FREE CROCHET DAIKON (MOOLI) PATTERN

Easy to make free crochet Daikon (Mooli) pattern. Enjoy!

Size 10.5cm / 4.13 inch in length (excluding leaves)

Tools & Materials

• Crochet hook size 2.5 mm

• Black safety eyes x 2 – size 6 mm

• Polyester Craft Filling for toys

• Tapestry needle and craft pins

• Scissors

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

Yarn

• Light Green (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, Pistachio (86), 100% Cotton, 50g)

• White (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, White (80), 100% Cotton, 50g)

• Green (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, Grass Green (66), 100% Cotton, 50g)

• Black (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, Black (90), 100% Cotton, 50g)

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 

• Row – row

• ( )* – 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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DAIKON (colours light green and white)

Start with colour LIGHT GREEN

R 1 mg, 6sc (6)

R 2 (inc)* (12)

R 3 (inc)* (24)

R 4 (sc 3, inc)* (30)

R 5 - 9 sc 30 (5 rnds) (30)

Change colour to WHITE

R 10 - 21 sc 30 (12 rnds) (30)

R 22 (sc 3, dec)* (24)

R 23 sc 24 (24)

R 24 (sc 6, dec)* (21)

R 25 sc 21 (21)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 17 – 18, within a distance of 4 holes (count holes between the stitches). Using needle and a piece of black yarn, make smile (this can be done before daikon is finished, or after). Stuff with polyester filling.

R 26 (sc 5, dec)* (18)

R 27 (sc 4, dec)* (15)

R 28 (sc 3, dec)* (12)

R 29 (sc 1, dec)* (8)

R 30 (sc 2, dec)* (6)

R 31 dec to the end, then CH 5; next, starting from the 2nd chain from the hook, make sc 1 in next 4 chain stitches (to the back of the chain – now you’re crocheting towards the root) – when done, cut off yarn leaving longer tail and using needle weave in remaining thread.

LEAVES x 4 (colour green)

When starting/finishing each leaf, leave longer tails for sewing.

When done, F/O and using needle attach each leaf to the top of the daikon. Use both tails, then weave in remaining threads.

CH 7

Row 1 starting from the 2nd chain from the hook, make sc 1 in next 6 stitches (6)

Row 2 CH 1, sc 6, turn (6)

Row 3 CH 1, sc 6 (6)

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