The mini mushrooms in the world of Mario are tasked with many things. The little red ones have the special job of helping Mario and his friends grow bigger and stronger to assist them on their adventures.
However, not all the mushrooms are sure of their fate. This mini Mario Mushroom is questioning whether it is really his destiny to help people grow large. He is off on a journey of self discovery, to see whether he can find a more fulfilling place in the world. So far he has become enamoured with the idea of Christmas, and plans to spend the next month as an ornament on a Christmas tree. He is waiting for my tree to go up, so he is practising in a Christmas-tree-like bush in my backyard.
He is very grateful for my hospitality and has shared with me the secret of how the mini mushrooms are created. He is very emphatic that more mushrooms should have the opportunity to find their destiny too, so make sure you mix up the colours and embellishments to create your own individual mushies 😀 They would love to hang out with you this Christmas, so make sure to make a bunch of them to pop on your tree, hang up as a garland, or put in a bowl with pinecones and other lovely Christmassy-smelling stuff.
Mini Mario Mushroom Amigurumi Pattern
My patterns are written down as I create my amigurumi, but let me know if there is anything missing.
Techniques
You will use the basic amigurumi crochet techniques: magic circle, slip stitch, single crochet (sc), increase, and invisible decrease.
Note: US crochet stitch terminology is used. ch=chain, sc=single crochet, 2sc in next sc=increase, sc2tog=decrease (crochet two sc together to make one sc). I use the invisible decrease method for all decreases.
Materials
* Yarn: Red, White, and Scrap length of Black for the eyes (but try all different colours for your mushrooms!)
* Polyfill stuffing
* Crochet Hook
* Needle (one with an eye big enough for yarn, and one for your embroidery thread)
* Optional: other decorative items (e.g. beads, buttons, sequins)
Pattern
Mushroom
Start with Red Yarn
RND1: 6sc magic circle [6]
RND2: 2sc in next sc. Repeat [12]
RND3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [18]
RND4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [24]
RND5: 24 sc around [24]
RND6: 24 sc around [24]
RND7: 24 sc around [24]
RND8: 24 sc around [24]
RND9: sc2tog. Repeat [12]
**Slip stitch in back stitch only to add in white.**
RND10: 12 sc around in back stitch only for this round [12]
RND11: sc in 2 sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [16]
RND12: 16 sc around [16]
RND13: sc2tog. Repeat [8] **stuff mushroom**
RND14: sc2tog. Repeat [4]
Slip stitch and finish off.
Mushroom: Spots [make 3-4 in white]
RND1: 4sc magic circle [4]
RND2: 2sc in next sc. Repeat [8]
RND3: sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc. Repeat [12]
Slip stitch and finish off. Leave a long yarn for sewing.
Sew spots to top of mushroom.
Whip stitch (just stitch “over-and-under” a couple of times with needle and black yarn) eyes onto white part of mushroom.
Now send your mushroom off on an adventurous journey! These mushrooms would love to hang out with you this Christmas, so make sure to make a bunch of them to pop on your tree, hang up as a garland, or put in a bowl with pinecones and other lovely Christmassy-smelling stuff. If you would like to make a much bigger mario mushroom, WolfDreamer has learnt the secrets of a big one.
Note: I developed this pattern myself, but it is so basic it would have been made many times before! I would still love a link and to see your creations in the comments if you found this helpful 😀 More information about pattern use here: https://amysodyssey.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/my-crochet-patterns/
Ah ha! After no Mario Bros in our home for years, we now have a Wii, and when not bowling or boxing or similarly flailing around (great exercise), we can race super mario carts. your little shroom guys will be nice cat toys, so now the critters can join in with our winter wii craziness.
Nice!
Ohh you will HAVE to show me photos of your cats with them when you are done – that is such a cute idea!! 😀 I love playing mario games on the wii too. My bf and I have just been playing the newest one, which inspired me to make the little shroomies hehe.
It’s so cute!!!
😀
Hehehe thanks – I have a soft spot for the cute ones 😉
Oh. My. Goodness. I think I just found what I’m making as a holiday gift for my sister! Thank you so much for this pattern!
You are very welcome 😀 I am always drooling over your amazing recipes!
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Ummm… sorry but the pattern is a liitle hard to understand because I am a beginner could you please make it more clear.
I am still a beginner too so I am not sure how to make it simpler unless I do a tutorial! Try looking at the websites suggested in my “Amygurumi” page to get some hints.
Or just ask a question about what has got you stuck – I am happy to help!
I just love this mini mario mushroom! I have always loved Mario, and it so fun to find a pattern for the mushroom. This is the first amigurumi I have ever made, the first ever crocheted thing I ever made, and your pattern was so easy to understand 🙂 Thank you so much!
I was wondering if it’s ok if I translated it to norwegian and published it on my blog? I will off course link to your page and tell whos pattern it is 🙂
I am so glad the pattern worked out for you, especially as it was your first attempt! I tried clicking the link to your blog but unfortunately the link tells me it doesn’t exist.
OMG me n my friend LOVE these but we cant knit ! 😦 r u selling them..?? :)) x
Thanks Sophie!
