Customizing

Unless you want to make a realistic acorn, you’ll need to add a cute face. This can be as simple as just two eyes, or you can embroider on a nose and/or mouth as well – it’s up to you!

Suggestions for the eyes (approx 6mm diameter):

• sew on small round beads or buttons
• use animal (safety) eyes
• embroider circles to make an alert acorn
• embroider ‘u’ shapes to make a sleeping acorn
• glue on googly eyes

Optional extra: make a twig for your acorn’s cup by single crocheting around a short length of pipe cleaner and then stitching it to the bottom of the cup with the same colour yarn. (NB please don’t do this if your acorn will be a toy for a small child, as the wire is not safe for children.)

UPDATED TO ADD:
For those of you with an autumn-themed Christmas tree, you could also attach the face upside down (so the cup becomes a ‘hat’ at the top), stitch the cup to the acorn so it won’t fall off, and make a hanging loop on the base of the cup so the acorns can dangle from your tree branches!

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38 Comments »

Gina said

Thank you so much for this pattern. In June I got diagnosed with a brain tumor. After the 12 hour operation, what my Dr thought was going to be the size of a mandarin orange, ended up being the size of a pear. The pattern, using an e hook and standard weight yarn is identical to what the dr removed. I made this as a Christmas ornament because a pear really signifies 2023 for my husband and I. That I got through and am doing well. Thanks so much.~G

Katie said

Thank you for all your wonderful patterns. I can’t wait to finish my very hungry caterpillar set with many thanks to you for providing these great patterns

Bev said

Thank you for the pear pattern. It turned out great. I’m struggling with getting a yarn needle to go from the top of the pear to the bottom through the fiber fill. What size needle do you recommend?

June said

I just used a regular yarn needle. If you look at my photos, you can see that I squashed the pear a lot to get the needle to pass all the way through from top to bottom – don’t worry, it’ll bounce back once you release it! (If your stuffing is too firmly packed to let you do that, you can skip this step, but your pear will have more of a rounded base.)

Sue Bee said

Sussi said

Hello! I was wondering… This shape is perfect for a amigurumi I wanted to make, but I want to make it huge! At least a foot in length head to (pear)toe. How would I math it to make it that size but keep the shape you think?
Thank you for the sweet pattern!

Stalk

With brown or black yarn, ch 7.
Row 1: sl st in 2nd chain from hook and in each remaining chain. (6 st)

Note: I like to work into the back bumps of the chain, but you can work into the chain normally if you prefer.

Cut yarn, leaving a long (approx 12″/30cm) yarn end. Draw end through last loop and pull tight to fasten off.

Acorn Cup Pattern

Make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6 st)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 st)
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) six times. (18 st)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st) three times. (21 st)
Rnds 5-6: sc in each st around. (21 st)
Rnd 7: sc in next 9 st, sc2tog, sc in next 8 st, sc2tog. (19 st).
Join with sl st to next stitch. Fasten off and weave in ends.

The acorn should fit snugly in its cup so it won’t fall out by accident.