These freshly picked cherry twins will bring sweetness to your day. They are fantastic as home décor or play food for your little farmer or chef and who knows, maybe will inspire your kid to try the real ones.
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Pattern Information
Materials
Yarn: Fingering weight (50gr/125m) cotton yarn, approx. 20gr (50m) in red and 7gr (17.5m)
in green.
For my sample I use Scheepjes Catona in the colorways: Hot Red (115) and Kiwi (205).
Crochet Hook: 2.5 mm crochet hook.
Notions: Fiberfill for stuffing, 2 pairs of 8 mm safety eyes, pins, tapestry needle, stitch marker, scissors.
Gauge
28 stitches and 27 rows in single crochet worked in the round, with 2.5 mm crochet hook = 10 cm.
Gauge is not important for this project. However, changes might affect the finished measurements and the safety eyes size.
Finished Measurements
Each cherry is approx. 5 cm (2 in) tall. With the stem is 14 cm (5.5 in) tall.
Difficulty
Easy. Basic crochet and sewing skills required.
Abbreviations
This pattern is written in US terminology.
mc: magic circle
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
inc: increase 1 st (2 sc in the same st)
dec: decrease 1 st (single crochet 2 sts together)
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
sl st: slip stitch
st(s): stitch(es)
rnds: rounds
{…}: repeat enclosed instructions the amount of times indicated
[…]: the enclosed instructions are worked in the same st
(…): total number of sts of the round and/or additional information
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