Finished Project: 🍄 Granny Mushroom Amigurumi
These granny square mushrooms are such a delightful little project to use up scraps or palate cleanse between working on bigger patterns.
Pattern – “The Original Granny Mushroom” by Joy Clements @crochetroad which is available to purchase on Ravelry.
Alas, I did not realize until now that the camera focus was on my hand 😅
Notes
The pattern is very detailed with clear photos and well worth the ~$2.50! I’m now interested in trying out some other patterns from Joy Clements.
Unless you stitch the top of the cap to the underside, it can pop up like an inside out umbrella. This is actually pretty fun to fiddle with and even realistic to some IRL mushrooms, but if you want to add a loop to it for hanging as an ornament, you’ll need to stitch or glue the cap down or thread the hanging loop so the attachment point is the bottom of the stem to prevent this.
I was hoping to get a tie dye look by combining the multi-pastel and purple-blue Huasco yarns. They came out cute, but more Easter than hippie tie-dye vibes. I like how the plain red and just the purple-blue ones came out though.
For future ones I want to try out some proper granny square style colorwork and to tighten up the gauge. I’ll definitely be making more as these were really fun to work up.
Modifications
I didn’t bother with the standing stitches to start new color changes as I didn’t want to fiddle with that on top of using a tighter gauge than I normally work at. Following the rec for standing dc would result in a more seamless look but at a tighter tension I didn’t find starting with ch 3 as a dc to look too gappy.
I worked at a looser tension than recommended. I think using 2.5 mm hook with fingering instead of sport still results in a cute finished object. While this was easier on my fingers, working at the suggested gauge will let you put more stuffing in without the stem deforming.
Specs
I didn’t weigh the yarn and stuffing separately for these but the stuffing is going to be a small fraction of the total weight on these.
I made four mushrooms and they weighed (7, 7, 7, 8) g.
Yarn
These were both fine to work with and were similar enough in weight to use in the same project.
For the Huasco colorways, in general it seems the skeins are more pastel in person than in stock photos.
The Anne Cotton in Natural has the dark plant fiber flecks you sometimes encounter in less processed cottons, so I would use something else if you need a super clean look on an off-white color as you need to pick out the flecks as you go.
Huasco Coton Fingering
Colorway: Miraflores (multicolor pastel) and Perito Moreno (blue and lavender)
100% Cotton
Fingering Weight
481 yards / 100 g
Recommended knitting needle size US1-3 (2.25-3.25 mm), crochet hook size US B1-E4 (2.25-3.5 mm).
One 100 g skein retails for $18.00 + tax.
Anne Cotton Fingering
Colorway: Natural 20 (for stems on all of these) and Carmine 3528
100% Brazilian Mercerized Cotton
Fingering Weight
547 yards / 5.2 oz
Recommended knitting needle size US2-4 (2.75-3.5 mm), crochet hook size US C2-E4 (2.75-3.5 mm).
Each 5.2 oz (~147 g) skein retails for $12.00 + tax.
Hook / Gauge
Pattern suggests a 2.25 mm or 2.5 mm hook and sport weight yarn. I used a 2.5 mm hook with fingering weight yarn and it did look less neat/tight than the samples pictured in the pattern.
Additional Materials
Poly-fil stuffing
