This pattern is written in British crochet terms.
This lovely crochet fruit cosy will keep your fruit looking lovely whilst out and about.
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Abbreviations
- dc – double crochet
- htr – half treble
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- tr2tog – crochet the next 2 trebles together to decrease
- 2 ch picot – ch 2, sl st into
- 2nd ch from the hook to form a little blob
You will need
- Yarn – Aran weight yarn. I used creative cotton by Rico.
- Hook– 4mm or 4.5mm hook
Main Body
- Magic ring
- Row 1: 2 ch then 10 htr into ring. Join with sl st. (11 st)
- Row 2: 2 ch and 1 htr in first st. 2 htr in each st to end.
- Join with sl st. (22 st)
- Row 3: 2 ch 1 htr in first st. 1 htr in next st. 2 htr in next st.
- Repeat 1 htr, 2 htr in alternate stitches to end. Join with sl st. (33 st)
- Rows 4-8: 2 ch then htr into each htr. Join with sl st at end of each row. (33 st)
Handle Version
- Row 9: Add 1 more row of htr
- Row 10: Ch colour. 1 row dc
- Row 11: Ch colour. dc into next 5 st, 7 ch, miss 7 st, dc into next 10 st. 7 ch, miss 7 st, dc into next 4 st (33 stitches)
- Row 12: 1 row dc
- Row 13: 1 row dc but add 1 extra dc in middle of handles
- Row 14: Ch colour. 1 row dc, but add 2 dc in top of handles.
- Finish invisibly and weave in ends.
Button Version
- Main body as above, then
- Row 9: 1 ch, dc into same stitch then all stitches until 4th st before the end of the row (29 stitches)
- Row 10: Turn, 3 ch, 1 tr in same st, then tr2tog. Repeat 1 tr, tr2tog in alternate stitches to end (20 st)
- Row 11: Add row of dc round in contrasting colour, adding a 12 ch for button loop on one of the corners.
- Finish invisibly and weave in ends.
Butterfly for Decoration
- Magic ring
- Row 1: 5 ch, dc, 5 ch, dc, 3 ch, dc, 3 ch, dc, all into magic loop.
- Pull the magic ring tight. You should have four rings.
- Row 2: 3 dc, 2 ch picot, 2 dc, into first ring. 2 dc, 2ch picot, 3 dc into second ring. 3 dc into each of the next two rings.
- Weave in ends. Tie a contrasting piece of yarn around the butterfly for the body, leaving longer ends at the top for the ‘feelers’.
Flower for Decoration
- Magic ring.
- Row 1: 2 ch, 1tr, 2 ch, sl st all into magic ring. Repeat another 4 times. Pull magic ring tight and weave in ends.