FREE CROCHET BEETROOT PATTERN

Easy to make free crochet Beetroot pattern. Enjoy!

Size

5 cm / 5.9 inch in length (from the top of the leaves to the end of the root)

Tools & Materials

• Crochet hook size  3.00 mm

• Black safety eyes x 2 – size 6 mm

• Polyester Craft Filling for toys

• Scissors

• Needle and craft pins

• Stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end of a round

Yarn

• Purple (Stylecraft Special DK, Plum (1061), 100% Acrylic, 100g)

• Green (Stylecraft Special DK, Grass Green (1821), 100% Acrylic, 100g)

• Black (King Cole Pricewise DK, Black (048), 100% Acrylic, 100g)

Skills required / abbreviations / info

• MG – magic ring (make specified number of single crochet stitches into the loop)

• Sc – single crochet

• Inc – 2sc increase (crochet 2 single crochet stitches into the same stitch)

• Dec – 2tog decrease (crochet 2 stitches together)

• CH – chain stitch

• F/O – finish off

• R – spiral round 

• ( )* – repeat the sequence in brackets to the end of the round

• (12) – number of stitches expected at the end of the round

• Work in spiral rounds, do not turn/join unless stated otherwise

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BEETROOT (colour purple)

R 1 mg, 6sc (6)

R 2 (inc)* (12)

R 3 (sc 1, inc)* (18)

R 4 (sc 2, inc)* (24)

R 5 (sc 3, inc)* (30)

R 6 (sc 4, inc)* (36)

R 7 sc 36 (36)

R 8 (sc 5, inc)* (42)

R 9 sc 42 (42)

R 10 (sc 13, inc)* (45)

R 11 - 13 sc 45 (3 rnds) (45)

R 14 (sc 13, dec)* (42)

R 15 (sc 5, dec)* (36)

R 16 sc 36 (36)

R 17 (sc 4, dec)* (30)

R 18 sc 30 (30)

Insert safety eyes between R 11 – 12, within a distance of 5 holes (count holes between the stitches). Using needle and a piece of black yarn, make smile (this can be done before beetroot is finished, or after). Stuff with polyester filling as you go.

R 19 (sc 3, dec)* (24)

R 20 (sc 2, dec)* (18)

R 21 (sc 1, dec)* (12)

R 22 - 24 sc 12 (3 rnds) (12)

R 25 dec to the end

R 26 CH 6

• Cut off yarn leaving longer tail

• Using needle, pull the beetroot’ yarn tail throughout the length of whole chain, then weave the remaining thread into the beetroot

• When completed, using fingers, straighten the end of the root by pulling it a bit

LEAVES x 3 (colours purple and green)

Start with colour GREEN

R 1 mg, 5sc (5)

R 2 (inc)* (10)

R 3 (sc 1, inc)* (15)

R 4 - 6 sc 15 (3 rnds) (15)

R 7 (sc 1, dec)* (10)

R 8 sc 10 (10)

R 9 (sc 1, inc)* (15)

R 10 - 11 sc 15 (2 rnds) (15)

R 12 (sc 1, dec)* (10)

R 13 (dec)* repeat 5 times (5)

Change colour to PURPLE

R 14 - 18 sc 5 (5 rnds) (5)

• Close with sl st leaving longer tails for sewing

• Using needle and a separate longer piece of purple yarn, make 1 line in the centre of each leaf (on the front and on the back of it)

• Attach 1 leaf to the top of the beetroot and 2 remaining leaves just behind it (keep them all as close as possible – there should be no space between them)

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