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With the whole cactus craze coming around, I though I would join in the fun and create my very own cactus pet! I’m no green thumb so a crochet cactus friend it is! Here I’ll be sharing with you my pattern that I used to create this little guy. 🙂

Cactus Pattern:

My little cactus was made to fit the orange pot which is roughly 45mm wide in diameter.

Main Body:

Here we will be working in Rounds using the magic circle.

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic circle (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc (12)

Round 3: *1 sc, 1 increase* repeat around (18)

Round 4: *2sc, 1 increase* repeat around (24)

Round 5-25: sc around (24)

Attach eyes and embroider face, stuff the body with stuffing.

Round 26: *2sc, 1 decrease* repeat around (18)

Round 27: *1sc, 1 decrease* repeat around (12)

Round 28: *decrease* repeat around (6)

Close up the bottom. You now should have something which resembles a pickle. XD

Arms (Make 2):

Round 1: 5 sc in a magic circle (5)

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc (10)

Round 3: *sc, 1 increase* repeat around (15)

Round 4: sc around (15)

Round 5: 1 decrease, sc around (14)

Round 6: 1 decrease, sc around (13)

Round 7: 1 decrease, sc around (12)

Round 8: 1 decrease, sc around (11)

Round 9: 1 decrease, sc around (10)

Round 10: 1 decrease, sc around (9)

Round 11: 1 decrease, sc around (8)

Finish off leaving a long tail, and stuff arm a little.

Assembly:

Sew arms to the side of the body, one arm slightly higher than the other.

Ta! Da!