Free raspberry crochet pattern – Karla’s raspberries

Why is it called Karla’s fruit – Karla’s raspberries?

The designer, Thilde, made play food for her niece Karla's 2nd birthday. She thought that regular crochet berries were a little too ‘boring’, and she, therefore, tried to make them in several parts. Her idea was to make them more fun to play with, and here is the result: The crochet raspberries in the Karla Fruit series. The crochet raspberries are made from Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4 yarn, which is 100% cotton.

The crochet pattern is named after Thilde's niece, which is why it's called Karla's fruit. The series now consists of several exciting types of fruit, and there are most likely more on the way. We hope that you will show us how your raspberries turn out by using #ritokrea, #karlasfruit and #karlasraspberries.

Measurements

The raspberry measures 9 cm in circumference and is approx. 6 cm long, depending on how long you make the stalk.

Materials

Crochet hook size 2.0 and 2.5
Wadding
Darning-needle for fitting/assembly
(Possibly) place marker and row counter
Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4 Yarn Unicolour 21 Bordeaux 27 g
Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4 Yarn Unicolour 230 Pearl Grey 12 g
Infinity Hearts Rose 8/4 Yarn Unicolour 156 Green 7 g

Abbreviations

dc – double crochet

ch – chain stitch

sl st – slip stitch

bobble – bobble stitch

dec - decrease (2 stitches together)

inc - increase (2 stitches in the same stitch)

htr – half treble

tr – treble

Unless otherwise specified, do a double crochet - dc.

Instructions

Introduction

The raspberry is made using the bobble stitch, which is made like this:

Wrap the yarn around the hook, insert the hook through the underlying stitch and pick up the yarn, make sure to tug on the yarn a little - yarn over and pick up a new thread in the same underlying stitch and pull on it– repeat one more time. So, a total of 3 times. You now have 7 stitches on your hook.

Yarn over and draw the hook through all 7 stitches on the hook and finish with a ch – you now have a bobble stitch.

hækleguide på hæklet hindbær, første boblemaske

afslutning af boblemaske på hæklet hindbær

It is best not to crochet too tightly.

When doing decreases on the bobbles, you do this by crocheting 2 bobbles together. You only do yarn over twice on the hook instead of 3, and this is done in two turns – you now have 9 stitches on the hook, yarn over and draw the hook through all 9 stitches on the hook and continue.

Raspberry

Hook 2.0 + 2.5 - colour: Wine red

Make 5 raspberries

1. Rd. 20 ch on hook 2.5 – join with 1 sl st in first ch – the rest of the raspberry is made with hook 2.0

2. Rd. Make one round of dc, finish with sl st.

Start the next round by stretching the stitch slightly on your hook, so it measures approx. 0.5 cm – then crochet 1 bobble stitch in the stitch as sl st.

Now, crochet the bobbles in every other dc – make sure to always stretch the yarn so it measures approx. 0.5 cm.

Join the last bobble stitch with the first with a sl st after every round.

3 – 6. Rd. Make 4 rounds of 10 bobbles.

Start the first bobble in the next round in the space between the 1st and 2nd bobble from the last round.