Crochet venus flytrap pattern — 11 pieces from four lists, 41 rounds

This is a free crochet venus flytrap pattern for a potted plant about 15 cm tall with the traps upright, worked on a 4 mm hook in five colours over roughly four and a half hours. All seven rounds of a jaw are split down the middle, crimson on one half and green on the other, and round 7 drops the crimson to alternate bone white with green stitch by stitch, so six pale stitches read as teeth along the lip. All 41 rounds are written out below across four lists that make eleven pieces, and every round shows the stitch count it finishes on.

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Why it is rated Medium

Medium because of the jaws: every one of their seven rounds carries two colours at once, and the last changes colour twelve times across twelve stitches to make the teeth.

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What you need before you start

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Yarn — five colours, all weight 4

Grass green1 small skein (~40 g)Worsted / aran acrylic

Crimson~20 gWorsted / aran acrylic

Bone whitescrapsWorsted / aran acrylic

Terracotta~30 gWorsted / aran acrylic

Cocoa brown~15 gWorsted / aran acrylic

Tools

5 you probably own, 3 to buy

You likely have

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Stitch markers

Pins

Measuring tape

You need to buy

6 mm black safety eyes x6 (two on each of the three upper jaws)

Pipe cleaners, 30 cm x3 (one inside each stem)

Polyester stuffing (~40 g, for the pot only)

Optional

A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start

A small handful of dried beans or pellets in a fabric pouch, to weight the pot

Bone white yarn cut into 4 cm strands, if you want knotted spikes instead of charted tooth stitches

Gauge and finished size

the last check before you cast on

Tension

Tight enough that the stuffing in the pot does not show between stitches. Gauge is not critical here — a looser hand gives a slightly larger plant.

Finished size

~15 cm tall with the traps upright, in a pot ~7 cm across

Any worsted that holds a firm single crochet will do. Leave the pipe cleaners out and the stems flop rather than pose, so work them two rounds shorter and let the traps rest on the soil.

How to make the venus flytrap, piece by piece

41 rounds across four lists, making eleven pieces in all.

Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mr→UK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.

The jaws

Six of these, and every round is split down the middle — crimson for…7 RNDS

starts in crimson· magic ring· Piece 1 of 4· make 6

Six of these, and every round is split down the middle — crimson for the face that ends up inside, green for the face that ends up out. The last round alternates bone white and green for the teeth.Put the safety eyes into three of the six before you sew anything, while you can still reach the back of the fabric. Those three become the upper jaws.

First six rounds[6] [12] [15] [15] [15] [12]

16 sc in mr[6]

2inc x6[12]

3(3 sc, inc) x3[15]

415 sc[15]

515 sc[15]

6(3 sc, dec) x3[12]

712 sc, alternating bone white and green[12]

US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches

When this piece is doneAll six jaws are done.Leave them unstuffed. Pinch each one flat between finger and thumb and it cups on its own.

The stems

Three narrow tubes, eight stitches around and straight the whole way…12 RNDS

starts in grassGreen· magic ring· Piece 2 of 4· make 3

Three narrow tubes, eight stitches around and straight the whole way up. Slide a folded pipe cleaner in before you close the top.Fold the cut end of the pipe cleaner back on itself before it goes in. A raw wire end works its way out through eight stitches of single crochet, usually at the top where the jaws sit.

First six rounds[6] [8] [8] [8] [8] [8]

16 sc in mr[6]

2(2 sc, inc) x2[8]

38 sc[8]

48 sc[8]

58 sc[8]

68 sc[8]

78 sc[8]

88 sc[8]

98 sc[8]

108 sc[8]

118 sc[8]

128 sc[8]

US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches

When this piece is doneThe stems are done.Bend them to three different heights so the traps sit at different levels.

The soil

A flat brown disc, five rounds of plain increasing, sized to sit…5 RNDS

starts in cocoaBrown· magic ring· Piece 3 of 4

A flat brown disc, five rounds of plain increasing, sized to sit across the mouth of the pot.Leave a long tail — you will sew this down last, once the stems are in place.

