Wheat Stitch™ Crochet Acorns | PDF + Video + App

NEW: This pattern now includes an interactive version in the Briana K app.

You still get the printable PDF you know and love. In the app, you can also check off every row as you work, so your place is saved when life interrupts, and plot your color changes visually before you buy the yarn.

Your PDF includes a code to unlock it; no subscription.

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The Wheat Stitch Crochet Acorns are made in one piece, stem and all. There is nothing to sew and nothing to assemble, which is not something most crochet acorns can say. Three sizes let you build a whole bowl of them, and the Wheat Stitch textured cap is the part people reach for and turn over in their hands.

You start at the very tip of the stem inside a magic ring and work down. Those first few plain rnds worked on a handful of sts are the stem, and the cap opens out from there. At the widest point of the cap, you work one rnd into one set of loops only, fasten off, then go back and work into the loops you left behind. The loops you worked into first become the flared brim of the cap, and the nut grows out from underneath. From there, you stop joining, work in a spiral, stuff as you go, and close up the bottom.

Gauge is not critical here. What matters is a fabric tight enough that the stuffing does not peek through, so go down a hook size from what you would normally use with this yarn. The stitch counts stay exactly the same across all three sizes, so if you want a bigger or smaller acorn, you change your yarn and hook rather than the pattern.

The PDF also includes six full colorways and the reasoning behind each palette, from Warm Neutral, which sits out in July as readily as October, to Woodland Christmas, with no red at all, so the bowl can stay out from November straight through January.

A video tutorial is included.

CROCHET HOOK:
G (4.0 mm) Crochet Hook, or whatever size gives you a firm, tight fabric

NOTIONS:
Scissors
Yarn Needle to weave in ends
Cat Removable Stitch Marker
Fiberfill Stuffing
Optional: poly pellets or dried beans for a weighted bottom

YARN:
Herrschners Worsted 8 Yarn
100% Acrylic, 489yds/226g, #4 Worsted Weight
Two colors per acorn. Color A is the stem and the cap, Color B is the nut.

Yarn Quantities:
Small: 18 yds total, Color A 7 yds and Color B 11 yds
Medium: 30 yds total, Color A 12 yds and Color B 18 yds
Large: 42 yds total, Color A 17 yds and Color B 25 yds

Yarn Substitutions:
Brava Worsted
100% Premium Acrylic, 218yds/100g

Mary Maxim Maximum Value
100% Acrylic, 474yds/227g

Lion Brand Pound of Love
100% Acrylic, 1,020yds/454g

ABBREVIATIONS:
blo: back loop only
ch: chain
flo: front loop only
Puff st: puff stitch, see special stitches
rnd(s): round(s)
RS / WS: right side / wrong side
sc: single crochet
sc2tog: single crochet two together
sl st: slip stitch
st(s): stitch(es)

SPECIAL STITCHES:
Puff Stitch
Wheat Stitch
Invisible sc2tog
Invisible Join

GAUGE:
Gauge is not critical for this one. What matters is that your fabric is tight enough that the stuffing does not peek through. If you can see light through your swatch, go down a hook size.
Not sure what gauge is? Check out this blog post: What Is Crochet Gauge and How To Fix It

SIZES:
Small, Medium, and Large
Small: 2.5 inches wide by 3.75 inches tall
Medium: 3.75 inches wide by 6 inches tall
Large: 4.5 inches wide by 7 inches tall
Measured base to tip with the stem included

SKILL LEVEL:
Advanced Beginner