I've started numerous crochet and knitting projects recently (Catherine and I have been crochet buddies as we binge watch Once Upon A Time), in an effort to use up the ridiculous amount of yarn I've somehow accumulated these past two years. A lot of these projects are for the home, since my friends Caitlin and Emma and I will be moving to an apartment next year and I thought this especially could be a cute addition.
This, of course, being fruit coasters. I had a bunch of colored yarns left over from amigurumi I was making for Christmas presents (a snake for my dad and a minion for my friend Brianna) which luckily matched the colors needed for the fruit.

I ended up making doubles of everything, because one of my friends, Sonya, is also moving to an apartment with 2 of her friends so I thought it would be a cute housewarming present too!

In the end, I ended up with 2 apples, 2 pears, 2 strawberries, and 2 lemons. I also made 2 simple bowls out of brown yarn that I had bought and never ended up using (Caitlin ended up using some of it during the semester to make her boyfriend, Harvey, an amigurumi poop - don't ask). While the fruit coasters were based off of a pattern, the bowls were freehand. They were fairly simple to make - I used a half-double crochet stitch to make the circular bottom, and then alternated rounds of single and half-double for the sides.

Here they are in their full glory!

The two sets of coasters!

closeup of one set

closeup of the bowl

all of the coasters

You can find the pattern that I used to make the coasters here.