Avocado crochet pattern — three pieces, 22 rounds, one joining round
A free avocado crochet pattern for one half with the pit sitting in it, about 9 cm long, 6 cm across and 3.5 cm deep, worked on a 5.0 mm hook in three colours, around an hour and a half. The skin and the flesh disc open identically for five rounds to thirty stitches; the skin then runs five straight rounds into a shallow cup, and round 11 works those two thirty-stitch edges together through both layers, so the last round is the seam. All 22 rounds are written out across the three pieces, each carrying the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 22 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy on the shaping — three small pieces and no decreases outside the pit — but round 11 goes through two layers at once, thirty stitches with the stuffing already inside.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 4
~15 gWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic, CYC 4
~10 gWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic, CYC 4
scrapsWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic, CYC 4
Tools
5 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
A chopstick or similar for pushing stuffing into the cup
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~15 g)
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Gauge is not critical here. Work tight enough that the stuffing cannot show between stitches — a looser hand gives a larger avocado.
Finished size
~9 cm long, ~6 cm across and ~3.5 cm deep
A 4.0 mm hook and the same counts give a smaller half. Use one hook for all three pieces: round 11 pairs thirty stitches of skin with thirty of flesh, and a mismatch in tension shows there.
How to make the avocado half, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The skin
A flat disc for five rounds, then five straight rounds that turn it…11 RNDS
starts in darkAvocado· magic ring· Piece 1 of 3
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [30]
Opening out to 30
RND 1–51[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
Straight sides, making the cup
RND 6–106[30]
7[30]
8[30]
9[30]
10[30]
The joining round
RND 11–1111[30]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneRound 11 is the one that closes the avocado, so leave it until the cup is stuffed and the flesh disc is sitting on top. Then work those 30 stitches through both edges together.
2
02The flesh
The same opening as the skin, stopped the moment it reaches 30…5 RNDS
starts in paleFlesh· magic ring· Piece 2 of 3
First five rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFasten off and weave the end in on the underside. It wants to stay flat, so press it under a book for a few minutes if it cups.
3
03The pit
A small firm ball worked in brown. Out to 12, three straight rounds…6 RNDS
starts in chestnut· magic ring· Piece 3 of 3
First six rounds[6] [12] [12] [12] [12] [6]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
4[12]
5[12]
6[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSit it in the centre of the flesh disc and tack it down with a few stitches in brown before you join the two halves.
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Six notes on the avocado half
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a continuous spiral — nothing to join and nothing to turn.
03The skin should read as an oval rather than a circle. On rounds 2 to 5, push two of each round's increases towards the two ends of the piece and space the rest evenly between them. The stitch count is the same either way, so the app counts these as ordinary increase rounds and draws the finished piece round.
04Round 11 of the skin is the join, not another plain round. Stuff the cup first, sit the flesh disc on top with the pit already tacked to it, line up the two 30-stitch edges, then work those 30 stitches through both layers at once in dark avocado.
05Stuff the skin cup firmly but stop level with the rim — an overfilled cup domes the flesh and the pit will not sit flat.
06The pit is small enough that the stuffing goes in around round 5, before the last decrease round closes it.
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