Crochet Strawberries

I promised some friends in FB group that I will post the instructions for this strawberry crochet fruit. This fruit pattern is part of the pattern I wrote for the strawberry crochet bag available in Ravelry. 

Below are the step by step pictures. Hope my instructions are clear enough and help those who is making this for the first time. I have used yarns of different thickness in making the fruits using the same pattern and the result are different sizes.

Pattern

The crocheted fruit begins in center down, and spirals outward and up. There is no increase in the

number of stitches after round 6 when the stitches reach 30 sc. Place marker on the last stitch of each round.

Materials: Yarn size 3 in red and green and small amount of size 2 cream or light yellow. Small amount of toy stuffing. Hook C/2.75 and a yarn needle.

Using red, ch 2

Round 1: 5 sc into 1st ch—5 sc

Round 2: 2 sc into each of 5 sc—10 sc

Round 3: (2 sc into next st, 1 sc into next st) repeat around —15 sc

Round 4: (2 sc into next st, 1 sc into each of next 2 st) repeat around —20 sc

Round 5: (2 sc into next st, 1 sc into each of next 3 st) repeat around —25 sc

Round 6: (2 sc into next st, 1 sc into each of next 4 st) repeat around—30 sc

Round 7: 1 sc into each of next 4 st—30 sc

Round 8: 1 sc into each of next 4 st—30 sc

Round 9: 1 sc into each of next 4 st—30 sc

Round 10: (sc2tog, sc in next st) repeat around—20 sc

Thread a yarn needle with cream, stitch around the fruit from the inside out starting from the bottom

skipping one round alternatively. 

Dump the remaining threads inside then insert the stuffing. Place any

left over yarn on top layer of the toy stuffing to prevent the needle pulling out any hair. Thanks Lola Pool  of Lagos Crochet Group for this idea of dumping the thread inside.

Round 11:Round 11: sc2tog front loop only all the way around—10 sc

Round 12: sc2tog front loop only all the way around—5 sc

Stitch around to tighten. Cut yarn.

The leafs

Ch 2, 6 sc into the first ch, join with sl st.

*Ch 4, slip stitch into 2nd ch from hook, sc into each of next 2 st, sc into next sc) repeat from * 6

times. Cut the yarn leaving 20 cm tails. Sew the leaf into the strawberry.  

Cut the yarn leaving 20 cm tails. Sew the leaf into the strawberry.

If you like what you see and made something from my free pattern, all I ask is that you credit me by mentioning my name and my blog and provide the link to my blog. Please DO NOT re upload my files by any means to another blog or website. All my photographs are copyrighted. Thank you.