I recently designed a crochet cactus for LoveCrafts and I have to admit I have a cactus bug! I couldn’t resist designing another one, especially when I got the new Needles yarn by Crochet Kenya. Crochet your own adorable cactus doll using this special yarn! This sweet stuffie is so soft and cuddly and will make a perfect gift for you and your loved ones!
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About the yarn.
Crochet Cactus Doll is made using Needles 8 ply acrylic yarn. I really loved working on it for this project. It has a really amazing texture and deep rich colours. For this project I used 1 ball of Chocolate, Ice Mint, Leaf Green and Pink. The head, body and arms of this crochet cactus is made using the colours chocolate and leaf green. I absolutely love when cactus sprout flowers and thought it would be so adorable to see this crochet cactus with tiny flowers too. For these, I used the mint green.
Stuffed animals look so adorable with accessories, and it is so fun dressing them up. I thought a scarf using the pink yarn would contrast so well with the other colours and it did! This crochet cactus is a winner and I can’t wait to see all the versions you make.
Crochet cactus doll pattern.
Materials:
- 4 mm crochet hook
- Needles 8 ply acrylic yarn in the colours: Chocolate, Ice mint, Leaf green and Hot Pink
- 14 mm safety eyes (optional)
- Stitch marker
- Stuffing
- Scissors
- Darning needle
Stitches and terms used:
- Sl st- slip stitch
- Ch- chain
- St(s)- stitches
- Sc- single crochet
- Dc- double crochet
- Inc- increase
- Dec- decrease
Notes:
- Read through the pattern from beginning to end before starting your work just to be sure don’t have any questions that might cause frustration while working on the project..
- For colour changes, when working last stitch in old colour, work as a typical sc until you have 2 loops on your hook. Use the new colour to yarn over and pull through both loops.
- The pattern uses magic circle technique. If you are unfamiliar with this method of would like a refresher, I have a detailed tutorial on my blog post How to work & secure the magic circle
Instructions:
Head- leaf green
Ch 6.
Rnd 1: 2sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in the next 3 ch, 3 sc in last ch. Now working on the other side of the ch, sc in the next 3 ch, sc in last ch. (12 sc)
Rnd 2: (inc) 2 times, sc in the next 3 sts, (inc) 3 times, sc in the next 3 sts, inc in last st (18 sts)
Rnd 3: (inc, sc) 2 times, sc in the next 3 sts, (inc, sc) 3 times, sc in the next 3 sts, inc, sc (24 sts)
Rnd 4: (inc, 2 sc) 2 times, sc in the next 3 sts, (inc, 2 sc) 3 times, sc in the next 3 sts, inc, 2 sc (30 sts)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc) 6 times. (36 sts)
Rnd 6-9: sc in each st across. (36 sts)
Rnd 10: (inc, 5 sc) 6 times. (42 sts)
Rnd 11-15: sc in each st across. (42 sts)
Rnd 16: (5 sc, dec) 6 times. (36 sts)
Rnd 17: (4 sc, dec) 6 times. (30 sts)
Rnd 18: (3 sc, dec) 6 times. (24 sts)
Rnd 19: sc in each st across. (24 sts)
Fasten off & leave a tail for sewing to the body later.
Insert eyes between rnds 9 & 10 with a 6 st space between them.
Nodes- Leaf green
1. Large node (make 1)
Rnd 1: 6 sc into magic circle. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: (inc) 6 times (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (sc, Inc) 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, Inc) 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5-7: sc in each st across (24 sts)
Rnd 8: (2 sc, dec) 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 9: (sc, dec) 6 times (18 sts)
Sl st. Fasten off. Leave tail for sewing.
2. Small node (make 2)
Rnd 1: 6 sc into magic circle. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: (inc) 6 times (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (sc, Inc) 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4-6: sc in each st across (18 sts)
Rnd 7: (sc, dec) 6 times (12 sts)
Sl st. Fasten off. Leave tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2)- chocolate & leaf green
Rnd 1: 6 sc into a magic circle. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: (inc) 6 times. (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) 6 times. (18 sts)
Rnd 4: sc in each st. across. (18 sts)
Rnd 5: 2 dec, sc in next 6, 2 inc, sc in next 6 sts. (18 sts)
Rnd 6: sc in each st. across. (18 sts)
Rnd 7: 2 dec, sc in next 6, 2 inc, sc in next 6 sts. (18 sts)
Rnd 8: sc in each st. across. (18 sts)
Fasten off on the 1st leg. Crochet the 2nd leg in the same way but don’t fasten off.
Body- leaf green
From the 2nd leg.Ch 3. Insert hook into the 1st st of the last rnd of the 1st leg and crochet in rnds from here throughout:
Rnd 1: 18 sc along the 1st leg, 3 sc on one side of the ch, 18 sc along the 2nd leg, 3 sc on the other side of the ch. (42 sts)
Change colour to leaf green
Rnd 2: (6 sc, inc) 6 times (48 sts)
Rnd 3-5: sc in each st. across. (48 sts)
Rnd 6: (6 sc, dec) 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 7-9: sc in each st. across. (42 sts)
Rnd 10: (5 sc, dec) 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 11-13: sc in each st. across. (36 sts)
Rnd 14: (4 sc, dec) 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 15-17: sc in each st. across. (30 sts)
Rnd 18: (3sc, dec) 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 19-20: sc in each st. across. (24 sts)
Fasten off. Weave in your ends.
Arms (make 2)- leaf green
Rnd 1: 6 sc into magic circle. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) 3 times (9 sts)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, Inc) 3 times (12 sts)
Rnd 4- 11: sc in each st across (12 sts)
Rnd 12: (sc, dec) 3 times (9 sts)
Rnd 13: sc in each st across (9 sts)
Sl st. Fasten off. Leave tail for sewing onto the body.
Scarf- pink
Note: ch 3 counts as 1 dc here.
Rnd 1: Ch 4,dc in 1st ch (2 dc)
Rnd 2: Turn. Ch 3, dc in next st (2 dc)
Rnd 3: Turn: Ch3, dc in 2 sts (3 dc)
Rnd 4-22: Turn. Ch 3, dc in next 2 st (3 dc)
Rnd 23: Turn. Ch 3. Dc2tog (2 dc)
Rnd 24-25: Turn. Ch 3, dc in next st (2 dc)
Fasten off. Add fringe on both sides of the scarf
Flower (make 3)- Ice mint
In the magic circle, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2. Sl st into the magic circle.
Rpt until you have 5 petals.
Fasten off. Leave tail for sewing on later
Finishing:
- Attach the head to the body
- Fix the arms at around rnd 19 of body
- Attach one flower to the head and another one to the arm
- Add spikes and lips.
- Tie the scarf around your crochet cactus doll
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I’m having a real tough time following you Catctus pattern. I was hoping that you could do a vid on how to work the pattern. For instance, the 1st round is nothing like a regular ring. I could really use some help. Can you help me get this started?
Hi Kim. I’m sorry to hear that. The first round for the head isn’t meant to look like a ring. It’s more rectangular, like how booties are made…does that help? Are you having a hard time following the instructions? Sadly I don’t have access to materials to make a video tutorial at this time but you can get in touch any time and I’ll see how I can help.
Hi again Kim. Did you manage the pattern? I changed the wording on the first few rows to make it as clear as possible.
omg, this pattern was so very good and mine turned out so cute. i absolutely love it .
Awesome Terry! I’m so happy to hear that.
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