Decay Wall Hanging by Henna Miettinen, MerryMandrake

Decay Wall Hanging

Crochet
March 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
4.0 mm (G)
3.5 mm (E)
US
English
This pattern is available for €7.50 EUR
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This wall hanging evokes an atmosphere of a dark, whimsy forest, and features a ribcage square surrounded by mushrooms and clumps of moss, reminding there’s beauty in decay too. Perfect for using up scrap yarns. The only color you need more than a handful is for the background, for which I recommend at least 100m/109ya of yarn just to stay safe.

The finished wall hanging is about 17cm/6.6in wide and 30cm/11.8in tall, not counting the hanging chain. Supplies needed:
- Medium weight yarn (4, worsted) in multiple colors:
o Dark brown (Background)
o Off-white (Mushroom stems, ribcage)
o Light gray (Death cap mushroom caps)
o Red (Fly amanita caps)
o Golden brown (Polypore mushrooms)
o Moss green (Moss)
o Pale green (Moss)
o Golden green (Moss)
o Dark green (Ribcage square)
o Middle brown (Ribcage square)
o Pale mint green (Ribcage square)
-3,5mm & 4mm Crochet hooks
-Tiny amount of filling
-Darning needle (For sewing the pieces on and embroidering details)
-Wooden dowel ~1cm/0,39in in diameter for hanging the piece (about 18cm/7in long)
-File/Small handsaw (For cutting and engraving small ridges into the dowel)

Contains:
-20-page digital PDF which contains assembly instructions and row-by-row crochet patterns for creating the mushroom and moss pieces and the background, and has a lot of progression pics for help.
-10-page digital PDF, which contains row-by-row crochet patterns for creating the ribcage square and has a lot of progression pics for help. It also has a chart/graph of the finished square.

The PDFs are in english and use US terminology.