Knitted Oranges & Lemons by Fitting in Knitting

Knitted Oranges & Lemons

Knitting
October 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
US 3 - 3.25 mm
one size
English
This pattern is available for £2.00 GBP buy it now

Build your décor or knitting project - a lovely citrusy fruit bowl, nursery décor with ‘oranges and lemons for the bells of St Clements’, or lemons and limes for a gin and tonic display! Add a leaf or stem to personalise your design and display.

Knitted Orange Complete Size – 7 cm width x 7 cm height (excluding any leaf/stem)
Knitted Lemon Complete Size – 5 cm width x 9 cm height (excluding any leaf/stem)
Completed Knitted Leaf Size - 4 cm width x 6 cm height

Includes TWO PDF downloads – One with full pictures, and one with a front page picture only followed by plain text for easy-print. Use either or both!

‘Progress in Pictures’ short video of items being made can now be seen on my NEW YouTube Channel!! See – https://www.youtube.com/@Fittinginknitting

Orange Knitting Pattern & Lemon Knitting Pattern on PDF Download
Step by step knitting pattern on a three column arrangement.

How to Make it…
Made from one knitted main orange or lemon piece, two knitted leaf pieces to make up the one leaf, and a small finger-knitted stem piece.

What you will need…
Total time – 1 Hour 10 Minutes each Knitted Orange (excluding stem and leaves)
Total time – 55 Minutes each Knitted Lemon (excluding stem and leaves)
Stem & Leaf – 40 Minutes each for one set

3.25mm knitting needles (UK 10, US 3)
Double-knitting (DK) yarn – Orange & Yellow for main orange or lemon piece (green for a lime), Green for leaves, Brown or Green for stem
Yarn sewing up needle
Scissors
Stuffing/toy filling
Optional fruit basket to put your knitted oranges and knitted lemons and limes in!

Benefits of PDF Downloads!

No endless scrolling! Compact pattern can be seen more easily over a clear three-column arrangement.

Standard easy-read font

Download your favourites – Add them to your own personal folder to locate quickly and easily.

Avoid any internet connection issues – download and knit wherever you like!

PDF Knitting Pattern may be re-downloaded to allow you to access it on different devices.

Printer-friendly Easy Print…

No screen glare or eye strain.

Mark where you get up to, to more easily carry on from where you left off.

Colourful front page with pictured finished item, then black and white text-only – be kind to our planet, only print the pages you need!

For personal use only – Copyright retained by FittingInKnitting

The Disclaimer Bit…!

Timings are approximate and so don’t hold me to it. Children are constantly interrupting me, and it’s easy to speed up or slow down depending on how happy/cross I am.

The sizes I have written are also approximate and so I will not be held responsible for time spent on creating these patterns or materials used should yours not quite look right. Everyone’s yarn and tension will be different. I am not loyal to any particular brand of yarn – it’s whatever I find in my basket from over the years.

Use these patterns as you so wish for personal use only, both for ideas or using the patterns to make your own. However, your own work is at your own risk. I am not taking responsibility for any personal, child, or other person needle injury or such-like. If using any of these patterns for ideas to make and/or give as a gift for a child, please choose appropriately for the child’s age and ensure your sewing, particularly of buttons, is top-notch to avoid any choking hazards.