This crochet mandrake is carefully handmade with soft yarn and charming details inspired by a magical plant. It brings a magical and imaginative touch to any handmade collection.

This tutorial is worked in continuous rounds, so don’t use a slip stitch and use a stitch marker to help you know where the beginning end of the rounds.

Materials needed to make this cute mandrake are 2 colors of Alize softy plus yarn, a 4mm crochet hook, 14 mm safety eyes, stuffing, a tapestry needle, stitch markers, and scissors.

You can use it as a magical themed decor, a unique handmade gift for fantasy lovers, a playful accent for a plant or nature themed setup.

Materials

• 2 colors yarn Alize Softy Plus
• 4.00 mm crochet hook
• 14 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers
• Pink yarn or marker for blush

Abbreviations

rnd – round
ch – chain
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch

Legs x2

Rnd 1: ch 2, 3 sc into the 2nd chain from the hook (3)
Rnd 2: 2 sc, inc (4)
Rnd 3: 4 sc around (4)
Rnd 4: 3 sc, inc (5)
Rnd 5: 4 sc, inc (6)
Rnd 6: 6 sc around (6)
Rnd 7: 5 sc, inc (7)
Rnd 8: 6 sc, inc (8)
Rnd 9: 8 sc around (8)
Rnd 10: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 11: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)

Fasten off first, but not 2nd, we will continue on to the body.

Stuff the legs and then sruff/shape the body as you go. You can leave a long tail from leg one to optionally sew the legs togerher at the end.

Body

Continuing from leg 2.

Stuff and shape as you go.

Rnd 1: connect the two legs with a sc from leg 2 into leg1, continue with 11 more sc around leg 1, then 12 sc around leg 2 (24)

increases in the next round should be centered on the front of the body.

Rnd 2: 9 sc, 6 inc, 9 sc (30)
Rnd 3-5: 3 rnds of 30 sc (90 sc total)

Dec in the next round should be centered on the sides of the body.

Rnd 6: 4 sc, 3 dec, 10 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc (24)
Rnd 7-8: 2 rnds of 24 (48 sc total)

Dec in the next round should be centered on the front of the body.

Rnd 9: 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18)
Rnd 10: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
Rnd 11: 16 sc around (16)

Fasten off, no tail needed for sewing, we will leave one with the head.

The 6 inc in R2 are the bottom of the belly, they should be centered to what will be the front.

Head

Worked in rounds.

Rnd 1: ch 2, 8 sc into the 2nd chain from the hook (8)
Rnd 2: inc the rnd (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 5-8: 30 sc around for 4 rnds (120sc total)
Rnd 9: 3 inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 19 sc (36)
Rnd 10: 36 sc around (36)
Rnd 11: 3 dec, 5 sc, 3 dec, 19 sc (30)
Rnd 12: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 13: (sc, dec) x 8 (16)

Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing to the body – insert safety eyes between rnd 8 and 9 about 5-6 stitches apart (place right over the 3rd and the 4th increases of r9)

Stuff and shape the cheeks.

Arms x2

Rnd 1: ch 2, 3 sc into the 2nd chain from the hook (3)
Rnd 2: 2 sc, inc (4)
Rnd 3: 4 sc around (4)
Rnd 4: 3 sc, inc (5)
Rnd 5: 4 sc, inc (6)
Rnd 6: 6 sc around (6)
Rnd 7: 5 sc, inc (7)
Rnd 8: 6 sc, inc (8)
Rnd 9: 8 sc around (8)
Rnd 10: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 11: 10 sc around (10)
Rnd 12: 4 dec, 2 sc (6)

Stuff lightly.

Press in half and 2-3 sc across to close the hole. Leave a tail to sew to the body.

Large Leaves x3

Rnd 1: ch 2, 4 sc into the 2nd chain from the hook (4)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: 6 sc around (6)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 5: (sc, inc) x 4 (12)
Rnd 6: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 7: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Rnd 8-9: 18 sc around for 2rnds (36 sc total)
Rnd 10: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Rnd 11: (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
Rnd 12: 24 sc around (24)
Rnd 13: (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 14: 8 dec (8)

Do not stuff. Press in half and 4 sc across to close the hole.

Leave a tail to sew to the head.

Little Leaves

Rnd 1: ch 2, 4 sc into the 2nd chain from the hook (4)
Rnd 2: 4 sc around (4)
Rnd 3: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 4-5: 8 sc around for 2rnds (16 sc total)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, dec) x 2 (6)

Do not stuff. Press in half and 3 sc across to close the hole.

Leave a tail to sew to the arms.

Assembly

Head to Body

• Use the last round of the body and the last round of the head to sew th two pieces together.
• Make sure the head is centered to the front with the belly.

Arms to Body

• Find a position you’d like the arms to be in, use the last couple of sc’s to secure them to the body and a couple of the stitches on the side to further secure them if you don’t want them to be floppy.

Large Leaves to Head

• Sew the large leaves onto the top of the head.
• Position is your preference.

Small Leaves to Arms

• If you made the small leaves, sew them on to the ends of the ends of the arms like they are branches.

Finishing Touches

• Sew the legs together if you’d like.
• Feel free to add blush.

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This pattern is pretty beginner-friendly and quick to make. It’s made in one piece, making it easy to assemble. You can customize your potion bottles by changing the size of the yarn with a suitable hook size and adding beads or trinkets.

It can be used as a decorative accent, part of a themed display, or a fun collectible.

Designer: Crochet by Janina

Materials

• Size 6 yarn in purple, white, beige
• Cotto yarn in white, black
• 4.5 mm crochet hook
• 12 mm safety eyes
• Yarn needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors
• Stuffing material

Abbreviations

sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
cc – color change
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only

Invisible FO – the invisible FO creates a seamless look for your last round after fasten off. With you hook, skip a st and bring the finishing tail through the next st from the outside to the inside. Then draw the tail through the back loop only of the st you fasten off with from the outside to the inside again. This creates a transitional pair of loops.

Potion

Start with purple.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in Mr (8)
Rnd 2: inc around (16)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 6-10: sc around (5 rounds) (36)

Place your safety eyes between rounds 8 and 9, five sts apart. Embroider a mouth one st wide between the eyes and some details right beside the eys with cotton yarn in black and white. Embroider blush one st wide next to the eyes with pink chenille yarn.

CC to white.

Rnd 11: sc around (36)
Rnd 12: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 13: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 14: (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 15-17: sc around (3 rounds) (16)
Rnd 18/1: in FLO (mark the first BLO with a st marker): hdc around (16)

Invisible FO, weave in the end. Stuff your potion firmly.

Insert your hook through the first BLO of round 17 (where you put the st marker) and pull a loop of beige yarn.

Rnd 18/2: sc around (16)
Rnd 19: (3 sc, inc) x 4 (20)
Rnd 20: dec around (10)

FO, sew the hole closed, weave in the ends.

If you want to make the body shape of the smaller dark purple potion, just crochet exactly the same except for leaving out rounds 5 and 12. Place eye only 3 sts apart for the smaller one.

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