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MATERIALS: 

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• #3 light worsted yarn - Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8
  • 2 colors of your choice. Here, I used: 
    • 1 skein of Black (009)
    • 1 skein of Green (084)
    • 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 for the cauldron and "yarn over" method for the brew.
• 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

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In Black yarn; make two

Step 1: Leave a 6 in. [~15 cm] yarn tail before making a slipknot and ch 6. 

Step 2: slst into the first ch to make a loop. 

Step 3: Fasten off and leave another 6 in. [~15 cm] tail. 

Fasten off and leave a short tail. [img 1]

CAULDRON

In Black yarn 

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 out.

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, 2sc) x6 [30]

Rnd 12: sc all around [30]

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

Rnd 14: (flo) slst, ch 2 (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 yarn tail. 

Center the cauldron handles with the bobble feet. Use your hook to bring the yarn tails from the outside to the inside, 2 rnds below the rim.

Secure the yarn tails into a knot on the inside of the piece.

WITCH’S BREW

In Green yarn 

*Note: Yarn over for this portion of the pattern. This will create a smoother texture.

Join Green yarn in one of the remaining front loops from rnd 13. [img 2]

*Caption: Lighter colors are shown for better visibility.

*Note: Next, we will use a technique that creates a clean, straight color change instead of a zigzag. These two rnds will appear as one, so they are labeled as “a” and “b” within the same rnd.

Rnd 1a: (blo) loosely slst all around [18]

*Note: In the next rnd, make regular decreases instead of invisible decreases. 

Rnd 1b: (blo) (2 sc, dec) x6 [18]

Stuff. 

Rnd 2: sc, dec, bo5, dec, sc, dec, bo5, dec, (sc, dec) x2 [12]

*Note: Push the bobbles out.

Rnd 3: bo4, sc, (dec) x5 [7]

Fasten off and leave a 6 in. [~15 cm] yarn tail. 

Stuff one last time using tweezes to get into the narrow opening.

Use the yarn needle to weave through the flo and pull the hole closed. 

Weave in the remaining yarn tails. [img 3-4]

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

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