Knitted watermelon slice
These look lovely, took a couple of goes to get them this shape. Knitted with dk yarn oddments of red, light green, dark green and black with a 3.25mm circular needle with the magic loop method. I used some red acrylic from my stash, no idea what it was, some Stylecraft special dk sh 1065 'meadow' for the light green and some Wendy mode dk sh 216 for the dark green. Using dpn's or a long circular needle, CO 4 sts in red and work 7 rows of stocking stitch back and forth. Pick up 4 sts down the side, 4sts from the cast on sts, and 4 from the other side (16 sts) Join to work in the round and work in stocking stitch throughout next round (inc in next st, k2, inc in next st, k4)twice (20 sts) next and alt rounds, knit then (inc in next st, k4, inc in next st, k4) twice (24 sts) (inc in next st, k6, inc in next st, k4) twice (28 sts) (inc in next st, k8, inc in next st, k4) twice (32 sts) (inc in next st, k10, inc in next st, k4) twice (36 sts) (inc in next st, k12, inc in next st, k4) twice (40 sts) (inc in next st, k14, inc in next st, k4) twice (44 sts) (inc in next st, k16, inc in next st, k4) twice (48 sts) (inc in next st, k18, inc in next st, k4) twice (52 sts) (inc in next st, k20, inc in next st, k4) twice (56 sts) break off red yarn and join light green, k 2 rounds even. Cut light green yarn and join dark green, k 1 round even. Turn piece and (cast off 4 sts purlwise, p23 sts) twice. Turn and work on the last 24sts only, stocking stitch 7 rows, ending in a rs row facing. Graft to other 24 sts. You will need to weave in ends before grafting, but stuffing can be done after. Sew up the two small holes. Swiss darn with black yarn a few 'seeds' randomly on each side Of red.
