Watermelon
A bold, recognizable watermelon drawn on the filet grid at 26 by 26, equally at home in kitchen towels, café-style runners, and foodie gift squares. Bring it into the editor to enlarge it, pair it with a matching motif, or tile it across a panel, then export to PDF or print the chart sized to your gauge.
- Grid
- 26 × 26
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Mesh count
- 676
- Category
- Food
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Perfect for
Skill level: beginner
A great place to start filet crochet. The motif is forgiving, the blocks are easy to count, and the design still looks polished once it is blocked.
Yarn and hook
For a larger watermelon, mercerised cotton in DK or worsted weight on a 3.5–4.5 mm hook keeps the blocks square while giving you a usable throw or cushion size. A solid, light colour shows the mesh best; high-contrast yarns make the design pop in photos and in the finished fabric.
Project ideas
Whether you are making a kitchen towel or a café-style runner, the watermelon drops in cleanly, ideal for a cook's present. Set it on its own, pair it with a matching motif, or run a row of them along an edge.
Who it's for
A watermelon panel makes a thoughtful handmade gift for a coffee-lover, and it fits naturally with a cook's birthday. Add a name or date in editable bitmap lettering to make it a one-of-a-kind keepsake.
Size, printing, and scaling
At a 4-mesh-per-inch gauge the chart finishes around 6.5 by 6.5 inches; a finer thread shrinks it and a heavier yarn grows it, so check your own gauge first. Print the numbered grid to follow row by row, or open it in the editor to crop, enlarge, or tile the design before exporting a PDF or PNG.
Before you start
- Hook
- 3.5–4.5 mm hook
- Thread / yarn
- DK or worsted-weight cotton
- Finished size
- 6.5 × 6.5 in at 4 mesh/in
- Print or export a numbered chart from the editor
- Have your hook and thread or yarn ready
- 26 rows, worked bottom to top
Learn the technique
How to Read a Filet Crochet Chart
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