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Introduction
So, I've been messing around with this little crochet apple pattern. It's pretty chill, actually. You basically just whip up three separate bits: the apple body, a little stem, and a leaf.
It’s all basic stitches, so you won't be stuck watching video tutorials for hours, which is a plus.
The pattern shows two ways to do the main apple part. You can do a classic, plain red one, which is fine. But it also shows you how to make a plaid version. I'm personally a bigger fan of the plaid one – it just feels a little less generic.
When you have all your pieces, you just have to stick them together. The instructions mention sewing, but if you're lazy like me, a hot glue gun works just as well for sticking the stem and leaf on. Done. Now I have a small, yarn apple sitting on my bookshelf.
Abbreviation
ch | chain stitch |
sc | single crochet |
inc | increase |
hdc | half double crochet |
dc | double crochet |
tr | treble crochet |
picot | picot stitch |
sc2tog | single crochet 2 together |
How to Read the Pattern
Round 3 (sc, inc) * 6 times
- round
- what stitches to do for this round, and how many times
For Round 3, repeat making (a single crochet followed by an increase) 6 times in total.
Crochet Apple Pattern
🍃 Leaf
- Start with: 13 ch
- In 2nd chain from the hook: sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc, picot stitch
- On the other side: sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc
🌿 Stem
- Round 1: 5 sc in a magic ring
- Rounds 2-8: 5 sc
🍎 Regular Apple
Using different thicknesses of yarn for crochet will create different effects.
- Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
- Round 2: 6 inc
- Round 3: (sc, inc) * 6 times
- Round 4: sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) * 5 times, sc
- Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 times
- Round 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) * 5 times, 2 sc
- Round 7: 36 sc
- Round 8: (5 sc, inc) * 6 times
- Round 9: 42 sc
- Round 10: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) * 5, 3 sc
- Round 11: 48 sc
- Round 12: (7 sc, inc) * 6 times
- Round 13: 54 sc
- Round 14: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) * 5 times, 4 sc
- Rounds 15-24: 60 sc
- Round 25: 4 sc, sc2tog, (8 sc, sc2tog) * 5 times, 4 sc
- Round 26: (7 sc, sc2tog) * 6 times
- Round 27: 3 sc, sc2tog, (6 sc, sc2tog) * 5 times, 3 sc
- Round 28: (5 sc, sc2tog) * 6 times
- Round 29: 2 sc, sc2tog, (4 sc, sc2tog) * 5 times, 2 sc
- Round 30: (3 sc, sc2tog) * 6 times, stuff with filling
- Round 31: sc, sc2tog, (2 sc, sc2tog) * 5 times, sc
- Round 32: (sc, sc2tog) * 6 times
- Round 33: 6 sc2tog
🍎 Gingham Apple
Here are the instructions for a more advanced crocheted gingham apple. We'll use a pink color scheme as an example, but you can feel free to use any colors you like.
- Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring using light pink yarn.
- Round 2: (light pink sc, dark pink sc) * 6 times
- Round 3: (light pink sc inc, dark pink sc inc) * 6 times
- Round 4: (light pink 2 sc, dark pink 2 sc) * 6 times
- Round 5: (white 2 sc, cherry blossom pink 2 sc) * 6 times
- Round 6: (white sc, sc inc, cherry blossom pink sc, sc inc) * 6 times
- Round 7: (white 3 sc, cherry blossom pink 3 sc) * 6 times
- Round 8: (light pink 3 sc, dark pink 3 sc) * 6 times
- Round 9: (light pink sc, sc inc, sc, dark pink sc, sc inc, sc) * 6 times
- Round 10: (light pink 4 sc, dark pink 4 sc) * 6 times
- Round 11-13: (white 4 sc, cherry blossom pink 4 sc) * 6 times
- Round 14-16: (light pink 4 sc, dark pink 4 sc) * 6 times
- Round 17-19: (white 4 sc, cherry blossom pink 4 sc) * 6 times
- Round 20-22: (light pink 4 sc, cherry blossom pink 4 sc) * 6 times
- Round 23: (white sc, sc2tog, sc, cherry blossom pink sc, sc2tog, sc) * 6 times
- Round 24-25: (white 3 sc, cherry blossom pink 3 sc) * 6 times
- Round 26: (light pink sc, sc2tog, dark pink sc, sc2tog) * 6 times
- Round 27-28: (light pink 2 sc, dark pink 2 sc) * 6 times
- Round 29: dark pink 12 sc2tog
- Round 30: dark pink 6 sc2tog
- Leave a long tail for sewing, weave the needle up and down and pull to close.
If this crochet apple pattern is helpful, feel free to share it! We can't wait to see what you create! Share a photo of your finished apples in the comments section below.
