Franky the Flat Cactus Amigurumi

[All in Green]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 into the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: [{sc 3}, inc 1, sc 1] 2 times (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 3, sc 2] 2 times (18)

Rnd 4: sc 4, inc 1, sc 8, inc 1, sc 4 (20)

Rnds 5-8: sc in each st (20 x 4)

Rnd 9: sc 5, invdec 1, sc 8, invdec 1, sc 3 (18)

Add face if desired.

Rnd 10: sc 4, invdec 1, sc 7, invdec 1, sc 3 (16)

Rnd 11: sc 4, invdec 1, sc 6, invdec 1, sc 2 (14)

Rnd 12: sc 3, invdec 1, sc 5, invdec 1, sc 2 (12)

Rnd 13: sc 3, invdec 1, sc 4, invdec 1, sc 1 (10)

Rnd 14: sc 3, invdec 1, sc 3, invdec 1 (8)

Slst 1, Cut the yarn and pull through leaving enough to sew to a Dirt Filler.

Fold in half using the increases on the sides to note where to fold. Sew together if necessary to hold closed.

Stuff slightly.

Sew on any added sections.
(Suggested: Flat Segment)

Add spikes (See Section 6).

To add a face, I like to start with the mouth, then add eyes using safety eyes on either end of the edges of the mouth 1 stitch away.

Simple Smile

1. Using Black thread, insert the needle from the inside of the body and exiting where you want a smile to begin. If you made feet for your cactus, try to make the smile centered with the feet.

2. Pull to the opposite corner of where you want the smile to end, and insert your needle back into the body. This will create a straight line.

3. Insert your needle to exit the body where you want the bottom of the smile to be. Go around the straight line and insert back into the body through the same stitch you last exited.

4. Double knot the two ends on the inside of the body and cut close.

[All in Green]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 into the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: [{sc 3}, inc 1, sc 1] 2 times (12)

Rnd 3: sc 2, inc 1, sc 5, inc 1, sc 3 (14)

Rnds 4-5: sc in each st (14 x 2)

Repeat Rnd 5 for added height.

Rnd 6: sc 2, invdec 1, sc 5, invdec 1, sc 3 (12)

Rnd 7: sc 2, invdec 1, sc 4, invdec 1, sc 2 (10)

Rnd 8: sc 1, invdec 1, sc 3, invdec 1, sc 2 (8)

Rnd 9: sc 1, invdec 1, sc 2, invdec 1, sc 1 (6)

Slst 1, Cut the yarn and pull through leaving enough to sew to the main body.

Fold in half using the incs on the sides to note where to fold. Sew together if necessary to hold closed.

Stuff slightly.

Add spikes (See Section 6).

[All in Brown]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 into the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18)

Rnds 4-7: sc in each st (18 x 4)

Rnd 8: [sc 1, invdec 1] 6 times (12)

Rnd 9: invdec in each (6)

Cut the yarn, pull through. Stuff fully and sew closed.

To add feet to my cactuses I suggest using 2 Bobble Stitches (aka "bo") in the last round of single crochet stitches separated by a few single crochets. This should be done in the round right before decreasing (invdec) so that they’re at the bottom of your cactus.
For this pattern, replace Rnd 7 in the Dirt Filler with the following Rnd, but be sure to switch to Green for each bobble stitch...
Rnd 7: sc 6, bo, sc 4, bo, sc 6 (18)

This is my personal favorite way to add spikes to your cactus because it’s relatively easy and won’t come undone. The downside is that it can be slightly tedious and you can’t remove a single spike without removing all of them.

For this technique we’ll be embroidering on X’s between stitches.

With a long strand of White, Black, or alternative Green yarn threaded on a darning needle, start by inserting your already sewn together body from the base. Exit from the center of a single crochet near where you inserted. Try to go between the V stitch to get more evenly spaced X’s.

Go up one stitch to the right and up (diagonally from where you began) and insert back into the body through the center of that stitch. Exit from the center of the stitch adjacent (directly above where you began).

Go diagonally over your initial line to make an X, and insert back into the body from the stitch adjacent to where you began.

Exit the body from where you want your next X to begin. You can spread them randomly, but try to maintain space between Xs.

To make your Xs uniform, exit for the second stitch starting three rounds from your first, leaving two rounds of space between each X. Go in line with the stitches (your Xs may veer slightly to the right, this is normal) and continue making Xs towards the top of your cactus to make a column.

Once you reach the top, start making a column of Xs going downwards, using the two unused rounds between each X and one or more stitches to the right of the first column.

Work all around the cactus including any sewn on segments, but avoiding any faces. Try to end with an X near your very first X. After making your last X, exit from the same stitch you began from where your tail end is sticking out. Double knot together and cut close, stuff on the inside using the back of your needle.

[Starting in Center Color]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 4 into the magic loop (4)

Slst in first sc made. Cut the yarn here to change petal colors.

[Continuing in Petal Color]
Slip knot and pull through the same st you slst into.

Rnd 2: [ch 2, dc 2, ch 1, slst 1] 5 times working in each st and the connecting slst (5 petals)

Cut the yarn and pull through leaving enough to sew onto the cactus. Pull this end through the last st of the flower so both tail ends are on the same side.

Use the two tail ends Petal Color to sew onto the cactus.

[All in Beige or Pot Color]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 into the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18)

Rnd 4: Working in the FLO, slst in each (18)

Rnd 5: ch 1, working in the unused BLO from Rnd 3, sc in each st (18)

Rnd 6: [sc 5, inc 1] 3 times (21)

Rnd 7: sc in each (21)

Rnd 8: [sc 6, inc 1] 3 times (24)

Rnd 9: sc in each (24)

Repeat Rnd 9 for added height if desired.

Rnd 10: Working in the FLO, slst in each (24)

Cut the yarn, pull through, and hide the end in the first slst made in Rnd 10.