Jul 28, 2020

Cactus Amigurumi

by Mike Snow

7/28/20

Advisory for casting on: If you don’t use a circular cast-on and pull it tight, the 6 sts do form a sort of flat disk. Pull the tail and the assembly gets more three dimensional.

When you do the next three rounds, the assembly starts to cup if your cast-on was tight. If your cast-on wasn't tight enough, the working piece won’t cup and it just looks flat.
Using circular cast on and pulling tight with teal yarn and wooden crochet hook

Using circular cast on and pulling tight with teal yarn and wooden crochet hook

Showing the cup of the cactus begin to form with teal yarn and wooden crochet hook

Wooden crochet hook and teal yarn showing cactus cup begin to form.

Round 5 is correctly written but the stitch count is 30, not 24

Round 6 is 24 sts the “sk 1 st” tells us this is the round where the decreases start

Round 7 is back down to 18

Round 8 brings you back down to 12. It forms a small ball-like shape.