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© June Gilbank 2010
Here’s a realistic amigurumi apple: it’s not just a ball with a stalk attached, it’s actually the shape and size of a real apple! Give one to your (or your child’s!) favourite teacher, make a bowlful in red and green as a decorative centrepiece, or add a pair of safety eyes and an embroidered smile to make a sweet-as-apple-pie toy 🙂
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This is a PlanetJune original crochet pattern. Feel free to use items made from this pattern however you wish, but I’d appreciate credit as the pattern designer. Please do not reproduce the pattern anywhere else; instead post a link to www.planetjune.com/apples
Not ready to make it yet? Add it to your Ravelry queue: 
Terminology
| ch | chain |
| invdec | invisible decrease Note: If you prefer, you may use a standard sc2tog decrease in place of each invdec. |
| sc | single crochet (double crochet for UK/Aus) |
| sl st | slip stitch |
| st | stitch |
You will need…
- E US/3.5mm crochet hook
- Small quantity of worsted weight yarn in red or green, and brown or black (for the stalk)
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle to weave in ends
- Polyester fibrefill stuffing
Notes
- Do not join at the end of each round; rounds are worked in continuous spirals.
- Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round. Move the marker up each time you start a new round.
Apple
With red or green yarn, make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6 st)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 st)
Rnd 3: sc in each st around. (12 st)
Rnd 4: (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) six times. (18 st)
Rnd 5: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st) six times. (24 st)
Rnd 6: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st) six times. (30 st)
Rnd 7: sc in each st around. (30 st)
Rnd 8: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st) six times. (36 st)
Rnd 9-12: sc in each st around. (36 st)
Rnd 13: (invdec, sc in next 4 st) six times. (30 st)
Rnd 14: sc in each st around. (30 st)
Rnd 15: (invdec, sc in next 3 st) six times. (24 st)
Rnd 16: sc in each st around. (24 st)
Rnd 17: (invdec, sc in next 2 st) six times. (18 st)
Rnds 18-19: sc in each st around. (18 st)
Rnd 20: (invdec, sc in next st) six times. (12 st). Stuff apple through hole.
Rnd 21: invdec six times. (6 st). Cut the yarn, leaving a long (approx 12″/30cm) yarn end.
Note: Your apple will look more like a lemon at the moment, but don’t worry: that will all change in a moment!
Stalk
With brown or black yarn, ch 7.
Row 1: sl st in 2nd chain from hook and in each remaining chain. (6 st)
Note: I like to work into the back bumps of the chain, but you can work into the chain normally if you prefer.
Cut yarn, leaving a long (approx 12″/30cm) yarn end. Draw end through last loop and pull tight to fasten off.
Finishing
Using a yarn needle and the long yarn end from the apple, close up the remaining hole at the bottom of the apple. Use a finger to push the top of the apple down to form a dimple (don’t worry if it won’t stay in this position).
Pass the yarn from the bottom up through the apple to the magic ring at the top centre, then insert the yarn needle at the top, one stitch away from where it exited the apple, and pass the yarn end back down through the apple to the bottom. Draw the yarn tighter until you like the shape and the top dimple stays in place. Knot the yarn at the bottom of the apple so it stays in this position (the knot will be covered later).
Pass the yarn end through the apple, coming out somewhere along the apple’s side. Draw the yarn tight, and snip the end close to the apple. The yarn end should retract back inside the apple after it is cut.
Using a yarn needle and the long yarn end from the stalk, pass the yarn through the apple from top middle to bottom middle, so the base of the stalk sits in the dimple at the top of the apple.
Make 3 small overlapping stitches at the bottom of the apple, to form an asterisk shape.
Pass the yarn end back up through the apple to the top. Knot the yarn end and the starting tail from the stalk together. Thread both ends onto the yarn needle and pass them through the apple, coming out somewhere along the apple’s side. Draw the yarn tight, and snip the ends close to the apple. The yarn ends should retract back inside the apple after they are cut.
