Crochet Cactus Patterns- two ways

Our crochet cactus pattern is perfect for those who want to add a touch of green to their home decor without worrying about taking care of real plants or having a green thumb. You don’t need to worry anymore because it doesn’t have spikey spines that might hurt you. Let’s learn how to crochet cactus in two ways.

If you love potted crochet decorations, check our Crochet Aloe Vera Pattern and Crochet Succulent Pattern. They can form a big and lovely group of table decorations with those crochet cactus.

We have two cactus pattern included in this post, ball shape cactus and a lovely Bunny ears cactus with a lovely white flower.

What Materials Are Needed?

• Light green yarn (Cactus A)
• Dark green yarn (Cactus B)
• Dark brown yarn (Soil Surface)
• Light brown yarn (Pot)
• Yellow yarn
• White yarn
• Cream yarn
• Hook – 2.5mm
• Darning needle
• Fiberfill
• Scissors  
• Stitch marker
• Hot melt adhesive

Yarn suggestions

1. Chunky/ Chenille yarn– Good for plushies if you want it beside your pillows.
2. Lace size yarns– good for smaller version and perfect for keychains
3. Glow in the dark yarn– glow in the dark yarns are new to crochet market and with it’s green color, you can also try to use it for more beautiful view even in night time.

Crochet terms:

• Sc– Single Crochet
• Dc – Double Crochet
• Ch– chain
• St– stitch
• Ss– Slip Stitch
• Sc2tog-slip stitch 2 together or DEC (decrease)
• Inc– Increase (2 sc in each/next stitch)
• FLO – Front Loop Only
• BLO – Back Loop Only
• [00] – total stitches after a round
• R1, R2, R3… – Round 1, Round 2, Round 3…

Special Terms:

• Sc2tog-slip stitch 2 together or popularly known as Dec or decrease: Yarn over and pull through. Repeat the process, Insert the hook in the next st, yarn over and pull through again.  There should be 3 loops on the hook now. Finally, yarn over and pull a loop through all 3 loops on the hook to finish the stitch.

• 2sc in each stitch/ next stitch or popularly known as INC or Increase: When making an increase, you will just  make 2 sc in each or next stitch.

Pattern Notes

• Our patterns are written in US crochet terms.

Step-by-Step Cactus Patterns

How to crochet a Flower pot for cactus

The two types share the same flower pot.

• Start with a magic ring.
• R1: 8 sc in the round , 1 ss, 1 ch [8]
• R2: ( 2 sc in each st ) * 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [16]
• R3: (1 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [24]
• R4: (2 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [32]
• R5: (3 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [40]
• R6: (4 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [48]
• R7: work back loops only(BLO): 48 sc , 1 ss, 1 ch [48]
• R8: ( 22 sc, sc2tog/dec )* 2 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [46]
• R9-17: 46 sc , 1 ss [46]
• R18: 2 ch, 46 dc , 1 ss [46] R19: 2 ch, work front loops only(FLO): 46 dc, cut and leave a long tail. [46]
• Make ss a round in R7, cut and hide the tail.

How to crochet Soil surface for the flower pot

• Start with a magic ring.
• R1: 8 sc in the round , 1 ss, 1 ch [8]
• R2: ( 2 sc in each st ) * 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [16]
• R3: (1 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [24]
• R4: (2 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [32]
• R5: (3 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [40]
• R6: (4 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 8 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [48]
• Soil surface sew between R16 and R17 of the flowerpot.

Cactus – cactus with a small flower

Big cactus

• Start with a magic ring.
• R1: 6 sc in the round. 1 ss, 1 ch
• R2: (2 sc in each st ) * 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [12]
• R3: (1 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [18]
• R4: (2 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [24]
• R5: (3 sc, 2 sc in each st)* 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [30]
• R6-13: 30 sc, 1 ss, 1 ch [30]
• R14: ( 3 sc, sc2tog/dec )* 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [24]
• R15: ( 2 sc, sc2tog/dex )* 6 times [18]

Middle cactus

• Start with a magic ring.
• R1: 6 sc in the round. 1 ss, 1 ch [6]
• R2: (2 sc in each st) * 6 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [12]
• R3-6: 12 sc, 1 ss, 1 ch [12]
• R7: (sc2tog/dec)* 6 times[6]

Small cactus

• Start with a magic ring
• R1: 6 sc in the round. 1 ss, 1 ch [6]
• R2: (1 sc, 2 sc in each st )* 3 times, 1 ss, 1 ch [9 ]
• R3-4: 9 sc, 1 ss, 1 ch [9]
• R5: ( 1 sc, sc2tog/dec )* 3 times [6]

How to crochet cactus Flower (using cream yarn)

• Start with a magic ring.
• ( 2 ch, 2 dc, 2 ch, 1 ss ) * 5 times, 1 ss
• close the loop tightly, hide the tail with the darning needle.

Flower core

• Create a loop with white yarn, tie the knot three times around the loop, and sew in the middle of the flower

In order for you to assemble potted cactus A, you must have these parts:

• Big Cactus
• Middle Cactus
• Small Cactus
• Soil Surface
• Pot
• Flower
• Fiberfill
• Darning Needle
• Hot Melt Glue

Assemble

• Step 1: Sew the soil surface between R16 and R17 of the pot. Fill it with stuffing/fiberfill

• Step 2: Flatten the big cactus and sew it in the soil surface. You’ll sew it across the left R5 to right R5

• Step 3: Sew the middle cactus to bigger one. It’s up to you whether you will put it on the left or right side of the big cactus.

• Step 4: Follow it with sewing the last cactus piece (small) and attach it to the middle. It’s up to you whether you will put it on the left or right side of the middle cactus.

• Step 5: After it, you can now attach your flower. You can put it between big and middle cactus, or between middle and small cactus. You can also put more flowers on it if you want.

Cactus B ( ball cactus )

Main part

• R1: 16 ch, from 2nd st of hook, 15 sc [15]
• R2-35: turn your work, 1 ch, 15 sc [15] Sew end to end, then sew a circle along the edge, and finally pull the loop tight.

Flower

• Use a piece of yellow yarn to wind and cut to make a little fur ball.

In order for you to assemble potted cactus B, you must have these parts:

• Cactus
• Soil Surface
• Pot
• Yellow Furry Flower
• Fiberfill
• Darning Needle
• Hot Melt Glue

Assemble

• Step 1: Sew the soil surface between R16 and R17 of the pot. Fill it with stuffing/fiberfill
• Step 2: Sew Cactus B between R6 and R7 of the soil surface. In the hole of the top of it, insert a right amount of fiber fill on it.

• Step 3: Sew the open hole on the top of the cactus
• Step 4: Using your hot melt adhesive, attach the yellow furry flower on the top of your cactus.

Afterthoughts and Wrap Up

Great job!! You are learning so fast! We hope we can see more of your designs of it and try to experiment with it’s color combinations. You can also try changing the shades of green, even the colors of the pots, try to make other designs of flowers and other creative way of making your cactus personalized.

Cactus B ( ball cactus ) video tutorial

More Crochet Patterns

Check out our following flower patterns too.

• Crochet Wild Flower
• Crochet Pink Champion Flower
• Crochet Dahlia Flower

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