Easy to make free crochet Lemon Half pattern. Enjoy!
Size 5 cm/ 1.96 inch in height
Tools & Materials
Crochet hook size 2.5 mm
Polyester Craft Filling for toys
Tapestry needle and craft pins
Scissors
Stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end of a round
Yarn
Yellow (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, Banana (63), 100% Cotton, 50g)
White (Rico Essentials Cotton DK, White (80), 100% Cotton, 50g)
Green (Stylecraft Natural DK Bamboo + Cotton, Spring Green (7126), 60% Bamboo 40% Cotton, 100g)
Skills required / abbreviations / info
MG – magic ring (make specified number of single crochet stitches into the loop)
Sc – single crochet
Inc – 2sc increase (crochet 2 single crochet stitches into the same stitch)
Dec – 2tog decrease (crochet 2 stitches together)
F/O – finish off
R – spiral round
( )* – repeat the sequence in brackets to the end of the round
(12) – number of stitches expected at the end of the round
Work in spiral rounds, do not turn/join unless stated otherwise
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PEEL (colour yellow)
R 1 mg, 6sc (6)
R 2 sc 6 (6)
R 3 (sc 1, inc)* (9)
R 4 (sc 2, inc)* (12)
R 5 (sc 1, inc)* (18)
R 6 (sc 2, inc)* (24)
R 7 (sc 3, inc)* (30)
R 8 (sc 4, inc)* (36)
R 9 (sc 8, inc)* (40)
R 10 - 15 sc 40 (6 rnds) (40)
F/O and weave in remaining thread.
Don’t stuff with polyester filling yet.
FRONT OF THE LEMON (colours yellow and white)
Start with colour WHITE
R 1 mg, 8sc (8)
Change colour to YELLOW
R 2 (inc)* (16)
R 3 (sc 1, inc)* (24)
R 4 (sc 2, inc)* (32)
R 5 (sc 3, inc)* (40)
Change colour to WHITE
R 6 sc 40 (40)
Change colour to YELLOW
R 7 sc 40 (40)
F/O and cut off yarn.
F/O and leave longer tail for sewing
Using needle, start attaching ‘Front of the Lemon’ to its ‘Peel’ (peel’ full stitch to front of the lemon’ BLO – check picture to see how completed fruit should look like) – before sewing is finished, leave small hole and stuff the lemon with polyester filling, then close the hole
Once lemon is completed, using needle and a longer piece of white yarn, apply 6 dividing lines
LEAF (colour green)
R 1 mg, 6sc (6)
R 2 sc 6 (6)
R 3 (sc 1, inc)* (9)
R 4 (sc 2, inc)* (12)
R 5 (sc 3, inc)* (15)
R 6 sc 15 (15)
R 7 (sc 3, dec)* (12)
R 8 (sc 2, dec)* (9)
R 9 (sc 1, dec)* (6)
R 10 dec to the end
F/O and leave longer tails for sewing.
Attach to the top of the Peel.
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