Apple
A round apple with a small stem and a single leaf, a crisp kitchen and teacher-gift motif. Its clean shape repeats neatly along a border. Bring it into the editor to add a bite, change the leaf, or alternate apples with leaves in a band, then export the pattern or print a numbered chart sized to your gauge.
- Grid
- 19 × 19
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Mesh count
- 361
- Category
- Kitchen & Home
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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
Size 10 cotton thread on a steel hook makes a fine apple panel; switch to DK or worsted cotton with a 3.5–4 mm hook and it grows into a soft, blanket-weight piece. Mercerised cotton gives a subtle sheen and crisp stitch definition that suits the clean block edges of filet.
Project ideas
The apple is a natural fit for a kitchen refresh: try it on a pot-holder, or a homey gift square. Repeat, mirror, or frame it with open mesh to fill the space you have.
Who it's for
The apple is an easy win when you are making something for a host or marking a housewarming. Stitch it in the recipient's favourite colour to make the gift feel personal.
Size, printing, and scaling
At a 4-mesh-per-inch gauge the chart finishes around 4.8 by 4.8 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
- 4.8 × 4.8 in at 4 mesh/in
- Print or export a numbered chart from the editor
- Have your hook and thread or yarn ready
- 19 rows, worked bottom to top
Learn the technique
How to Read a Filet Crochet Chart
New to charts? Learn exactly how to read this one square by square.