Crochet mushroom pattern — a toadstool in two pieces, 24 rounds
This is a free crochet mushroom pattern for a red-capped toadstool about 9 cm tall, worked on a 3.5 mm hook in three colours over roughly four and a half hours. The spots are tapestry colourwork rather than appliqué: rounds 8, 9 and 10 of the cap each carry the cream behind the red, widening from three stitches to five and back to three, so every spot comes out as a lens instead of a stripe. All 24 rounds are written out below across two pieces, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 24 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium for one reason: rounds 8, 9 and 10 of the cap change colour six times each, carrying the cream behind the red across thirty-six stitches without either yarn being broken.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 3
1 skeinDK cotton
scrapsDK cotton
scrapsDK cotton
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that no stuffing shows between the stitches, and tight enough that the carried cream does not grin through the red. Exact gauge is not critical — a looser hand gives a wider cap on the same counts.
Finished size
~6 cm across the cap, ~9 cm tall
The spots are the only place this depends on colour. A cream cap with cocoa spots works the identical rounds and gives a different mushroom; nothing in the counts changes.
How to make the toadstool, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in magic ringUK6 dc in magic ringWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
1
01The cap
Six increase rounds out to thirty-six stitches, four straight rounds…13 RNDS
starts in capRed· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
Out to 36 across the top
RND 1–61[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
The straight side, spots in it
RND 7–107[36]
8[36]
9[36]
10[36]
Closing under to 18
RND 11–1311[30]
12[24]
13[18]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasemrmagic ring
When this piece is doneStuff the cap firmly and leave the eighteen stitches of round 13 open — that is the seam onto the stalk, not a hole to close. Stand it on its rim and look at it: the spots should sit on the curve of the side, not on the flat of the top.
2
02The stalk
Out to eighteen stitches in three rounds, then eight straight rounds…11 RNDS
starts in stalkCream· magic ring· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [18] [18] [18]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[18]
5[18]
6[18]
7[18]
8[18]
9[18]
10[18]
11[18]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasemrmagic ring
When this piece is doneStuff it lightly and right to the last round — a stalk packed hard goes barrel-shaped, and one left soft at the top lets the cap tip off centre. Leave a long tail to sew the two rings of eighteen together.
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Three notes on the toadstool
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01Spots are worked in tapestry colourwork over three rounds — carry the cream loosely behind the red.
02Stuff the cap firmly and the stalk lightly, so it stands.
03An original Crochet Genie design.
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How is the colour worked into the toadstool?
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How long will the toadstool take to crochet?
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