Crochet watermelon pattern — one piece, 8 rounds written out
This is a free crochet watermelon pattern. The finished slice is about 7.5 cm along the straight fold and about 3.7 cm deep, worked on a 3.5 mm hook in four colours, around forty-five minutes of work. Seven rounds make a flat disc that adds exactly six stitches every round and never runs straight, changing to white at round 6 and green at round 7; then round 8 folds that disc in half and closes the whole curved edge with 21 decreases worked through one stitch of the front layer and one of the back, leaving the fold as the straight side. All 8 rounds are written out below in one piece, each carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 8 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 Beginner
Beginner: seven flat disc rounds that each add six stitches, then a single round that folds the disc and decreases through both layers. Nothing is stuffed and nothing is sewn on.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 3
small amount (~12 g)DK cotton, worked tightly
scrapsDK cotton
scrapsDK cotton
scrapsDK cotton or six-strand embroidery floss
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
You need to buy
A scrap of black yarn or embroidery floss for the seeds
Optional
A row counter
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Not critical, but keep the fabric firm — a loose disc ruffles at the rim instead of lying flat. A tighter hand gives a smaller slice and a crisper edge.
Finished size
~7.5 cm along the straight fold, ~3.7 cm deep
In worsted on a 4.0 mm hook the same eight rounds give a larger slice. Keep the seeds in a thinner yarn or embroidery floss, or they sit proud of the red rather than into it.
How to make the watermelon slice
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 slice
One disc that grows by six stitches a round, changes colour twice on…8 RNDS
starts in watermelonRed· magic ring· Piece 1 of 1
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
Red flesh, opening out
RND 1–51[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
White rind, then green skin
RND 6–76[36]
7[42]
Fold and seam
RND 8–88[21]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneWeave the ends in on the inside before you close the last decrease — the seam is easier to reach now than after it is shut. Then embroider five or six black seeds on each face, angled toward the fold.
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Six notes on the watermelon slice
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a continuous spiral — nothing to join, nothing to turn. Mark the first stitch of every round.
03Rounds 1 to 7 are a flat disc: every round adds exactly 6 stitches and never runs straight, which is what keeps it lying flat. Move the increase one stitch further along each round so no seam ridge forms.
04Round 8 is the fold. Flatten the finished disc in half so the two halves of the rim sit on top of each other, then work each decrease through one stitch of the front layer and one of the back. Twenty-one decreases close the whole curved edge and leave the fold as the straight side.
05The slice is not stuffed. The two layers of fabric give it all the body it needs.
06The seeds are straight stitches embroidered in black over the red, after round 8 — five or six on each face, angled toward the fold. They are not crocheted, so they carry no round of their own.
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