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 ca...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.