Sugar, spice, and everything nice! Give it a good stir... et voila! You've successfully found your next crochet project. 

 

MATERIALS: 

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• #3 light worsted yarn - Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/8
• I loved making colorful cauldrons! You'll just need any 2 colors of your choice. 
• Note: You will need less than one skein of each color.
  
  
•  2.75 mm hook

• Yarn needle, scissors, stitch markers, sewing pins, fabric glue

• Fiber fill stuffing

 

TERMS: 

• blo: back loops only
• ch: chain
• dec: (invisible) decrease
• flo: front loops only
• hdc: half double crochet
• hdc-inc: half double crochet increase
• inc - increase
• sc - single crochet
• slst - slst
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• rnd(s) – round(s)
• [#] – stitch count
• (…) x # – repeat the instructions within the parentheses # of times

 

SPECIAL TERMS: 

• Watch my bobble stitch tutorial HERE.
• bo4: bobble stitch - yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw loop back through stitch, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Repeat this 2 more times until you have 4 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops.
• bo5: yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw loop back through stitch, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Repeat this 3 more times until you have 5 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops.
  
  

NOTES/TIPS: 

• We will be working in a spiral and will be using the "yarn under" method of crocheting.
• The piece will be worked from bottom up. 
• Please do not copy/redistribute any part of this pattern as your own. This includes reposting/translating without permission. Feel free to sell your finished products in small quantities - I only ask that you give credit to help support my work. Tag #curiouspapaya so I can feature you!
• Measurements: ~2 in. x 2.5 in. [~5 cm x ~6 cm] if using the prescribed materials.
• Difficulty: Intermediate-Beginner +

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CAULDRON HANDLES

Make two in the color of your choice

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Step 1: Leave a short tail before making a slipknot and ch 6.

Step 2: slst into the first st of the chain to make a loop.

Step 3: Fasten off and leave another short tail. [img 1]

 

CAULDRON

In the main color of your choice

 

Rnd 1: Make a magic circle and (sc) x6 [6]

Rnd 2: (inc) x6 [12]

Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x6 [18]

Rnd 4: (sc, inc, sc) x6 [24]

Rnd 5: (5 sc, bo5) x4 [24]

*Note: Be sure to push your bobbles outwards!

Rnd 6: (3 sc, inc) x6 [30]

Rnd 7: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x6 [36]

Rnds 8-10 (3 rnds total): sc all around [36]

Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x6 [30]

*Note: If you want to make this pattern no-sew, crochet in the cauldron handles in the next rnd, centered between the bobble feet on opposite sides. Otherwise, follow the instructions below to sew them on at the end.

Rnd 12: sc all around [30]

Rnd 13: (3 sc, dec) x6 [24]

Rnd 14: (flo) - slst, ch 2 (this counts as your first st), hdc into the same st, 3 hdc, (hdc-inc, 3 hdc) x5 [30]

Use the invisible finish and weave in the tail.

Sew on the cauldron handles 2 rnds below the rim of the cauldron. 

Be sure to center them with the bobble feet. 

Secure the yarn tails into a knot on the inside of the piece. [img 2]

• Make my Glow-in-the-dark ghosts (free pattern) to go along with this cute cauldron!

 

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