This year my daughter and I crocheted up some adorable apple dish cloths to give as year end gifts to her teachers.
To jazz up the presents she added a variety of super cute Tawashi scrubber's are quite popular in Japan right now.
We changed the dishcloth pattern to add solid red, yellow and green apples to give as a set with the slices. This was a wonderful idea except we crocheted all the solid colour dishcloths first and when we went to pair them up with the slices the green was slightly off having come from two different dye lots. My daughter decided it was no big deal because they will soon be covered in suds.
If you are on a tight budget the slices are cheaper to crochet then the solid apples because 14 oz cream cotton yarn can be purchased at Walmart for $8.99 as opposed to $1.99 - $2.99 for 1.75 oz of the country red, hot green and pale yellow.
When working with pale yellow be sure not to get it mixed up with the scented chamomile yarn like we did. The girls were absolutely tickled but personally apples should smell like apples.
Apple
Note: Ch 3 at beg of rnd or row counts as dc.
With MC, ch 4. Join with sl st to form ring.
1st rnd: Ch 3. 11 dc in ring. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 12 dc.
2nd rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in same sp as last sl st. 2 dc in each dc around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 24 dc.
3rd rnd: Ch 3. 2 dc in next dc. *1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next dc.
Rep from * around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 36 dc.
4th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next dc. *1 dc in each of next
2 dc. 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 48 dc.
5th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in same sp as last sl st. 1 dc in each of next 3 dc.
*2 dc in next dc. 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 60 dc.
6th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 dc in next dc. (2 dc in next dc. 1 dc in next dc) 4 times. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 sc in each of next 6 dc. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. 2 dc in each of next 3 dc. 1 dc in next dc.
1 hdc in next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Sl st in each of next 2 dc. 1 sc in next dc. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in each of next 3 dc. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 sc in each of next 6 dc. 1 hdc in next dc. (1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next dc)
4 times. 1 dc in next dc. 1 hdc in next dc. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. Join A with sl st to first sc. 74 sts. Break MC.
7th rnd: With A, ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as last sl st. 1 hdc in next sc. 1 dc in each of next 4 sts. (2 dc in next st. 1 dc in each of next 5 sts) 4 times. 2 dc in next st. 1 dc in each of next 4 sts. 1 hdc in next st.
1 sc in each of next 2 sts. 1 hdc in next st. 1 dc in each of next 4 sts. (2 dc in next st. 1 dc in each of next 5 sts) 4 times. 2 dc in next st.
1 dc in each of next 4 sts. 1 hdc in next st. 1 sc in next st. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
Hanging Loop
With 2 strands of B held tog, join with sl st to first sc at top of Apple. Ch 12. Join with sl st in same sp as first sl st. Fasten off.
Leaf
With C, ch 12.
1st row: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 hdc in next ch. 1 dc in next ch.
1 tr in each of next 5 ch. 1 dc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 3 sc in last ch. Working across opposite side of ch, 1 hdc in next ch. 1 dc in next ch. 1 tr in each of next 5 ch. 1 dc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 2 sc in last ch. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
Sew Leaf to Apple near Hanging Loop.
Finishing
With B, embroider seeds using Bullion stitch.
Free Apple Dishcloth pattern is from Michael's Arts & Crafts and Tawashi Scrub is compliments of Lion Brand.
Looking for a basket pattern to wrap these beautifully stitched apples? Try our free crochet basket pattern.
Bye for now -- it's been a slice!
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Update
If you enjoyed working with the apple tawashi pattern you are going to love our apple slice key chains!
and Trivet!
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