First five rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30]

16 sc in mr[6]

2inc x6[12]

3(sc, inc) x6[18]

4(2 sc, inc) x6[24]

5(3 sc, inc) x6[30]

US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches

When this piece is doneThe soil is done.Do not stuff it and do not close it. Five rounds of plain increasing leave it flat at thirty stitches, six short of the pot's thirty-six, so it drops down inside the rim instead of sitting on top of it.

The pot

A disc out to thirty-six, one round in the back loops to stand the…17 RNDS

starts in terracotta· magic ring· Piece 4 of 4

A disc out to thirty-six, one round in the back loops to stand the wall up, then ten straight rounds of terracotta.Round 7 goes into the back loops only. The count does not move — thirty-six in, thirty-six out — but the wall stands up off the base instead of curving out of it.

First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]

The flat base, out to 36

RND 1–6

16 sc in mr[6]

2inc x6[12]

3(sc, inc) x6[18]

4(2 sc, inc) x6[24]

5(3 sc, inc) x6[30]

6(4 sc, inc) x6[36]

The back-loop corner

RND 7–7

736 sc in back loops only[36]

The straight wall

RND 8–17

836 sc[36]

936 sc[36]

1036 sc[36]

1136 sc[36]

1236 sc[36]

1336 sc[36]

1436 sc[36]

1536 sc[36]

1636 sc[36]

1736 sc[36]

US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasebloback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches

When this piece is doneThe pot is done.Stuff the pot firmly. It is the only ballast the plant has, and a softly stuffed one lets the whole thing lean the moment a trap is sewn on off centre.

Nine notes on the venus flytrap

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01An original Crochet Genie design.

02Every piece is smooth single crochet worked in a continuous spiral. There is no ribbing, no openwork and no holes anywhere in the fabric — the colour is what does the work here, not the texture.

03Round 7 of the pot goes into the back loops only. It is still 36 single crochet, 36 stitches in and 36 stitches out, so the count is unchanged. The back loop is only where the hook goes, and it leaves a crisp ridge that helps the wall stand up.

04The teeth are simulated. Real flytrap spikes need picots the three stitches this format speaks cannot work, so round 7 of each jaw alternates bone white and green stitch by stitch. Six pale stitches read as teeth along the lip. For spikes you can feel, knot a 4 cm strand of bone white through each pale stitch and trim it to a point.

05Each jaw is left unstuffed and pinched flat while you sew, so it cups. The crimson run of each round becomes the inside face and the green run the outside.

06Make six jaws. Sew them in pairs along the magic-ring end so each pair hinges open, then sew each pair onto the top of a stem.

07A pipe cleaner threaded inside each stem lets you bend the three traps to different heights and angles. All three stems are worked to the same length; the difference in height comes from how far you bend each one.

08Safety eyes are a choking hazard. For a child under three, embroider the eyes in cocoa brown instead.

09The soil disc is sewn across the top of the stuffed pot with the three stems poking through it.

Four questions this pattern answers

Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.

How is the colour worked into the venus flytrap?

Inside the round, not at the start of it: seven of the 41 rounds carry a colour run, all of them in the jaws. Each of those rounds gives the run in stitches: round 1 of the jaws is three crimson, then three grass green.

How much yarn will the venus flytrap take?

Five colours, all weight 4 (worsted), and the pattern asks for grass green: 1 small skein (~40 g); crimson: ~20 g; bone white: scraps; terracotta: ~30 g; cocoa brown: ~15 g.

What hook will the venus flytrap need, and what is the finished size?

A 4.0 mm hook, US G/6. Finished, it comes out ~15 cm tall with the traps upright, in a pot ~7 cm across; the leading tilde is there because that came off the stitch counts rather than a tape measure.

How long will the venus flytrap take to crochet?

About four and a half hours. That is 41 rounds on the page, from four written lists that make eleven pieces, coming to 1,170 single crochet, 114 increases and 18 decreases once every piece is worked, and the hours are an estimate rather than a timing of anybody making it.

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