Saguaro

Crochet
April 2024
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
5.0 mm (H)
150 yards (137 m)
US
English
This pattern is available for free.

The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) has been a symbol of the American southwest for ages that people from all over the world come to see. It is known as the giant cactus due to its impressive height, sometimes reaching over 50 feet tall. Though these towering giants seem robust, they need a perfect of heat and rainfall to thrive and will only be found in the Sonoran Desert. Life in the desert can be very slow growing, with saguaros taking 10 years to reach only a few inches in height and living up to 200 years old. The giant saguaro continues to catch our attention and captivate our imagination as it has done for hundreds of years.

Bring a little desert to your home by creating your very own saguaro, and watch it grow in only mere minutes!

Materials

  • Yarn: Green in color and preferably a stiffer yarn will help with standing up, but any yarn will work.
  • Crochet hook: Use recommended size for your chosen yarn
  • Filling (could be fiber fill or scrap yarn)
  • Sewing needle
  • Scissors

Example shown used half a value skein of a medium/worsted weight yarn (roughly 150 yards), and used a hook US H-8 (5mm) to be a height of 9 inches.