Crochet succulent pattern — 15 pieces, 50 rounds written out
A free crochet succulent pattern for an echeveria rosette about 11 cm tall and 10 cm across, standing in a pot roughly 7.5 cm wide, worked on a 4 mm hook in five colours over about four hours. Three leaf lists make all twelve leaves — five large, four medium, three small — and every one is worked from the tip downwards, so the magic ring is the point of the leaf and the six open stitches at the end are the base you sew with. All 50 rounds are written out below across fifteen pieces, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium for the assembly rather than the stitches: twelve leaves go on in three rings, each ring rotated so its leaves sit over the gaps in the one below, and every ring is pinned before it is sewn.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — five colours, all weight 4
1 skein, about 60 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
scraps, about 8 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium, a paler green than the sage
small amount, about 15 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
small amount, about 35 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
scraps, about 12 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium, or anything slightly fuzzy for a soil texture
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (about 25 g for the pot and the plant body)
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the start of the round
Two tablespoons of dry rice or a handful of glass beads to weight the pot
A yarn bobbin for the blush, so it does not tangle with the greens
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Work the pot and the plant body tight enough that the stuffing does not show between stitches. The leaves are unstuffed, so a firm hand matters less there, but a loose one gives a floppier rosette.
Finished size
~11 cm tall and ~10 cm across the rosette, standing in a pot ~7.5 cm across
Any worsted cotton that holds a firm single crochet will do. One green throughout loses the paler crown and still reads as an echeveria, but keep the blush tips — they are what make it read as a live plant.
How to make the echeveria rosette succulent, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The large leaves
Five the same. Two rounds of blush for the tip, out to fifteen…9 RNDS
starts in blush· magic ring· Piece 1 of 6· make 5
First six rounds[6] [12] [15] [15] [15] [15]
Pink tip, widening out
RND 1–31[6]
2[12]
3[15]
The straight body of the leaf
RND 4–74[15]
5[15]
6[15]
7[15]
Tapering to the base
RND 8–98[9]
9[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave a long tail on each. Press them flat so they cup slightly, hollow side up, and set them aside — these are the outer ring.
2
02The medium leaves
Four the same, one size down. A single round of blush at the tip, out…7 RNDS
starts in blush· magic ring· Piece 2 of 6· make 4
First six rounds[6] [9] [12] [12] [12] [12]
1[6]
2[9]
3[12]
4[12]
5[12]
6[12]
7[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is donePress and cup them the way you did the large ones. Line all nine leaves up together and you can already see the rosette.
3
03The small leaves
Three the same, in dusty mint rather than sage — the newest leaves at…5 RNDS
starts in blush· magic ring· Piece 3 of 6· make 3
First five rounds[6] [9] [9] [9] [6]
1[6]
2[9]
3[9]
4[9]
5[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneThese sit upright at the crown, so cup them a little harder than the others. Twelve leaves finished.
4
04The plant body
A short sage cone, six rounds, eighteen stitches around. Almost none…6 RNDS
starts in sage· magic ring· Piece 4 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [18] [18] [18]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[18]
5[18]
6[18]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it lightly. Firm enough to fill the outline, soft enough that a needle still goes through it easily — twelve leaves get sewn into this piece, and every one of them is a needle through the middle of it.
5
05The soil
A plain flat disc in cocoa brown, six rounds, six increases every…6 RNDS
starts in cocoa· magic ring· Piece 5 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneThirty-six stitches, the same as the pot rim. Leave a long tail for sewing it in.
6
06The pot
A base worked flat to thirty stitches, one back-loop round to stand…17 RNDS
starts in terracotta· magic ring· Piece 6 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [30]
The flat base, out to 30
RND 1–51[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
The back-loop corner
RND 6–66[30]
The wall, widening to 36
RND 7–127[30]
8[30]
9[33]
10[33]
11[33]
12[36]
Straight to the rim
RND 13–1713[36]
14[36]
15[36]
16[36]
17[36]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it firmly, with rice in the bottom if you want it to sit heavy, then sew the soil disc into the mouth about half a centimetre down. Stand the plant body in the middle of the soil and sew it down, then build the three rings of leaves around it from the outside in.
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Twelve notes on the echeveria rosette succulent
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Twelve leaves in three sizes: five large, four medium, three small. They are all built the same way, so the second one of each size goes much faster than the first.
03Every leaf is worked from the tip downwards. The magic ring end is the point of the leaf and the six open stitches at the finish are the base you sew with, so leave a long tail there.
04The blush tip is a plain colour change at a round boundary, not colourwork inside a round. Large leaves carry blush through rounds 1 and 2 and change to sage on round 3; medium and small leaves carry blush through round 1 only.
05Do not stuff the leaves. Press each one flat between your fingers and let it cup a little, with the hollow side facing up the way a real echeveria leaf sits. The cupping comes from the shaping and the flattening, not from anything worked in.
06Round 6 of the pot is worked in back loops only. That turns the flat base up into a wall and leaves a ridge for the pot to stand on. The stitch count does not change — 30 stitches in, 30 stitches out.
07The pot widens three stitches on round 9 and again on round 12, so the sides slope out the way a real terracotta pot does. Stuff it firmly, with rice in the bottom if you want the weight, and leave the rim open.
08Sew the soil disc into the mouth of the pot, easing it about half a centimetre below the rim so it reads as soil rather than a lid. The disc finishes at 36 stitches and the rim is 36 stitches, so they meet without stretching.
09Stuff the plant body lightly and sew it standing upright in the middle of the soil disc.
10The leaves go on in three rings around the plant body. Five large leaves first, evenly spaced around the base and leaning well out. Four medium leaves above them, each one turned so it sits over a gap in the ring below. Three small leaves last, clustered upright at the crown and again turned to cover the gaps. Pin a whole ring before you sew any of it — the rotation is what makes the rosette look full instead of spoked.
11Worked as a continuous spiral throughout. Mark the first stitch of each round and move the marker up as you pass it.
12The finished size is computed from the stitch counts at the stated hook and yarn: a 36-stitch rim gives a pot about 7.5 cm across, the wall stands about 6 cm, and a large leaf is about 4.6 cm from tip to base. A looser hand gives a bigger plant.
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