Hold the needle with the slipknot in your dominant hand, and the other needle in your non-dominant hand. Maths Crafts Australia designed this knitted Chantelle mushrooms to show that strange shapes are results of mathematical rules. By using the appropriate colour yarns, the outcome is a basketful of knitted Chantelle mushrooms. Repeat this process for each stitch on the left needle until all stitches have been transferred to the right needle.

This guide is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn how to knit a mushroom. It provides detailed instructions and helpful visuals to make the process easy to understand. With this guide, even a beginner knitter can create a beautiful and unique mushroom item. I highly recommend this guide for anyone interested in learning how to knit a mushroom! Grace offers 5 caps and 2 stem patterns for you to mix and match. The mushrooms are quite realistic. This pattern is also a great project to learn how to felt. If you are going to substitute yarn, make sure you use pure wool and one that hasn’t been superwash or else it wouldn’t felt.

Measurements

Large (left): Large Rounded Cap in Paton's Classic Wool Chestnut and Tall Stem in Paton's Classic Wool Natural Mix. Small (right): Small Rounded Cap in Paton's Classic Wool Chestnut and Medium Stem in Cascade 220 #8010. Felting

Finish off: Once you have a small number of stitches remaining, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread the tail through a yarn needle, then slide the needle through the remaining stitches to secure them. Pull tight to close the top of the mushroom cap. Next row (WS): K14 (18:21:25) sts, cast off 20 (20:22:22) sts, K14 (18:21:25) sts. Left button band

Using the tapestry needle, sew the cast on edge of the mushroom cap to the bind off edge of the mushroom stem. Getting the shape of the cap right took probably 8 attempts, and I am not even joking. For some reason, I’ve got it into my head that I wanted the gills to dive/converge into the center (the real amanitas have a hemispherical shape as well), but that proved to be quite difficult without showing the increases and, usually, knitting just doesn’t behave like that when stuffed. Mary Polityka Bush is a frequent contributor to PieceWork. She designs and writes about needlework in California, where she lives with her husband, Tom, who wonders what to do with all the spool-knitted cord that Mary made while researching this article.