I hope you enjoy this pattern. Please leave me a comment below if you do, and consider leaving me a donation. Thanks!
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Karla saldaña said
thank you!i crocheted the apple for my granddaughters 4th b-day.i made it into a pillow.
carolyn haynes said
thank you for letting me chrochet your apple pattern. I was trying to fine something for my great grand daughter pre-school teacher for Christmas. this will make a great Christmas gift for her. thanks again. I am 68 years old and very thankful there are people like you still out there that love to chrochet like myself.
Carolyn haynes
alexeigynaix said
Hi, June! I just made an apple to this pattern for a friend who’s a kindergarten teacher aide. (I think I screwed up the decreases, though. That’s what I get for not using a stitch marker!)
Here you see the apple. I stuffed it with a little muslin baggie of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and ginger, so it’s really a potpourri apple!
Thank you for this pattern 🙂
Jennifer said
I am 9, and i crocheting is my hobby, i saw your pattern and sat down immediately to make it, i love it so much and now i just finished the 7th one!
i do have a question, how to you do a invisible decease? please do answer, i have to know!
June said
Hi Jennifer! There’s a link to my invisible decrease tutorial in the Terminology section at the top of this pattern, but you may actually find my main crochet help index more useful – it has links to all my amigurumi tutorials 🙂
feya said
Thanks a lot! You are great!
Michelle said
Thank you! I love its shape! Great pattern and very easy to follow. I like how you gave reassurance along the way as to the shape of it.
Bridget said
Hello,
Thank you for sharing this pattern. I was wondering what I would need to do to make the apple larger, like 12 inches?
June said
Bridget, please see my article Resizing Amigurumi for details 🙂
Bridget said
You rock! Thank you!
akeela said
Thanks so much
Judith said
Made this but with a size 5.5 hook. My kids loved it!!! I have 3 kids so it looks like ill have to make more:)
Dahlia Savedra said
Thank you June.
I so love your apple pattern! It’s is perfect and too cute! 🙂
Addie said
Great pattern, thank you so much for sharing! I’m making these as teacher gifts this year.
Maori said
thank you June sharing pattern! Not only this pattern, thanks of your cute pattern I can enjoy crochet everyday:)
rhea said
Good day June, I really love your apple amigurumi. I have featured it on a roundup on my blog. Thanks for sharing the pattern:)
TJazzie said
Can this be knitted, I don’t know how to crochet?
June said
I’m afraid not, TJazzie – knitting and crochet are entirely different crafts, and there’s no simple way to convert one to the other.
Pamela said
Thank you so much for an easy but beautiful apple.
I made these for my children’s teachers. The teachers loved them.
I stuffed mine with popcorn seeds instead of stuffing and it worked great.
I just want to say thank you again. I love to crochet and these were perfect.
Pam
Karen said
Hi June. Love the pattern. It is so cute and is so easy. Can you give me any tips for passing the yarn needle through the apple. The needle would just not go through! Do I have it stuffed too tightly, although it does not seem to be. Is it the type of stuffing…..it’s a craft poly-fill, 100% polyester fiber. Thank you!
June said
Karen, it sounds like the problem is in the type of stuffing you’re using – there are many different types, and, confusingly, they’re almost all 100% polyester, so it’s difficult to know what you’re getting. (It also makes it difficult for me to describe the differences – I have a blog post planned about stuffing types, but I’m still not sure how to write it!) In future, you might like to look for a different type of stuffing, and look for words like ‘premium’, ‘high loft’ or ‘supreme’ – they are usually a clue to the better quality, springier, bouncier, smoother stuffing.
With the stuffing you have, all I can suggest is:
CatherineD said
Oh dear, so it is. And I’ve gone past there already…
CatherineD said
Thank you for this pattern. It is me or do the instructions skip the filling stage? I know it’s obvious but for sake of completeness they probably should be there:-)
June said
It’s just you – the instruction is at the end of Rnd 20 😉
Aran said
Thank you for the pattern!
