Apple for the Teacher

 My bestie's daughter is a teacher, and she is celebrating a new and hopefully fabulous job. She starts her new classes this week. She's so very psyched to be in this job! What could I do but crochet her a little something?

I have collected several books in the Zoomigarumi series, so here's the one I worked from:

These books are full of fun!

I have made several of the very cute amigurumi animals from this set of books, so when I looked on the back of this one, and found this:

The perfect little wormy apple!

I mean, isn't it the perfect apple for a teacher???

I started with a darker red, with a little color texture in it. The apple itself is fairly simple, not quite a ball. It does have a tunnel or tube for the worm, though that you crochet first and then insert as you build the apple. There is a little "blossom end" on the bottom when you're done that helps the apple stand up. That's pretty cool. I like it when my creations are ready to pose!

The worm is pretty easy, and I put safety eyes in the white cups for the eyes. I forgot the antenna though. I don't think it looses much without it. I didn't have any lime green thread with me, so I used a variegated pink with little green stripes for my squirmy wormy.

This apple is done!

This worm is your friend!

So, even if I that dragon is still waiting for his spines, I still got a finish in last week! I really have enjoyed the projects from the Zoomigurumi collection of instruction books!