Watermelon Nesting Bowls

This time of year is exciting for me, because it is officially watermelon season! Watermelons are my favorite fruit, hands down. They are the only fruit I can legitimately pass off as dessert…to myself. A bowl of diced up watermelon in front of me may as well be candy. I just can’t stay out of it!

If you have known me and my designs long enough, you know that I love creating unconventional things with traditional toys. My very first stacking pattern was a fun cheeseburger! I believe so many of those simple stacking and sorting toys from my own childhood, are incredibly beneficial to brain development in our own little ones.

This watermelon nesting bowl set is especially fun! While all together, it resembles a triangular slice of watermelon, and as you take them out, it is as though you are eating down to the rind. Little ones will enjoy stacking them over and over!

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Materials:
Worsted weight yarn in green, white, pink, and black.
For a multi-toned look of a watermelon rind, I used Red Heart Super Saver Green Tones
And my pink was Caron Simply Soft Watermelon
Crochet Hook – F, 3.75mm
Optional: 6mm black safety eyes (but you could just sew on black yarn for eyes)

Terms and abbreviations to know:
magic ring
st, sts – stitch, stitches
sc – single crochet
inc – increase, work 2 sts into 1 st
BLO – back loop only
invsc2tog – invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother and the decrease not as noticeable

Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
Insert hook into front loop of second stitch.
Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.

Notes: Bowls are worked from largest to smallest. To assure proper fit, occasionally insert the next size into the previous one, as the fits may vary, depending on yarn used. My yarns were worsted weight, but still on the thinner side. Bowls are worked in continuous rnds without joining. Color changes are made by pulling the next color through to complete the previous st. This is pictured below, where you insert the seeds.
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watermelon nesting bowls

Bowl 1
All in Green Tones, begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 5 sts) 6x; 42 sts
Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 6 sts) 6x; 48 sts
Rnd 9: (inc, sc in next 7 sts) 6x; 54 sts
Rnd 10: (inc, sc in next 8 sts) 6x; 60 sts
Rnd 11: BLO, sc in each st around; 60 sts
Rnds 12-14: sc in each st around; 60 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

watermelon nesting bowls

Bowl 2
With Green Tones, begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 5 sts) 6x; 42 sts
Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 6 sts) 6x; 48 sts
Rnd 9: (inc, sc in next 7 sts) 6x; 54 sts
Rnd 10: BLO, sc in each st around; 54 sts
Rnds 11-12: sc in each st around; 54 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 13: sc in each st around; 54 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

Bowl 3
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 5 sts) 6x; 42 sts
Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 6 sts) 6x; 48 sts
Rnd 9: BLO, sc in each st around; 48 sts
Rnd 10-12: sc in each st around; 48 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 13: sc in each st around; 48 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnd 14: sc in each st around; 48 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

watermelon nesting bowls

Bowl 4
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 5 sts) 6x; 42 sts
Rnd 8: BLO sc in each st around; 42 sts
Rnd 9: sc in each st around; 42 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 10: sc in each st around; 42 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnds 11-12: sc in each st around; 42 sts
For last rnd, carry Black behind yarn to make each seed.
Rnd 13: (sc in Pink in next 6 sts, sc next st in Black) 6x; 42 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

Bowl 5
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 6x; 36 sts
Rnd 7: BLO, sc in each st around; 36 sts
Rnd 8: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 9: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnds 10-13: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

watermelon nesting bowls

Bowl 6
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 6x; 30 sts
Rnd 6: BLO, sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 7: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 8: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnds 9-12: sc in each st around; 30 sts
For last rnd, carry Black behind yarn to make each seed.
Rnd 13: (sc in Pink in next 4 sts, sc next st in Black) 6x; 30 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

Bowl 7
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: BLO, sc in each st around; 24 sts
Rnd 6: sc in each st around; 24 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 7: sc in each st around; 24 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnds 8-13: sc in each st around; 24 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.

watermelon nesting bowls

Little Watermelon
With Green Tones begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnds 4-5: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Fasten off Green Tones, and attach White.
Rnd 6: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Fasten off White, and attach Pink.
Rnd 7: (sc in next 4 sts, invsc2tog) 3x; 15 sts
Rnd 8-10: sc in each st around; 15 sts
If using safety eyes, place them above rnd 8, 3 sts apart.
Rnd 11: (sc in next 3 sts, invsc2tog) 3x; 12 sts
Rnd 12-13: sc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 14: (sc in next 2 sts invsc2tog) 3x; 9 sts
Rnd 15: (sc in next st, invsc2tog) 3x; 6 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends .

watermelon nesting bowls