Fruiting bodies that are produced by fungi, toadstools are a common sight in damp gardens and forests. Decomposers, they greatly improve the quality of the soil, but are poisonous when coming in contact to your skin or upon consumption.

Let’s create this cute crochet toadstool mushroom!

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CREATING THE STEM

With your natural yarn and 4 MM crochet hook, create a Magic Ring (MR) and chain (CH) 1.

ROUND 1: Hook in 6 Single Crochets (SC) inside the MR. Total Stitches: 6

ROUND 2: 2 SC or Single Crochet Increase (SC INC) in every stitch in the round.  Total Stitches: 12

ROUND 3: * SC in the next stitch, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 18

ROUND 4: * SC in the next 2 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 24

ROUND 5: * SC in the next 3 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 30

ROUND 6 TO ROUND 8: SC in every stitch in the round.

ROUND 9: * SC in the next 3 stitches, Single Crochet Two Together (SC2TOG ). Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 24

ROUND 10: * SC in the next 2 stitches, SC2TOG. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 18

ROUND 11 TO ROUND 25: SC in every stitch in the round.

ROUND 26:* SC in the next 2 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times.  Total Stitches: 24

ROUND 27: * SC in the next 3 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch, repeat * 6 times.  Total Stitches: 30

ROUND 28: * SC in the next 4 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times.  Total Stitches: 36

ROUND 29: * SC in the next 5 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 42

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Join your red yarn in the last stitch of this round.

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CREATING THE MUSHROOM CAP

ROUND 30:  * SC in the next 6 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 48

ROUND 31: * SC in the next 7 stitches, SC INC in the next stitch. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 54

ROUND 32: Single Crochet in the Back Loop Only ( SCBLO ) of every stitch in the round.

ROUND 33 TO ROUND 34: SC in every stitch in the round.

ROUND 35: * SC in the next 7 stitches, SC2TOG. Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 48

ROUND 36: * SC in the next 6 stitches, SC2TOG Repeat * 6 times. Total Stitches: 42