It’s Day 13 of the 31 Days of candy already! Time has flown by so quickly with this event. Today’s candy is inspired by one of my all time favorite candies: watermelon sour gummies!
For a long time I avoided all things watermelon, because for some reason I’ve just never been able to like the taste of actual watermelon. I always felt it tasted like water, and never have liked the strange texture. No matter how many times people would have me try to eat a “great” watermelon that was supposed to be sweet, I never liked it. I’d take a strawberry over a watermelon any day!
Then when I met my fiancé, he introduced me to watermelon Sour Patch Kids, and I was instantly hooked. They’re not too sweet, and have just the right amount of sour, which creates a perfect harmony of sour watermelon flavor. I loooooovvveee them! They’ve become my go to candy when I eat candy, so that of course meant that I needed to make one for the 31 Days of Candy. Thus my Watermelon Sour Candy pattern was born out of my love for the real thing.
This was one of the easiest candy patterns that I’ve made so far for this event. It is crocheted in the round using single crochets, then folded in half, and sewn along the edge to create a half circle piece that looks like a watermelon sour gummy. I used Premier Yarn’s Downton Abbey Yarn to give the candy a nice sparkle like the sugar coating on the real candy. (Since this yarn has been discontinued, I would recommend Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK in Bubblegum Pink or Lion Brand Baby Soft in pink.) Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK yarn in Spearmint was the perfect compliment color to create the rind on the watermelon. Overall, this candy is a really fast project that can easily be made in under an hour. Let’s get started!
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Materials
- Paintbox yarns Simply DK in Bubblegum Pink (main color) & Spearmint (second color)
- You could also use Lion Brand Baby Soft in pink (main color) & Pistachio (secondary color)
- 4.00 mm crochet hook
- Black, red, and pink felt
- Black and pink embroidery floss
- embroidery needle
- yarn needle
- scissors
- stitch marker
Stitches Used:
- st = stitch
- sl = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet (UK Double Crochet)
- dec = decrease
- * * = do everything in between two *
Recipe Notes:
- The watermelon is crocheted in one piece of continuous rounds with no joining. Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.
- Pattern uses US crochet terminology, but the UK terminology conversion is listed in the stitches used list above
- Face is made of felt pieces that are cut out and sewn on to the crocheted piece. Download my Felt Pieces for Plushies PDF Printout for the face pieces you’ll cut out of felt. Cut out two eyes from black felt, one mouth from pink felt, and a tongue from red felt. If you don’t know how to sew on felt pieces, see my Youtube video below that shows how to do it.
Watermelon (starting using main color, bubblegum pink)
Rnd 1: sc 5 in magic circle (5)
Rnd 2: sc 2 in each sc around (10)
Rnd 3: *sc 1, sc 2 in next st,* repeat around (15)
Rnd 4: *sc 2, sc 2 in next st,* repeat around (20)
Rnd 5: *sc 3, sc 2 in next st,* repeat around (25)
Switch to Secondary color (Spearmint)
Rnd 6: *sc 4, sc 2 in next st,* repeat around (30)
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing the candy closed.
When you’re done crocheting, you’ll have a circle that looks like this. It will have a pink center and a green edge.
To sew on the face, fold the circle in half and sew on felt face pieces as pictured.
Once the face is sewn on, sew the folded circle closed along the green edge. Then fasten off and weave in the ends.
When you’re finished, you’ll have a cute little watermelon candy! Mmm, makes me hungry for candy just looking at it. If you’d like to receive the 31 Days of Candy free crochet patterns delivered directly to your inbox throughout the month of October, sign up for my newsletter here and receive a new one each day. If you missed any of the other free crochet patterns you can get them in the 31 Days of Candy section on my website. I can’t wait to see your mini pumpkins! If you’d like to share your makes, make sure to tag @eclairemakery and use the hashtag #31daysofcandy to share them with everyone. See you tomorrow for day 13 of the 31 days of candy!
Happy stitching,
~Claire
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