Bell Pepper

MATERIALS

• E hook
• Green, worsted weight yarn for stem
• Any other color worsted weight yarn you want for the fruit
• Tapestry needle
• Fiberfill

FRUIT


R1: SC 6 sts into magic ring, pull closed

R3: 2 SC in each st around (12 sts)

R4: *SC 1, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (18 sts)

R5: *SC 2, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R6: *SC 3, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (30 sts)

R7: *SC 4, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (36 sts)

R8 - R16: SC around (36 sts)

R17: *SC 5, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (42 sts)


R18-R19: SC around (42 sts)

R20:  *SC 5, dec 1* rep 6 times (36 sts)


R21: *SC 4, dec 1* rep 6 times (30 sts)


R22:  *SC 3, dec 1* rep 6 times (24 sts)


R23:  *SC 2 dec 1* rep 6 times (18 sts)


At this point, stuff with fiberfill.


R24:  *SC 1, dec 1* rep 6 times (12 sts)


R25: SC in every other stitch. (6 sts)


Bind off, leaving a very long tail. 

1. Starting at the top of the pepper, thread the long tail of yarn and pull it all the way around to the bottom of the pepper. 

2. Insert needle in bottom center of pepper and bring out to top center, pulling yarn tight.

3. Bring yarn back to the top of the pepper, and repeat first two steps on other half of the pepper, making sure you pull that yarn pretty tight. You pepper will look like this goatse thing again:

4. Repeat above steps so that your garlic pepper like this:

Now knot the yarn at the very top where it will be covered by the stem, then weave in ends. 

STEM

CH 4, sl st in first chain to create a loop


R1: CH 2, hdc in loop, *CH 2, start to DC, but only pull through first 2 loops, leaving 3rd alone (you will have 2 loops left on the hook at this point). YO as if to DC again, insert into ring, YO and pull through all 4 loops on hook* Repeat from * 5 times. Close round by slip stitching into top st in first CH 2, bind off, leaving a long tail so you can sew it to the pepper. 


If you think this is too complicated, just make a circle. I only did this because it's the start of a hexagon and I thought it might look more realistic, but it still turned out looking like a circle to me. :\


4 SC in magic loop, sc around until desired length is reached. Inc twice (6 sts), sc around one or two more rounds, leaving a long tail. Attach stem to base of stem. Attach entire stem piece to the top of the pepper, weave in ends, and you're finished!

Garlic

This is super easy and super fast.

MATERIALS

• Worsted weight tan and cream/white yarns
• Size E hook
• Tapestry needle
• Purple embroidery thread (optional)

SC 5 sts into a magic ring with tan yarn. 

R1: Join magic ring with SS, CH 1, inc 5 times (10 sts)

Switch to cream colored yarn. 

R2: *SC in first sc, 2 SC in next sc*, repeat from * around (15 sts)

R3: *SC in next 2 sc, 2 SC in next sc*, repeat from * around (20 sts)

R4: *SC in next 3 sc, 2 SC in next sc*, repeat from * around (25 sts)

R5: *SC in next 4 sc, 2 SC in next sc*, repeat from * around (30 sts)

R6: *SC in next 5 sc, 2 SC in next sc*, repeat from * around (35 sts)

At this point, take several 2-3" long strands of tan yarn and thread them through the tan base. What I did was take a strand and thread both ends up from the RS to the WS, then I tied a tight knot and threaded the ends back through to the RS again. I just placed them randomly around, unraveled the yarn to make it look more like roots, then trimmed them to the appropriate length. 

R7-R10: SC around (35 sts)

R11: *SC in next 5 sc, SC 2 together*, repeat from * around (30 sts)

R12: *SC in next 4 sc, SC 2 together*, repeat from * around (25 sts)

R13: *SC in next 3 sc, SC 2 together*, repeat from * around (20 sts)

R14: *SC in next 2 sc, SC 2 together*, repeat from * around (15 sts)

R15: *SC in next sc, SC 2 together*, repeat from * around (10 sts)

Keeping your stitch live (I use a safety pin to hold it), stuff the garlic, then cut a very, very long strand of similar colored cream or white yarn (I happened to have two balls of the same colored yarn). Thread the yarn with an embroidery needle.

