A 4″ tall amigurumi of a cactus bunny…topiary…plant thing.
In my quest of scouring the internet for cute things to crochet I found a picture of this thing. So I made it. Woo.
With this I was playing around with working in the posts, so you might need to google working in the back posts with single crochet if you’re not familiar with it. I like the effect it gives and I’ve used it in a revamp of my Cookie Mouse amigurumi that may or may not be posted soon.
Also I’ve added a page for the master key so check that out up top if you forget what something means (underlines perhaps?).
Materials
▪ DK weight yarn in green, cream, white, pink, dark grey
▪ C hook (2.75 mm)
▪ Stuffing
▪ 6 mm safety eyes
▪ Scissors
▪ Tapestry needle
Difficulty
Medium-Easy – You should know how to work in the round, increase, decrease, half double crochet, puff stitch, work in the front and back loops, and work in the back posts.
Head
Starting with green
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2. [inc] around (12)
3. [sc, inc] around (18)
4. [2 sc, inc] around (24)
5. [3 sc, inc] around (30)
6. [4 sc, inc] around (36)
7. [5 sc, inc] around (42)
8 – 14. [sc] around (42)
15. [5 sc, dec] around (36)
16. [4 sc, dec] around (30)
Stuff and attach safety eyes (I placed mine between rounds 11 and 12 at about 9 sts apart)
F/O, leave long tail for sewing
2 Ears
Starting with green
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2. [sc, inc] around (9)
3. [2 sc, inc] around (12)
4. [sc] around (12)
5. [3 sc, inc] around (15)
6. [sc] around (15)
7. [3 sc, dec] around (12)
8. [sc] around (12)
9. [2 sc, dec] around (9)
Stuff
F/O, leave long tail for sewing
Face Patch
Starting with white
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2. [inc] around (12)
F/O, leave long tail for sewing
Flower
Starting with pink
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2. [puff, ss] around (12)
F/O, leave long tail for sewing
2 Arms
Starting with green
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2 – 3. [sc] around (6)
4. Fold in half, [sc] across the top (3)
F/O, leave long tail for sewing
Pot
Starting with cream
1. ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch (6)
2. [inc] around (12)
3. [sc, inc] around (18)
4. [2 sc, inc] around (24)
5. [BLO sc] around (24)
6. [sc] around (24)
7. [3 sc, inc] around (30)
8 – 9. [sc] around (30)
10. [FLO hdc] around (30)
11. [sc] around in the third loop (30)
12. [BPO sc] around (30)
F/O
Assembly
▪ Sew the face patch onto the head
▪ Use dark grey yarn to embroider a mouth onto the patch
▪ Use pink yarn to embroider blush marks on either side of the eyes
▪ Sew the ears on either side of the head
▪ Sew the flower in front of an ear
▪ Use white yarn to embroider an “x” onto the flower
▪ Sew the head onto the top of the pot
▪ Sew the arms onto the top of the pot
I’d say TGIF but Sundays are the only days that matter for the next 6 weeks. Happy crocheting anyways. 😛
