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"NEW & improved" Cactus & my hand decorated clay pot:)

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UPDATE on 8/25/2016

I added about 12 smaller once- "babies" :)

Pictures #1 & #2 that is how it looks after adding those little once.. I like that a LOT better:)

Picture # 3 is the "original - old" that I did NOT like much LOL

Picture # 4 After pinning all those "babies" before sewing them

Length of those "babies" varies  from about 0,75"  to 1,75" and anything in between..

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Hi:)

Here are cactuses I crochet. I took old clay pot from my basement and added some decorations to that:). I am still not sure IF that looks good or not? LOL. That pot is 3,75" tall.  I used brown marker, jute twine- rope, glue and 3 Lady Bugs little buttons.

As you can see it is very easy to make a those cactuses. Just took little time to make a "bunch" of them. I used RHWW yarn and crochet thread #10 for flowers.

 

I am planning to crochet more cactuses. They will be deferent. Many of them in a tiny white ceramic "pots" (tiny square bowls). I did bought just now couple  bigger square glass pots.

 

Happy crocheting:)

Krys

 

"New & improved" LOL

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"Old"-original

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It's very cute!  What do you think about putting pipe cleaners inside the cacti, so that you can shape them in different directions?

Thank you Sharon and Brenda:)

 

Long time ago I had a pot with the same kind cactuses, they were real  LOL. I had big flat clay pot in my front window with them and some other plants. I do not know the name of those cactuses, I call them "finger cactuses" LOL.  Because the shape of them is like a finger. And they do grow almost straight up in bunches (many together). At least that is how they grow in my pot.. I just do not remember them "curving", just straight up. Some little once (babies) they were coming on the side. But when they grow bigger, they were going up again.

I did put pipe cleaners inside. But according to me that did not looked "real" when I position them a different way. So, I got them back up! LOL.

 

I do know that shape of that pot is wrong for those cactuses. That pot should not be that tall. I just wanted to use what I had:).

 

Krys

PS:  As I am looking at those pictures now, I think I will add few small (babies) around ...I think that might help:).

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Real Deal Grand Master

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I think your cactus and pot are both adorable! And the ladybugs are such a nice touch!

 

If you want those little hair type spikes, I saw how someone made them using white sewing thread.

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Those are very cute Krys. You did a great job on them.

Several years ago when I had my home decorated with a Southwest theme, I crocheted different life size cacti instead of real ones since my grand kids were still small. I used eyelash yarn along with Red Heart Super Saver for the spines and they looked great. If they seemed too long, I just trimmed them back a little with scissors.

Here's a link for one type of cactus (pattern) that uses the eyelash yarn to give you an idea. Mine was not as dense as this one though. However, there is a real cactus that has the hairy looking spines on them but, they do not grow in the high desert where I live.

The one you have made and shown and the previous one you made and described may be of the Echinocereus species. (quite a few different species).

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Try using some dental floss and tying it in knots through you crochet work. Then maybe if thats not what you want try some fishing line, it would be a little stiffer.

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Very cute! Cactus are good for people that can't have plants without them dying. (like me)

This is even better! :)

 

 

Those are very cute Krys. You did a great job on them.

Several years ago when I had my home decorated with a Southwest theme, I crocheted different life size cacti instead of real ones since my grand kids were still small. I used eyelash yarn along with Red Heart Super Saver for the spines and they looked great. If they seemed too long, I just trimmed them back a little with scissors.

Here's a link for one type of cactus (pattern) that uses the eyelash yarn to give you an idea. Mine was not as dense as this one though. However, there is a real cactus that has the hairy looking spines on them but, they do not grow in the high desert where I live.

The one you have made and shown and the previous one you made and described may be of the Echinocereus species. (quite a few different species).

 

 

Thank You Ladies for a very nice compliments! :) and all those tips... :).

 

Thank You Reni for a compliment and link. That "furry" cactus on that picture looks very nice:).

I am trying to make my cactus "orangement"  look little better. Yes it needs few of those tiny "babies"! :). I did crochet them yesterday and pin them up just to see. It looks a LOT better. I just need to connect them. I will do that later this week. 

For the past couple weeks I been feeling terrible I got sinus infection:( Maybe that is why I been making all those "boo-boo's" with my crocheting lately. Can't think straight! LOL. Finally I am going  to see the doctor tomorrow.

 

I will post a picture of my "new & improved" cactus with "babies" LOL. .

Krys

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Here it is: New & improved" Cacti with "Babies",:)

Pictures #1 & #2 are the "New Cacti" 

Picture #3 original Cacti:(

 

Now I just need to connect all those cacti's permanently to that vase (inside). And glue some felt dots on the bottom of that pot so will not scratch the furniture.

Krys

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Sounds like a plan, Krys :) Now, everything looks even better....

Thank you Eva:)

 

Did you came here from Poland? or were you born here?.

I came to US when I was young, long time ago..

Krys

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