MATERIALS

4mm crochet hook 10mm safety eyes Tapestry needle Scissors 
 Stuffing
(not included)

Green medium-weight Brown medium-weight Pink medium-weight Black medium-weight

yarn, with 3 stitch yarn (25 yds) yarn (2 yds) yarn (1 yd)
markers in it (50 yds)

HOW TO READ 

A WOOBLES PATTERN ABBRE V IATION S

This pattern is written in US

Rnd 3. [sc, inc] x6 (18) terminology, and crocheted in
Round

continuous rounds. Watch video

tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
What stitches to do this round, and 

how many times

blo
 back loop only


dc
 double crochet

Total number of stitches in this round dec
 (invisible) decrease

flo
 front loop only

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 inc
 increase (2 sc in the same hole)

times. The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then rnd
 round

increase stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase sc single crochet
is actually 2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch
of the previous round, the total number of stitches in
CLIN T T HE C AC T US

this round is 18.

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 HEAD & BODY A RMS
With green yarn. With green yarn (make two).

TIP Keep track of where you are by placing a Rnd 1.
 start 4 sc in a magic loop (4)

stitch marker in the first stitch of the current Rnd 2.
 4 inc (8)

round. Rnds 3-4. sc, 2 dc, sc, 4 sl st (8)

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)
 TIP dc means double crochet.
Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12)

Rnd 5. 8 sc (8)
Start here if you’re using the pre-made piece

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)


Rnd 4.
 [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
 Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff lightly
Rnd 5. 24 sc (24) with yarn scraps. Use the yarn tail to sew the arms
to either side of the body spanning rounds 8 to 10.
TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally
The arms should curve up.
normal. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your piece until it curves the other
way. This makes the “right side” face out.
Then keep crocheting to the left. If you’re a
lefty, keep crocheting to the right.

Rnd 6.
 [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28)


Rnds 7-9.
 28 sc (28)

Rnd 10.
 [6 sc, inc] x 4 (32)

Rnds 11-13.
 32 sc (32)

Rnd 14.
 [2 sc, dec] x 8 (24)

Rnd 15.
 24 sc (24)

Rnd 16.
 [sc, dec] x 8 (16)

Rnd 17. 16 sc (16)

Attach the eyes between rounds 7 and 8 with a 6-

stitch space between them. If this amigurumi is for
a baby or pet, embroider the eyes instead. Stuff
the piece, shaping it like an egg.

Rnd 18. 8 dec (8)

Fasten off leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with

the tail; then use it to pull the yarn tail through the
front loops of each stitch. Pull tight to close the
remaining gap.
CLINT THE CACTUS

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MOUTH
Step 3.

Pull the yarn just tight enough so that the curve
Thread a needle with an arm’s length of black yarn. looks like you want it. Make sure the needle and
Embroider a curve between the eyes, spanning yarn came out below the curve.

round 9 and two stitches wide:

Step 4.

Step 1.
 Bring the needle up and over the curve, and insert
Insert the needle somewhere on right side of the the needle into the same hole it just came out of. 

body, and out between rounds 8 and 9, where you Pull the needle out of the same hole in the body
want the right end of the curve to be. Leave a 
 that it originally went into, so that both yarn tails
6-inch tail.
are coming out of the same hole. Pull tight to
Step 2.
 secure the curve.

Insert the needle two stitches to the left, where you Step 5.

want the left side of the curve to be. Pull it out Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the
between the two ends of the curve and one round surface of the body as possible. Hide the yarn in
down. This is the bottom of the curve. the body.

1 2 3

4 5

CLINT THE CACTUS

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RIBS
Step 4.

Repeat the same motion to embroider four more
Thread a needle with two arm’s length of green evenly spaced lines around the body of the cactus.
yarn. Embroider six evenly spaced vertical lines From above, the lines should look like a six-sided
down the sides of the cactus:
asterisk.

Step 1.
 Step 5.


Insert the needle through the center bottom of the When you've embroidered all six lines, bring the
cactus and up out the top. Leave a 6-inch tail.
needle over one of the lines at the very top of the
Step 2.
 cactus. Then insert the needle through the top
To embroider the first line, draw the yarn down the center of the cactus and out the bottom through
body of the cactus between one eye and the the same hole it first came in, so that both yarn
nearest corner of the smile. Then insert the needle tails are coming out of the same hole.


back through the center bottom of the cactus and
pull it out of the top.
Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the
Step 3.
 surface of the body as possible. Hide the yarn in
To embroider the second line, repeat step 2 the body.
between the other eye and other corner of the
smile.

1 2 3

4 5

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FLOWER
Step 3.

[Ch 4, sl st into the chain marked by the stitch
With pink yarn.
marker] x4.

Step 1.
 Step 4.


Ch 5. Mark the first chain with a stitch marker
Fasten off leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
Step 2.
 the tail. Use it to sew the flower to the top of the
Fold the chain in half and sl st into the chain cactus.
marked by the stitch marker.

1 2

3 4

CLINT THE CACTUS

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POT
With brown yarn.

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in magic loop (6)


Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12)

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)

Rnd 4.
 [inc, 2 sc] x 6 (24)

Rnd 5.
 [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)

Rnd 6. 30 sc blo (30)

TIP blo means to do the stitch through the back

loop only.

Rnd 7.
 [inc, 9 sc] x 3 (33)


Rnd 8.
 33 sc (33)

Rnd 9.
 [10 sc blo, inc blo] x 3 (36)

Rnd 10.
 36 sc (36)

Rnd 11. 36 sc flo (36)

TIP flo means to do the stitch through the front

loop only.

Rnd 12. 36 sc (36)

Invisible fasten off leaving a long tail. Thread a

needle with the tail. Fold the top of the pot over so
the top edge matches up with the leftover front
loops of round 9. Whip stitch the edge of round 12
and front loops of round 9 together. Place the
cactus inside the pot.

CLINT THE CACTUS

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