INSTEAD.

Merge the two legs together:

6) join the yarn with a sl st to the 1st leg, ch1 and sc in the same st, crochet around 13 sc, 1 hdc in the stitch between the two legs, keep working on the other leg, 14 sc, 1 hdc in the stitch between the two legs (30)

7-12) sc even (30); keep stuffing the body

13) *4 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** around (36)

14-17) sc even (36)

18) *8 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** four times (40)

19) sc even (40)

20) *9 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** four times (44)

21) sc even (44)

22) *10 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** four times (48)

23-24) sc even (48)

25) *4 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (40)

26) sc even (40)

27) *3 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (32)

28) *2 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (24)

29) *2 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (18)

30) *1 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (12); finish stuffing the body

31) dec around (6); F/O and close the hole.

Embroider short straight lines with some black yarn to create the SPINES.

Embroider the EYES and the MOUTH with some black yarn.

ARMS (green yarn; make two)

1) 6 sc in a mr (6)

2) *1 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** around (9)

3) *2 sc, 1 inc*, repeat ** around (12)

4-5) sc even (12)

6) *2 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (9)

7) sc even (9)

8) *1 sc, 1 dec*, repeat ** around (6)

9) flatten the arm and crochet through both layers now, 3 sc (3); ch1 and turn

10) 3 sc (3); F/O and leave a long tail of yarn to sew the arm to the side of the body.