Oh my gawd…. I can’t get over how much I loved this pattern.

Sitting on my window ledge.

Found in this book by Lauren Epsy, "Whimsical Stitches: A Modern Makers Book of Amigurumi"

 Not only is it a great piece for beginners as it introduces you to lots of techniques and stitches you can use on other projects but its also FREAKING ADORABLE. 

The book itself isn't just about cactus and other plants. It's great for kids or making young children's toys; and if you frequent the crochet TikTok scene you probably have seen many familiar makes from this book.

I love that with some simple spheres and imagination you can make pretty much anything from this, including the infamous jellyfish. This introduced me to some simple techniques using known stitches. 

A very early attempt at crochet using this jellyfish pattern.

I still have this little guy on my desk. He's been with me at my old work place where everything died from air conditioning and now in my home studio...where I'm a failed plant mum. 

Dramatic Cacti

Even when in assembly mode it was super cute. Can I just make a table runner of just cacti... oh no - the ideas!!!

Still I reminisce about this project and I have plans to perhaps make smaller cactus options of keyrings and earrings in the Etsy store. What would you guys think?