1/2Red Toadstool
Original design by @桃涩桃涩
This collection of textured toadstools includes red, orange, and yellow mushrooms in large and small sizes, each with a stalk, a spotted cap, and a frilled gill skirt worked in front- and back-post stitches. Made in Shetland wool, they make a charming woodland set for shelves or seasonal decor.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Hook
- 2 mm
Materials
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Stitches used: sc, inc, dec, MR, hdc, tr, ch
Red Toadstool — Stalk & Cap Stalk: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4-6: sc in each st around (24) Rnd 7: *sc, dec, sc*, repeat around (18) Rnd 8-10: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 11: *7 sc, dec*, repeat around (16) Rnd 12: sc in each st around (16) Rnd 13: *3 sc, dec, 3 sc*, repeat around (14) Rnd 14: sc in each st around (14) Rnd 15: *5 sc, dec*, repeat around (12) Rnd 16: front post round - in one stitch work (FPhdc, ch 3, FPhdc); back post round: 12 BPhdc (12) Rnd 17: hdc in each st around (12) Rnd 18: *FPhdc-inc* - work 12 hdc-inc (24) Rnd 19: *BPhdc, FPhdc-inc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 20: *BPhdc, FPhdc, FPhdc-inc*, repeat around (48) Cap: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 6: *5 sc, inc*, repeat around (42) Rnd 7: *3 sc, inc, 3 sc*, repeat around (48) Rnd 8-10: sc in each st around (48) Do not fasten off / cut yarn.
Notes
Yarn: Shetland wool. Hook: 2 mm. Embroider white spots onto the cap with white yarn first, then join cap and stalk together with sc. Rnd 16 of the stalk creates the gills using front-post and back-post stitches. This is the large red toadstool.
Orange Toadstool (Large) — Stalk & Cap Stalk: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4-5: sc in each st around (24) Rnd 6: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 24; back post round: 24 BPhdc (24) Rnd 7: *sc, dec, sc*, repeat around (18) Rnd 8: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 18; back post round: 18 BPhdc (18) Rnd 9-11: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 12: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 18; back post round: 18 BPhdc (18) Rnd 13-14: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 15: *7 sc, dec*, repeat around (16) Rnd 16-17: sc in each st around (16) Rnd 18: *6 sc, dec*, repeat around (14) Rnd 19-23: sc in each st around (14) Rnd 24: front post round - work 2 tr in one stitch; back post round: 14 BPhdc (14) Rnd 25: sc in each st around (14) Rnd 26: *5 sc, dec*, repeat around (12) Rnd 27-28: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 29: *hdc-inc* - work 12 hdc-inc (24) Rnd 30: *FPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 31: *FPhdc, BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (48) Rnd 32: *FPhdc, 2 BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (60) Cap: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 6: *5 sc, inc*, repeat around (42) Rnd 7: *3 sc, inc, 3 sc*, repeat around (48) Rnd 8: *7 sc, inc*, repeat around (54) Rnd 9: *4 sc, inc, 4 sc*, repeat around (60) Rnd 10: sc in each st around (60) Rnd 11-12: sc in each st around (60) Do not fasten off / cut yarn.
Notes
Yarn: Shetland wool. Hook: 2 mm. Large size. Embroider white spots onto the cap with white yarn first, then join cap and stalk together with sc. The post-stitch rounds along the stalk build up the textured frilled gill skirt.
Orange Toadstool (Small) — Stalk & Cap Stalk: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: sc in each st around (30) Rnd 6: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 30; back post round: 30 BPhdc (30) Rnd 7: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 30; back post round: 30 BPhdc (30) Rnd 8: sc in each st around (30) Rnd 9: *3 sc, dec*, repeat around (24) Rnd 10: front post round - working upward from the base of the stalk, ch 24; back post round: 24 BPhdc (24) Rnd 11: *sc, dec, sc*, repeat around (18) Rnd 12-18: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 19: *hdc, hdc-inc, hdc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 20: *3 BPhdc, FPhdc-inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 21: *3 BPhdc, BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (36) Cap: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 6-12: sc in each st around (36) Do not fasten off / cut yarn.
