Crochet Succulent Pattern

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen some of these crochet succulents popping up on my feed the last few weeks.

I’ve been working on these for a big project which I will reveal to you all at some point in the next few weeks, but for now I wanted to publish the pattern. When I decided I wanted to crochet succulents for my big project, I looked in all the usual places online – Pinterest, Google Image search, Ravelry, but I couldn’t find one single pattern I liked.

I had to take things into my own hands. I’m delighted with how these have turned out and I can’t stop making them. I hope you enjoy the pattern – I’d love to see how you get on with it.

You will need

• 4ply yarn in succulent colours – I used Cascade Ultra Pima Fine in Alaska Sky, Ice and Dark Sea Foam
• 3mm crochet hook
• Scissors or a yarn cutter
• Wool needle

Stitches used:

• Double Crochet (dc) – insert hook, pull up a loop (2 loops on hook); yarn over, pull through both loops on the hook.
• Treble Crochet (tc) – yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook); yarn over, pull through two loops; yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
• Slip Stitch (ss) – insert hook, pull up a loop, pull straight through loop on the hook.
• Chain (ch) – yarn over, pull through loop on hook.

Note – I am based in the UK, so this pattern is in UK crochet terms. The main differences between UK and US terms that you will find in this pattern are:

UK Double crochet = US Single crochet

UK Treble crochet = US Double crochet

Round 1 – foundation round

Make a magic circle as below – your working yarn should be facing you, with the tail behind.

Pull up a loop and ch1 in the magic circle.

Make 12 dc into a magic circle.

Pull tight using the tail.

Ss into the front loop of first dc.

Round 2 – leaves

This round will be worked into the FRONT LOOPS ONLY of the stitches from Round 1. The front loops might be a bit of a wiggle to get into from round 1 – bear with it!

*Skip next dc of round 1.

(3tc, ch2, ss in 2nd ch from hook to form picot (see below for picot tutorial), 3tc) in next st.

Skip next dc of round 1, ss in next dc.**

Repeat from * to ** twice, omitting last ss.

Ss into closing ss from Round 1.

Fasten off.

Round 3 – increase round

This round we will be working into the unworked back loops of round 1.

Pull up a loop in any of the back loops and ch3.

Make a tc in the same stitch (I always work over the tail at the start of the round to secure it)

Work 2tc in each remaining back loop of the round prix du viagra.

Note that the back loop of the first stitch of round might be tough to locate – you’ll work it out.

COUNT YOUR STITCHES – you should have 24 at the end of this round.

Join round with a slip stitch in the front loop only of the third chain of starting ch3.

Round 4 – leaves

You’ll recognise round 4 – its exactly the same as round 2, but with a few more repeats.

Skip one stitch.

*Working into FRONT LOOPS ONLY, (3tc, ch2, ss into 2nd ch from hook to form picot, 3tc) in next stitch.

Skip next stitch, ss into following stitch.**

Repeat from * to ** 5 times, omitting last ss

Close as in round 2 – by making a ss in the closing ss of previous round.

Fasten off.

Round 5 – increase round

This round is similar to round 3, but with different increases. We’ll revisit increases at the end of the pattern when we discuss how to grow your succulent.

Pull up a loop in the same way as round 3 – but this time, make sure you pull it up in a back loop where the front loop has the centre of a leaf in it from round 4 – ch3.

Make 1tc in the same stitch as your ch3, as before.

*1tc in next st, 2tc in following st**

Repeat from * to ** 11 times

1tc in next st.

Close round by making a ss in the front loop of the 3rd ch of opening ch3.

Hint when working this round: when you get to the back loop of the opening ch3 of round 3, it might prove difficult to locate. If it helps, count your stitches – you should have three back loops to each leaf – one in the centre, one on either side – and one back loop between each leaf. 

You will find that the back loops seem to “disappear” at the ch3 – as long as you make sure you adhere to the count (3 back loops a leaf, one in between), you should be able to stay on track – pick up the back loop of the chain which will be just before the next obvious back loop.

Round 6 – leaves

Round 6 is going to feel familiar – it’s the same as round 2 and round 4, but again with more repeats.

Skip one stitch.

*Working into FRONT LOOPS ONLY, (3tc, ch2, ss into 2nd ch from hook to form picot, 3tc) in next stitch.

Skip next stitch, ss into following stitch.**

Repeat from * to ** 8 times, omitting last ss

Close as in round 2 – by making a ss in the closing ss of previous round.

Fasten off.

Weave in all your ends with your wool needle and admire your work!

How to keep growing your crochet succulent

I’ve taken you up to the third layer of leaves, but there’s no reason you have to finish there. You can keep growing your succulent by changing your increase round.

In our first increase round, we increased in every stitch by making 2tc.

In our second increase round, we still increased 6 times, but as we were starting with 12 stitches, we added a plain stitch in between increase, meaning we worked 2tc, 1tc repeats.

To continue to increase, just make sure that you add one more 1tc stitch in between each 2tc increase – for example, our next increase round would be 2tc, 1tc, 1tc repeats.

If you work your increase rounds in this way, you will always have the right number of stitches to work your leaf rounds.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this pattern – I’d love to see any succulents you make using it!

Until next time,

Elsie Pop xx