An easy & fun amigurumi apple crochet pattern
Apple Bottom is an easy and beginner-friendly pattern with lots of personality! Crisp and juicy Apple Bottom is as easy as crocheting a ball and adding arms, legs, leaves, and a juicy bottom. Scroll down to see the free apple crochet pattern!
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MATERIALS TO CROCHET APPLE (RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARENTHESES)
- Medium weight yarn (worsted, aran, 10-ply) in 2 colors
- Color A – Apple, arms & legs (Paintbox Yarn Cotton Aran in Rose Red and Daffodil Yellow)
- Color B – Leaves (Paintbox Yarn Cotton Aran in Spearmint Green)
- 2.75 mm (C) hook (Clover Amour)
- Toy stuffing (Fairfield Poly-Fil)
- Embroidery/sewing needle (DMC Embroidery Needle)
- Tapestry needle (DMC Tapestry Needle Size 16)
- Stitch marker (Clover Quick Locking Stitch Markers Small – I LOVE these, they don’t leave big holes in your work!)
- Embroidery floss in black for face (DMC Embroidery Floss in black)
- Scissors (Gingher Stork Scissors)
- 9 mm safety eyes – optional (Dophee 9 mm safety eyes)
FINISHED SIZE OF CROCHET APPLE
My finished crochet apple is 5 inches (12 cm) from top to bottom of leg when using a 2.75 mm hook and Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran. You can use other hook and yarn combinations to make your Apple Bottom bigger or smaller. Just make sure your stitches are tight to avoid stuffing showing through. I wrote about yarn and hook exchanges to change the size of your amigurumi in this blog post.

STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS
US TERMINOLOGY
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – single crochet increase
inv dec – invisible decrease
rnd(s) – round(s)
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
st(s) – stitch(es)
[ ] – repeat steps between brackets for the specified number of times
( ) – the number of stitches you should have at the end of each round
* * – complete the stitches between asterisks all in next stitch
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
- Magic Ring – Watch tutorial here.
- Invisible Decrease (inv dec) – Find tutorial here.
- Finish off – Watch tutorial here.
- Embroidering on crochet – Find tutorial here.
NOTES
- All sections are worked in a continuous round unless otherwise specified.
- Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.
- Demonstration photos are shown right-handed.
HOW TO CROCHET APPLE VIDEO TUTORIAL
APPLE CROCHET PATTERN

APPLE
rnd 1: With color A, sc 6 into a magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 6: [sc 2, inc 1, sc 2] 6 times (36 sts)
rnd 7: [sc 5, inc 1] 6 times (42 sts)
rnds 8-18: Sc around (42 sts for 11 rnds)
• • • Embroider face now. Apple section continued after embroidery photo tutorial. Click here to jump to the continued Apple section. • • •
EMBROIDERING THE FACE

Embroidering on crochet takes a bit of practice, but it gives your amigurumi lots of personality. The key to embroidering on crochet is to make sure to insert your needle through your stitches and not in a hole between stitches so your thread remains secure. It is also much easier to embroider on crochet before you’ve finished and stuffed your piece. For more tips and tricks to embroider faces on amigurumi, check out this blog post (it even has a video tutorial)!
To begin, cut a 16-inch piece of embroidery floss (using all 6 strands), thread your embroidery needle, and triple knot end.
• • • You can also use 9 mm safety eyes instead of embroidering the eyes. Just follow steps 1-5 for the nose and mouth, then insert safety eyes above rnd 13 with 8 sts between eyes. • • •












APPLE, CONTINUED
rnd 19: [sc 5, inv dec 1] 6 times (36 sts)
rnd 20: [sc 4, inv dec 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 21: [sc 3, inv dec 1] 6 times (24 sts)
• • • Stuff Apple and keep stuffing until the end. Pause here and complete steps 1-3 of the MAKING THE BUTT photo tutorial below. • • •
rnd 22: [sc 2, inv dec 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 23: [sc 1, inv dec 1] 6 times (12 sts)
rnd 24: Inv dec 6 (6 sts)
Sl st 1 into next st. Fasten off and cut yarn, leaving a 16-inch yarn tail. Don’t weave in end. See photo tutorial below for finishing butt and making top dimple.

MAKING THE BUTT
I told you this Apple was juicy! Apple’s bottom is easily formed using the yarn tail and 2 small balls of toy stuffing. The photo tutorial below will show you how to do it!









MAKE TOP DIMPLE
You know that indentation on top of an apple? Well here’s how we’re going to make one!





LEAF (Make 2)
rnd 1: With color B, ch 7, starting in 2nd ch from hook, sl st 1, sc 1, hdc 1, dc 2, *dc 2, hdc 2, dc 2* all in next ch st, turn to work down other side of chain, dc 2, hdc 1, sc 1, sl st 1 (16 sts)
Sl st 1 into 1st st of rnd. Fasten off, leaving an 8-inch tail for attaching. See photo tutorial below for attaching.
ATTACHING APPLE LEAVES

After making the leaves, you’ll attach them to the top of your Apple. First you’ll sew them together at the base, then you’ll sew them to the Apple. This step isn’t precise, just attach your leaves where they look good to you! Also – feel free to stop after this step and not make and attach arms and legs if you’re loving your juicy lil Apple as it is!






ARM (Make 2)
rnd 1: With color A, sc 6 into magic ring (6 sts)
rnds 2-11: Sc around (6 sts for 10 rnds)
Sl st 1 into next st. Fasten off, leaving an 8-inch tail for attaching. See photo tutorial below for attaching.
LEG (Make 2)
rnd 1: With color A, sc 6 into magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 1, sc 5 (7 sts)
rnds 3-12: Sc around (7 sts for 10 rnds)
Sl st 1 into next st. Fasten off, leaving an 8-inch tail for attaching. See photo tutorial below for attaching.
ATTACHING LEGS
Now it’s time to attach the legs. The placement photo to the right shows where legs should be attached. The legs are attached over rnd 20 of the apple with 1-2 stitches between legs.






ATTACHING ARMS
The placement photo to the right shows where the arms should be attached on the apple. The arms are attached at a slight angle over rnds 15-17, centered with the top dimple.








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