Little Chunky Mushroom
A plump little toadstool with a spotty cap and rosy cheeks
This chunky little mushroom is one of The Sage Stitch's most popular makes. A colourful spotted cap sits on a soft white stem — worked in one piece using a simple front-loop / back-loop colour change — with a couple of bobbles and rosy blush cheeks for extra character. A lovely make for advancing beginners ready to try two colours.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Yarn weight
- Super bulky (#6)
- Hook
- 6 mm (J-10)
- Time
- ~3 hours
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- RequiredSize 6 (super bulky) yarn — cap colour · small amount(the cap — she used Loops & Threads Sweet Snuggles Lite (e.g. red))
- RequiredWhite size 6 yarn — stem & spots · small amount
- Required6 mm (J-10) crochet hook
- RequiredSafety eyes · 2 × 10 mm
- RequiredStuffing · small amount
- RecommendedStitch marker(mark the start of each round)
- RequiredYarn needle + scissors(to sew shut + embroider spots)
- OptionalBlush(for rosy cheeks)
The pattern
Gauge isn't critical — crochet tightly so the stuffing doesn't show through.
- Abbreviations: SC = single crochet · INC = increase · DEC = decrease · CH = chain · SL ST = slip stitch · MR = magic ring · BB = bobble (4 unfinished DC in 1 stitch) · F.O. = fasten off.
- R1In your cap colour: CH 2 (or make a magic ring), SC 6 into the 1st CH or MR. Add a stitch marker. (6 sts)
- R2INC in each ST. (12 sts)
- R3(SC, INC) × 6. (18 sts)
- R4(SC 2, INC) × 6. (24 sts)
- R5SC around. (24 sts)
- R6SC around in the FRONT loops only, then F.O. (24 sts)
- R7Attach your white yarn with a SL ST and SC around in the BACK loops only from the last round. (24 sts)
- R8SC around. (24 sts)
- R9SC 4, BB, SC 9, BB, SC 9. (24 sts)
- R10–11SC around. (24 sts)
- Add your safety eyes between the 2 bobbles, wherever you like.
- R12DEC, SC, DEC, BB, (SC, DEC) × 3, BB, SC, DEC, SC, DEC × 2. Then add some of the stuffing. (16 sts)
- R13DEC around, F.O. Add the rest of the stuffing and sew closed.
- FinishAdd some blush to the cheeks if you like, and embroider the white spots onto the cap. All done!
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