Tamara - Moogly said
Hi June! It’s the perfect apple! <3 I featured a link to it on Moogly this morning! 🙂 www.mooglyblog.com/crochet-apple-patterns/
Jessica Larson said
Thank you so much for this pattern! I was looking all over for a good apple pattern to pair with an apple hat and booties set, and this is the perfect one!
Karen said
Thank you! Your pattern is great!
Anouk said
Thank you for this amazig pattern. I am making a fruit basket for a friend, and I am sure your apple wil look great i it. I inclued you a link to my FB pictures, soon your apple will also be displayed. Luv you ^_^
Meaghan said
Thank you so much! This was my first amigurumi, and it was easy to do and turned out great!
Morgan said
I’ve been waiting to do this pattern forever! I finnaly got the colors I needed! I just finished one for my grandma and it turned out pretty good. Thanks for the pattern! =D
Annabel said
They are so sweet I would like to eat them 😀
arabianjasmine said
Thanks so much for the apple pattern, it’s a clear and simple pattern.
Thank you for making it free.
Alexandria said
Hello June. This is a beautiful pattern. Thank you for making it free! One of my favorite teacher’s birthdays is on Tuesday. I have decided to make her one of these and give it to her as an “apple for the teacher” gift. Only this apple will last longer than a real apple, as a real apple would rot. I am sure she will love it.
Thank you, Alexandria
Nancy said
June – thanks so much for the Apple pattern! I’m off to the yarn store to pick up yarn to make a bowl of “Everlasting Apples” for my Apple Kitchen!
I’ll be back later to buy more!
Sarah said
Thank you for this pattern! I find most patterns hard to follow but this was so clear! I’ve made a little apple with a face – hope to post it on my blog soon with a link back 🙂
Leaf said
This is a great pattern, really easy to follow and a lovely result – thanks for sharing it!
Melissa said
IIch hab’s nicht geschafft diesen Apfel zu h
Mei said
I love your picture tutorials!
June said
Thanks Mei, all my crochet patterns are like this! I try to make them as clear as possible, and I think having photos to explain anything that may be confusing really helps with that 🙂
tara said
thank you SO much! ! ! !
Kerryn said
Thanks, June, for the wonderful apples!!
jonafer said
thank you so much for your hard work 😀 these apples are awesome.
Megan said
my little sister has been begging mom for a play food set, so i guess i’m going to make one of these apples, a lemon, an orange, and a pumpkin for her. plus, your website is the best one i’ve seen in a long time.
Pam said
I”ve just learned how to crochet in the last 2 weeks and this was my first non-flat project. Thanks so much for making it so easy to learn! I can’t wait to pick my next pattern.
Cheers,
Pam
Jo said
what a lovely pattern! many thanks! they’ll go very nicely in a gift basket…
Jen said
Thank you for sharing this wonderful apple craft with Projects for Preschoolers. This is such a great idea to create for pretend play food sets for young kids… yummy fun!
Chrystal said
You write patterns so well! Even as I have some experience with amigurumi, most of the details you included are usually left out and assumed that the crafter already knows. (Like how to attach the stem and how to make sure the yarn ends disappear.) That’s awesome. 🙂
Heather - Dollar Store Crafts said
These are so pretty!! I love them!
Else said
This is lovely. I can imagine a whole bowl of these on my table! Thank you!
Amy said
So cute! I might try making these and felting them. I love their realistic shape. As always, I appreciate your attention to detail. Makes all the difference.
Lindy said
I love your amigurumi apples – they are a great shape and look good enough to eat!
Amalia said
Thanks a lot, June!
Love this pattern
Hugs
Amalia
CWright said
Very nice – spoken as one who has tried out the apple shape, its not as easy as it would seem!
Michal said
Thanks a lot! You are great!
melissa said
thank you june!
it is fabulous!
you are so talented and generous!
🙂 melissa
Zanya said
Thank you, love this pattern =D
Carina said
June, you are awesome. (-: