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December 28, 2023
January 15, 2024

059_Aloe Vera

Project info
Aloe Vera by Emma Varnam
Crochet
Toys and Hobbies → Other
Hooks & yarn
3.5 mm (E)
101 yards = 0.74 skeins
Schachenmayr Catania Solids
14 yards in stash
0.56 skeins = 76.6 yards (70.0 meters), 28 grams
205 Apple Green
Green
Ebay
March 22, 2017
Schachenmayr Catania Solids
52 yards in stash
0.18 skeins = 24.6 yards (22.5 meters), 9 grams
162 Kaffee
Ebay
March 23, 2017
Notes

Note:
If you plan to make these with a crocheted soil ball, it’s better, before finishing the ball, when you are only halfway through, to attach the plant - before the ball is stuffed and closed. That is less fiddly than attaching the plant afterwards.

This is for a small bouquet of succulents for my workplace.

A little bit boring to crochet 11 of these… and fiddly. But I want it to be 11 leaves, so…

26.04.2024

I decided that I do want to have a crocheted soil ball for all of these, so I made one and sewed the aloe in place. Before, I put bonsai aluminium wire inside the arms, which makes the whole plant more convincing.

It was a bit tricky to get it into place on the soil ball - I first let a thread come out a bit off-center and attached the center of the plant to the center of the ball. Then I attached three arms all around, and then all the other arms, and then a few more connections around the middle of the plant, so that the arms all have a base and don’t flop around.

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January 15, 2024
About this pattern
Aloe Vera
by Emma Varnam
from Crocheted Succulents
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Catania Solids
by Schachenmayr
Sport
100% Cotton
137 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: December 27, 2023
  • Finished: January 15, 2024
  • Updated: May 31, 2024
  • Progress updates: 2 updates