LiTTLE APPLE

K N I T T I N G PAT T E R N S B Y A M A N DA B E R R Y

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YA R N + N O T I O N S

Needles:

• A pair of 3.75mm straight knitting needles

(US 5)

Notions:

• Toy filling (or a few cotton wool balls) to

stuff the apple

• A darning or tapestry needle to sew the

knitted pieces together

Yarn:

All DK weight yarns, and less than 25g in

each colour:

Light Green: For the apple NOTES

Hayfield Bonus DK in “Lime”

Brown: For the stalk Finished size: The apple is approximately 5.5cm
Hayfield Bonus DK in “Walnut” tall (including the stalk) and 5cm wide.
Dark Green: For the leaf
Work flat: All pieces are knitted flat (back and
Hayfield Bonus DK in “Grass”
forth) on a pair of straight knitting needles.
The yarn used was sold in skeins
Tension: The tension is approximately 22 sts x 28
weighing 100g, and one skein in each
rows for a 10cm x 10cm square in stockinette stitch
colour will be more than sufficient to
on 3.75mm needles. Don’t worry too much about
knit several apples.
tension for this pattern.

Casting on: Unless otherwise specified, use the

long tail cast on for all pieces.

Seaming: Use mattress stitch to sew the seams.

 A B B R E V I AT I O N S

DK Double knitting or p-wise Purl-wise […] Repeat the

light worsted weight yarn sequence between the
rem Remaining square brackets by the
k Knit number indicated.
rep Repeat
k2tog Decrease: knit (.. sts) The number in
two stitches together. RH Right-hand
round brackets at the end of
RS Right side the instruction indicates the
kfb Increase: knit into
number of stitches after
the front and back of the
slip Slip the next stitch working the row.
next stitch.
on the left-hand needle purl-
LH Left-hand wise onto the right-hand
needle, without knitting or
p Purl purling the stitch.

psso Decrease: pass the st(s) Stitch(es)

slipped stitch over
WS Wrong side
Pull through to cast off
Cut the yarn leaving at least wyif With the yarn at
a 30cm tail. Thread the tail the front of the work
onto a darning needle and
yo Increase: yarn-
sew through the remaining
over
sts on the knitting needle.
Pull the sts off the knitting
needle on to the yarn,
gather together tightly and
secure the yarn.

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 K N I T T I N G PAT T E R N S

Apple Fruit Apple Stalk Apple Leaf

Make 1. Cast on 9 sts in light Make 1. Cast on 4 sts in brown Make 1. Cast on 4 sts in dark
green on straight 3.75mm on straight 3.75mm needles. green on straight 3.75mm
needles. needles.
Rows 1 to 6: k (4 sts)
Row 1: p (9 sts, WS) Row 1: k to the last st, slip the
Pull through to cast off.
last st p-wise wyif (4 sts)
Row 2: k1, [kfb] x 8 (17 sts)
Making up: Sew the side
Row 2: k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, slip
Row 3: p (17 sts) edges together to make a small
the last st p-wise wyif (6 sts)
tube. Sew the cast on end
Row 4: k1, [kfb, k1] x 8 (25 sts)
onto the top of the apple. Row 3: rep row 1 (6 sts)
Row 5: p (25 sts)
Row 4: k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, slip
Row 6: k1, [kfb, k2] x 8 (33 sts) the last st p-wise wyif (8 sts)
Row 7: p (33 sts) Row 5: rep row 1 (8 sts)
Row 8: k (33 sts) Row 6: k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, slip
Rows 9 to 12: rep rows 7 and 8 the last st p-wise wyif (10 sts)
twice (33 sts) Row 7 to 9: rep row 1 three
Row 13: p (33 sts) times (10 sts)

Row 14: k1, [k2tog, k2] x 8 (25 Row 10: k4, k2tog, k to the last
sts) st, slip the last st p-wise wyif (9
sts)
Row 15: p (25 sts)
Row 11: rep row 1 (9 sts)
Row 16: k1, [k2tog, k1] x 8 (17
sts) Row 12: k2, k2tog, k1, k2tog,
k1, slip the last st p-wise wyif (7
Row 17: p (17 sts) sts)
Row 18: k1, [k2tog] x 8 (9 sts) Row 13: rep row 1 (7 sts)
Pull through to cast off. Row 14: k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog,
Making up: Note that the cast slip the last st p-wise wyif (5 sts)
off sts are the top of the apple. Row 15: rep row 1 (5 sts)
Sew the side edges together,
adding stuffing as you sew. Row 16: [k2tog] x 2, slip the
Finish by gathering the cast on last st p-wise wyif (3 sts)
stitches together at the bottom. Row 17: slip 1, k2tog, psso (1
st)

Pull through to cast off.

Making up: Sew the cast on

edge of the leaf to the top of
the apple next to the base of
the stalk.

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