Notes
Yarn: Shetland wool. Hook: 2 mm. Small size. Embroider white spots onto the cap with white yarn first, then join cap and stalk together with sc. The post-stitch rounds form the gill skirt under the cap.
Yellow Toadstool — Large & Small Large — Stalk: Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12) Rnd 3-18: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 19: *hdc, hdc-inc*, repeat around (18) Rnd 20: *2 FPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 21: *2 FPhdc, BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 22: *2 FPhdc, 2 BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 23: *2 FPhdc, 3 BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (42) Large — Cap: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 6: *5 sc, inc*, repeat around (42) Rnd 7: sc in each st around (42) Do not fasten off; join cap and stalk together with dc, working 3 hdc into each sc. Small — Stalk: Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12) Rnd 3-14: sc in each st around (12) Rnd 15: *hdc, hdc-inc*, repeat around (18) Rnd 16: *FPhdc, BPhdc, BPhdc-inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 17: *FPhdc, BPhdc, BPhdc-inc, BPhdc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 18: *FPhdc, 2 BPhdc, BPhdc-inc, BPhdc*, repeat around (36) Small — Cap: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Do not fasten off; join cap and stalk together with dc, working 3 hdc into each sc.
Notes
Yarn: Shetland wool. Hook: 2 mm. Two sizes (large and small) on one chart. After crocheting the yellow mushroom you can use a needle and thread to pull the center of the cap downward to create a sunken dimple. The post-stitch rounds form the frilled gill skirt under the cap.
Green Toadstool — Stalk & Cap Stalk: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR (8) Rnd 2: inc in each st around (16) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 4: *4 sc, dec*, repeat around (20) Rnd 5-10: sc in each st around (20) Change color on the next round. Rnd 11-18: sc in each st around (20) Rnd 19: *8 sc, dec*, repeat around (18) Rnd 20: sc in each st around (18) Rnd 21: *hdc-inc* - work 18 hdc-inc (36) Gill skirt (worked as front-post dc throughout): Next rnd: *2 FPdc, FPdc-inc*, repeat 12 times (48) Final rnd: *3 FPdc, FPdc-inc*, repeat 12 times (60) Cap: Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: *sc, inc, sc*, repeat twice... work (sc, inc, sc) repeated to (8) Rnd 3: *sc, inc*, repeat around (12) Rnd 4: *sc, inc, sc*, repeat around (16) Rnd 5: *sc, inc*, repeat around (24) Rnd 6-7: sc in each st around (24) Rnd 8: *3 sc, inc*, repeat around (30) Rnd 9: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc*, repeat around (36) Rnd 10: *5 sc, inc*, repeat around (42) Rnd 11: *3 sc, inc, 3 sc*, repeat around (48) Rnd 12: *7 sc, inc*, repeat around (54) Rnd 13: *4 sc, inc, 4 sc*, repeat around (60) Rnd 14-16: sc in each st around (60) Do not fasten off / cut yarn.
Notes
Yarn: Shetland wool. Hook: 2 mm. The two-tone stalk uses a color change after Rnd 10. The last two stalk rounds (the gill skirt) are all worked in front-post double crochet. To finish the cap: push the center down to form the rounded dome, embroider white spots with white yarn, then join cap and stalk together with sc. Note: the original chart's stalk round numbering is non-sequential after Rnd 21 (labeled 16/17) but they follow on as the final two gill rounds.
Frequently asked questions
What yarn and hook are recommended?
The toadstools are worked in Shetland wool with a 2 mm hook, which gives crisp stitch definition for the textured gill rounds.
How are the gills under the cap created?
The frilled gill skirt is built with front-post and back-post half double crochets (and post increases) along the stalk, which create the raised, ruffled texture beneath the cap.
Should I add the white spots before or after assembly?
Embroider the white spots onto the cap with white yarn first, then join the cap and stalk together with single crochet so the spots are placed cleanly before finishing.
Why does the pattern say not to fasten off after the cap?
You leave the yarn attached (do not fasten off or cut) after the cap so you can continue directly into joining the cap to the stalk with single crochet.
