Easy Kiwi Fruit crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with brown: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9–1448 sc(48)
R15(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R1642 sc(42)
R17(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R182 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R19(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R201 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R21(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R22dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 5.4 cm long; 22 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with green: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
A flat circle about 5.3 cm across; 7 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the green slice): in round 3, 12 st apart (count along round 3: about 6 st each side of the centre top line).
Satin stitch (on the green slice): in dark grey thread, a oval about 1.7 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 5, on the centre top line .
Satin stitch (on the green slice) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in dark grey thread, a oval about 1.7 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 5, 2 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the green slice) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in dark grey thread, a oval about 1.7 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 4, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the green slice), straight stitches through: (in round 4, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 4, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 4, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 4, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 4, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).