Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Fruit Basket

I made some more fruit...


Apple
I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
It's got a nice pucker in the top for the stem and leaf to sit in and I love the rich red color.

Orange
Again, quite pleased.
I developed this one without a pattern, just followed the basic increase and decrease as with the apple but made sure it stayed pretty round. I knit it in seed stitch to give it some texture and I gave it a flat little green stem so that it wasn't just an orange ball.

Peach
I was most skeptical of this piece because of the shape and color choice. I liked it a lot better once I saw it next to the orange and realized just how different it was. I'm still a little concerned that it looks more like an apricot or a turnip.

Banana

By far the toughest pattern due to the short row shaping to make the curvature. And the scale is a little off because it is a baby banana. I'm also not entirely convinced by the brown accent yarn along the edges. It does help it look more banana-like, but I don't think I did the best job of stitching it. I'm a knitter, not a seamstress.