Unfortunately I won’t be making them to sell – I just don’t have the time. Perhaps this would be a good time for you and your friend to learn to crochet? 😉 (Or find a helpful Grandma!)
Thanks for the pattern. I’ve been looking all over the web for one. The Mushrooms in this pattern are SO cute!
Thank you shutterbug 🙂
thanks so much…. just what i was looking for , thanks for the pattern share!
Thanks Cleo!
I’m making one for my dad for fathers day!!!!! He goes CRAZZZZZY for Mario…actually hes playing MARIO GALXY
right now! LOL
Ohhh that is a lovely idea! I love the Mario Galaxy games too (when I can get my partner away from it…).
I LOVE the pattern, and I was wondering if I could post it in my blog (under your name of course!)?. I will credit you and even put the link of your blog =)
Thanks crochetcreep, I am glad you like the pattern!
Your blog doesn’t appear to exist anymore so I can’t respond to your other request…
Love this pattern! Wouldn’t it have been nice if Mario could have a basket of these at his disposal when he’s trying to save the princess. It would make his life a little easier, I think.
I wish I could edit that reply because I got the website url wrong. Oh well.
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So cute! ♥ Thank you for sharing the pattern. I think I need to make one with catnip for my cat.
Oh my gosh! I saw these and nearly screamed with joy (I do this quite often when things make me excited however there was a cat on my lap). This is ADORABLE!! some of my friends and I crochet and a few of us knit as well and this would be PERFECT to do at lunch between our ‘debates’ about what anime character would win in a fight and actually eating. This would also be really fun to add as a locker decoration. They seem relatively easy and fast to make so we could get extremely elaborate with them. 😀
Thank you so much for this mini mario mushroom. It’s the cutest mushroom ever. I made one for a friend and will probably be making more as time goes by. I posted a pic and a link back here on my blog
http://hatsformom.blogspot.com/2011/04/cthulhu-and-other-amigurumi.html
i love crochet… but i only really know a few of the the diffrent stiches, i dont relly know the words, and i really want to make some of the “geek” goodies. PLEASE… HEEELLLP!
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When you say to single crochet in the back stitch when you start the white, is the back stitch the one on the inside or outside? I think it’s the inside one? >_<
I’m soooo making this for my cousins birthday! She loves the Mario game!
Sounds great 😀
I have a question, is the pattern worked in rounds or continuous?
It’s rounds.
On a side note, some part of my brain decided it would be a good idea to try this with 3ply crochet cotton and now I have a very, very tiny mushroom~ At that size they also make neat charms (for a cellphone strap or similar, I guess?) but they’re a bit hard to stuff…
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What size hook are you using?
Love this pattern!! Made one for my boyfriend for his keychain 🙂
I made one of these just now (except for it being purple for the poison mushroom). I made it with a 2.00mm hook so it was very difficult!! I also couldn’t slip stitch due to the yarn itself so I devised another way based on your pattern! Being new I can’t exactly write out the pattern to well but here’s the alternate way for me! =p
Do the cap of the mushroom (red on pattern) up till round 9. Rather then slip stitching the white, leave as is.
Next with white thread:
round1: 4sc Magic Circle [4]
round2: 2sc in sc. Repeat [8]
round3: 2sc in sc. Repeat[16]
round4: 16sc around. [16]
**round5: Make 12 stitches total by single crocheting twice then decreasing combining the two threads. (Using the invisible decrease!) So it should come out like this:
1 2 (3/4) 5 6 (7/8) 9 10 (11/12)
**This is where I have trouble writing the pattern!!
Now join the white to the red. I recommend the seamless join.
I hope this helps others if they’re also doing a very small mushroom Amigurumi, or just want an alternate way.
Thank you so much for posting this pattern! It made a wonderful little mushroom that makes my family smile! ^o^
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Thank you for making this pattern. Very cute. I just started croching this as a small gift to send to my brother for sinterklaas (Dutch santa claus; though we give the presents on sinterklaas’s birthday the 5th of december). Agian thanks!
What size hook did you use for this pattern? I have a few mario fanatics as friends and these would be amazing for them.
Hey I would love to know what size crochet hook you used I made one or two maybe three and they all seem a lot bigger than yours in the pic but their soooooo adorable
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I used big bug eggs for mine and it looks soooo cute, I made another one but it was so tiring because I was way bigger and I love how simple these ones are 🙂
Eyes*
I love this pattern so much, thanks for sharing! I made it with embroidery thread and it’s only 18mm tall! See here: http://thenimblemouse.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/teeny-tiny-mario-mushroom.html 🙂
Carys x
Hi there, I’m just wondering what size hook do you use for this pattern
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Hi there! I write you on Ravelry but I got no answer. So I try it here again:
I want to write a article about nice Super Mario Mushrooms crochet pattern on my blog http://www.haekelheldin.de.
I want to show your nice pattern in this article, too. Would it be okay if I use the photo from your pattern and set a link to it? I would mark the photo with your name and on the site “Bildnachweise (engl.: Credits)”.
Regards
Naddy
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