Mini Mushroom Pattern

I know, there are a lot of mushroom patterns out there! I have two that I've gotten free online, and I've sold just about every mushroom I made from those patterns... but I wanted something I could sell at a lower price point, something I can make in about an hour. So... I worked up this Mini Mushroom

It doesn't take much yarn at all, a total of half an ounce. 

They work up from 3 - 3.5" tall, depending on the yarn used. For the red one, I used a thinner white yarn for the stem. 

Mini Mushroom  

I used worsted weight yarn and an F hook

Uses .2 oz yarn in stem color

.3 oz in cap color

A few yards of white for spots on cap

 

Abbreviations used:

MR: magic ring

Sc: single crochet

Inc: inc

BLO: back loop only

FLO: front loop only

Dec: decrease

 

Starting at the bottom, with your stem color:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)

Round 2: inc x 6. (12)

Round 3: *sc, inc* x 6. (18)

Trace around your circle on a piece of plastic and cut to fit (I save lids from cottage cheese, sour cream, etc. for this). You will put the circle of plastic in the bottom of your stem to keep the bottom nice and flat!

Round 4: BLO sc in each stitch. (18)

Rounds 5-10: sc in each stitch. (18)

Embroider face. I put the eyes over round 8 and the mouth over round 6, with the edges of the smile going up to row 7.

Change to cap color.

Round 11: FLO *sc, inc* x 9. (27)

Round 12: *2 sc, inc* x 9. (36)

Put your plastic circle in the bottom of the stem and stuff stem.

Rounds 13-14: sc in each stitch. (36)

Round 15: * 2 sc, dec* x 9. (27)

Round 16: sc in each stitch. (27)

Round 17: *7 sc, dec* x 3. (24)

Round 18: *2 sc, dec* x 6. (18)

Round 19: sc in each stitch. (18)

Add stuffing, making sure you fill in the overhang of the cap.  

Round 20: *sc, dec* x 6. (12)

If needed, add a little more stuffing.

Round 21: dec x 6. (6)

Finish off, leaving a tail. Weave tail through the loops of Round 21 and pull closed. Hide yarn tail in cap.

 

Spots for mushroom cap. (I made three, but you can make as many as you want.)

With white yarn, 6 sc in MR. Finish off, leaving a tail to sew to mushroom.

 

I made this one with a peach colored yarn

This is a "Flower" yarn that I got from Dollar Tree. 

April 2023 Goals

 Here we go with my April Goals! 

1) For the #amibookchallenge, I am going to do a standalone pattern, Bruce the Beardie from Manic Yarns. DONE

2) Once again, I will make (at least) 5 scrappy projects - DONE

My Mini Mushroom pattern

Little Spring Bird by Blue Yarn Crochet

3) This month's Crazy Critter Challenge - the die toss says I'm supposed to make a red snake with green bumps. It will be a challenge to make him so he doesn't look Christmasy! = DONE

4) A Mishmash Monster made with items from my "spare parts bag" - DONE

5) Restock my Socksy Dachsie DONE 

6) Make a Mr. Ugly to replace the one sold 4/1 - DONE

I had such fun with this one that I made a second one! Scroll through my posts for "The Making of Mr. Ugly" for the free pattern! 

I finished up my list early, so I made a new goal: to finish up the orange yarn I used for Dan the Dino

As of 4/25 I have this much left over... maybe I'll try for a Chill Pill! 

March Goals - 2023

 I forgot to put up a post of my March goals, so here I go, reconstructing from my YouTube video. 

1) #amibookchallenge - This month I'm making the cheetah from Animal Friends of Pica Pau

Animal Friends of Pica Pau

2) 5 Scrappy Projects

Between a bunch of octopus and a handful of axolotl finger puppets, I finished this section of my goals! 

3) My Crazy Critter Challenge

I have lists of 1) color, 2) critters, and 3) accents. I toss a die to come up with the crazy critter of the month. This month's critter: an orange lizard with pink stripes. 

4) Mini-Mermaid - oops, this fell off my radar, didn't do it. 

I apparently substituted "Flower Yarn chicken" and got that done. 

5) Ramen noodles - this also fell off the radar

6) Publish Axolotl finger Puppet pattern to my blog - DONE!