If you like fruits, we encourage you to not hesitate and make this cute peach since it’s designed so that it can be done by both a beginner and the most advanced of crocheters.
Crochet your own cute little peach! This free pattern includes step-by-step instructions and a list of materials needed to finish this cute fruit.
This tutorial includes how to make the peach body in a spherical shape, also, contains how to make a peach shaping then how to make the stalk, and leaf, and how to embroider face details.
Let’s get started!
Pattern by: CatKnit
Materials
- Color A: Rico Ricorumi DK – Apricot
- Color B: Rico Ricorumi DK – Chocolate
- Color C: Rico Ricorumi DK – Pistachio
- Color D: Rico Ricorumi DK – Black
- Color E: Rico Ricorumi DK – White
- Color F: Rico Ricorumi DK – Rose
- Crochet hook 2.5mm
- 8mm safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
Ch – chain
Sl st – slip stith
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase
Dec – decrease
FLO – front loop only
Inv.dec – invisible decrease
Peach
Round 1: using color A. work 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: Inc in each st (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc. inc) * 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc. inc) * 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
Round 11-20: sc in each st
Add the safety eyes between row 15 and 16 with 6 sts in between.
Round 21: (8 sc, 1 inv.dec) * 6 (54)
Round 22: (7 sc. 1 inv.dec) * 6 (48)
Round 23: (6 sc. 1 inv.dec) * 6 (42)
Round 24: (5 sc, 1 inv.dec) * 6 (36)
Round 25: (4 sc. 1 inv.dec) * 6 (30)
Start stuffing the peah firmly.
Round 26: (3 sc, 1 inv.dec) * 6 (24)
Round 27: (2 sc, 1 inv.dec) * 6 (18)
Top up the stuffing.
Round 28: (1 sc, 1 inv.dec) * 6 (12)
Round 29: (inv.dec) * 6 (6)
Fasten off and sew across the last sts to close.
Peach Shaping
Create the dent on the right side of the peach, about 6 sts away from the right eye.
Using a long tail of color A, long enough to go from top of the peach to the bottom and up again, fasten the tail at the top. Make a long stitch to the bottom, pulling hard to create a dent and fasten. Using the same bit of thread, go over the same stitch again up to the top and fasten.
Stalk
Using color B, ch 6. sc 5 starting in the second ch from hook.
Fasten off leaving a long tail for attaching the stalk to the peach. Attach the stalk to the top, slightly further forward than the top middle to make room for the leaf behind.
Leaf
Round 1: Using color C, ch 9, sc 8 starting in the second ch from the hook, sc 8 on the other side of the chain (16)
Round 2: (sc 1, hdc 2, dc 2, hdc 2, sc 1) * 2 (16)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for attaching the leaf to the peach.
Attach the leaf just behind the stalk on the top.
Face Details
Mouth: using color D, make a diagonal stitch up across row 12, 2 sts wide, with the bottom of the st aligning with the middle of the eye.
Eyebrows: using color D, make a diagonal st downwards across row 19, 2 sts wide, with the top of the st aligning with the outer corner of the eye.
Cheeks: using color F, make a diagonal st upward in row 14, 1 st wide, 1 st away from the outer corner of the eye, go over the same st 5 times.
Eyes: using color E, make a stitch around the outer corner of each eye.
