Crochet Cactus Keychain Amigurumi Pattern

Did you know that even cactuses can have genders? It’s true, especially when it comes to the adorable world of crochet! The Crochet Cactus Keychain Amigurumi Pattern brings this quirky idea to life by letting you craft a pair of male and female cacti, each with its own little pot. What makes them stand out is their unique faces the female cactus sports a sweet expression, while the male one proudly shows off a moustache. This crochet ornament pattern is perfect for anyone who loves adding a creative and personal touch to their keys or bags, providing a charming duo of green crochet companions that are sure to spark conversations and bring smiles wherever they go.

Making Your Crochet Cactus Keychain Amigurumi

Materials

Yarn: green (for the cactus), terracotta (for the pot), brown (for the ground), for flowers. I used Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn (165 m/50 g, 60% cotton, 40% acrylic). It’s better to use yarns of similar weight for the cactus, pot and ground.
Crochet hook suitable for your yarn. used 2 mm crochet hook.
Fine thread for decoration.
Polyester fiberfill, long needle, scissors, stitch marker, pins.
Felt (for mustaches) and glue.
The size of the finished cactus is about 10 cm.

Abbreviations

MR – magic ring
ch – chain
SC – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
slst – slip stitch
inc – increase
dec – decrease
BLO – work in back loops only

Options

You can make a keychain, for this, you just need to sew a ring with a chain (the base for the keychain) on top of the cactus.
Very often crocheted cactuses serve as a pincushion. To make the pincushion stable, you need to make it a solid bottom (for example, cut out of cardboard or plastic), and also add weight to the bottom (you can use small pebbles, coins, cereals, etc.).

Step by step Pattern

Cactus

Green yarn.
This part is worked in turning rows, this means that you need to make 1 ch and turn in the end of each row.
1 – make 17 ch, from second st from the hook work 16 hdc.
Next work each row in back loops only, you need to crochet 23 rows in total.
Leave a thread for sewing in the end.
Then, with the thread left at the end, sew the short edges of the rectangle, and then pull off the upper hole, secure the thread well and weave in the ends.

Pot

Terracotta yarn.
1 – 8 sc in MR
2-8 inc (16)
3-(1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4-1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc (32)
5-(3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6-40 sc BLO
7-9-40 sc (3 rounds)
10-(19 sc, inc)*2 (42)
11-13-42 sc (3 rounds) Change to brown.
14 – BLO 42 sc
15-(5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
16-(4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
17-(3 sc, dec)*6 (24)

Stuff.

18-(2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
19 (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Pull all the 12 stitches using a needle.
Secure the thread and weave in the ends.

Flower

In MR, work: 1 ch, 2 hdc, 1 ch, slst.
Then repeat this combination 4 more times (this will give you 5 petals), and pull the ring.
Secure the thread and leave a thread for sewing.

Cactus assembly

Stuff the cactus with filler, then cut the thread of the same colour as the cactus, insert it into the needle, and secure it inside the cactus. Pull the bottom edge of the cactus a little with this thread (having laid wide stitches along the bottom edge), until the lower part fits into the pot and a strip of ground between the cactus and the edge of the pot would be visible after sewing.
Then fix the cactus in the middle of the pot with pins and then sew with green thread (grabbing the stitches of the bottom edge of the cactus and the stitches of the ground). At the end, secure the thread and weave in the ends.
Next, attach a thread of the colour of the pot to the front loops of the 13th round of the pot, make 2 ch and work with hdc in a circle, at the end make an slst into the first stitch. Secure the thread and weave in the ends.

Crochet Cactus Keychain Amigurumi Pattern Free

Embroider the eyes on the 4th round of the pot, counting from the top edge of the pot. The width of the eye is 2 sc, and there are 5 sc between the eyes. Embroider eyelashes as desired, width is 1 sc. Embroider a smile two rounds from the eyes, the width of the smile is 2 sc.
If you make a cactus with moustaches, then you do not need to embroider a smile. Cut moustaches of the desired size from felt, glue them, stepping back 1 round from the eyes, and then sew along the edge for reliability.
Sew flowers on the cactus as you like. I sewed on 3 flowers of different shades on the side. Your cactus is ready!