1. Starting at the top of the garlic, thread yarn from WS to RS and pull it almost all the way through, leaving a little bit of tail left so that you can knot it later. 

2. Insert needle in bottom center of garlic and bring out to top center, pulling yarn tight.

3. Bring yarn back to the top of the garlic, and repeat first two steps on other half of the garlic, making sure you pull that yarn pretty tight. You garlic will look like this:

So sort of like goatse!

4. Repeat above steps so that your garlic looks like this:

5. I did it one more time, so that I had some big lumps and small lumps so it would look more realistic.

6. Knot your yarn on the WS, and cut. 

Pick up your live stitch now!

R16-R17: Sc around (10 sts)

R18: Sc around, decreasing once or twice, bind off, weave in ends.

At this point you can leave your garlic as is, or embroider purple lines into the skin.

I actually wrote a pattern down as I was making it!

So I'm working on this huge crochet project for a friend, making all the toy food for her kid's play kitchen. I saw an onion like this on Etsy, but I didn't want to pay for the pattern, so I attempted to wing it and make something similar up.  This is the first pattern I've ever written that has a lot of steps. If you see any mistakes, or if you think something can be done better/easier, please don't hesitate to speak up! I have no idea what I'm doing, I freely admit this. Also, if the layout of this post looks weird, you can blame Blogger and me being too lazy to give a shit.

ONION

E, F, or G hook depending on the size of the onion you want

White, rust/orangey, light green, and tan yarn

Embroidery needle

Cut about 4, 2.5" long pieces of tan yarn and tie together in a knot leaving the ends long. Unravel the yarn by pulling it apart until it looks like hair, or the root threads of an onion.

R1: Using white yarn, 6 SC in magic loop with knot of unraveled, tan yarn in the middle of the ring. This will create the root threads. I suggest securing the knot by sewing it into the onion too, I pulled my entire root thread about by accident and it really sucked stuffing it back in there since my onion was already STUFFED AND FINISHED. D:

R2: 1 SC in each st (6 sts)

R3: 2 SC in each st around (12 sts)

R4: *SC 1, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (18 sts)

R5: *SC 2, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R6: *SC 3, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (30 sts)

R7: *SC 4, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (36 sts)

R8: *SC 5, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (42 sts)

R9 - R14: SC around (42 sts)

R15: *SC 5, dec 1* rep 6 times (36 sts)


R16: *SC 4, dec 1* rep 6 times (30 sts)

R17: *SC 3, dec 1* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R18: *SC 2, dec 1* rep 6 times (18 sts)

R19: *SC 1, dec 1* rep 6 times (12 sts)

R 20: Dec 6 times (6 sts)

R21- R22: SC around (6 sts)

Switch to green yarn

R23 - R26: Sc around (6 sts)


R27: SC 1, dec, ch 1 turn.


R28: SC 2, ch 1 turn


Continue until leaf reaches desired length, then dec so one st remains, turn and SC 1, bind off. You can have really long leaves or short ones, but I recommend short ones because it will be annoying to thread the skin around long leaves. 


To make second leaf, join  yarn at 4th st in R26 and repeat steps for first leaf. Bind off, weave in ends.


ONION SKIN 

With orange yarn, ch 13, join with SS in first SC to make a ring. 12 st


R1: *SC 1, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (18 sts)

R2: *SC 2, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R3: *SC 3, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (30 sts)

R4: *SC 4, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (36 sts)

R5: *SC 5, 2 SC in next st* rep 6 times (42 sts)

R6-R12: SC around (42st)

R13-R15: SC 7, ch 1, turn

R16: SC 7, DO NOT CH 1, turn (this will create the first decrease)

R17: SC 4, dec 1, ch 1, turn (5 sts)

R18: SC 5, do not ch 1, turn

R19: SC 2, dec 1, ch 1, turn (3 sts)

R20: SC 3, ch 1, turn

R21: SC 3, do not ch 1, turn

R22: SC 2 (2 sts)

CH 10, join into a ring in 2nd ch, bind off.

To create the rest of the skin flaps, join at base of flap last made, and repeat steps. Weave in all ends, you're done!