Not So Rotten to the Core

A few days ago I talked about the apple core I made using Susie Johns: 20 to Make: Knitted Fruit. The first was a green Granny Smith. I said I'd make a second and when I did it would be made up in red. Here's the result

A Red Delicious core

These little projects are wonderful for using up all the mini scraps left over from other bigger projects. The meat of this apple was knit with bulky yarn split to make it possible to be used with #2 US or 2.75 mm needles. It is a bit fuzzy so I'll probably use my battery-operated sweater shaver to defrizz it. But all said and done, I like the white colour with the darker lines running through it. The combination makes a satisfying and believable apple meat.

As an aside, as I worked on this, Mike, the cat got bored with me, or with my knitting or both. He was so bored he found watching the gas fireplace more interesting than watching me. You just have to love a cat with such great tastes, don't you?

Oh Mike, just what are you thinking about?

Back to the apple cores, I decided to put the two together for the photo shoot and found the green just doesn't hold a candle to the vibrancy of the red. But then the combination gave me idea. (You can imagine the light bulb flashing as you read this.) Wouldn't it be fun to add fish line and use these little beauties to decorate a Christmas tree. Add a few Golden Delicious with a more greenly green Granny Smith and one could decorate a rock'n rotten to the core Xmas tree. OK maybe not so much rock'n or rotten but a strange, unique, weird, artistic (take your pick) kind of tree.

Twice the cores

So be warned any or all of you who have become victims of my knitting projects, there could be a small bushel of cores in your near future!

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