My little apple tree is the fourth in a series that makes up my Nature’s way blanket, and features an apple tree with bright red apples against a green background. It can be knitted as a square in a blanket, used as a wash cloth, or the chart can be extracted and used as a motif for jumpers and other items. When knitted in DK weight yarn, the finished square measures 10 inches (25 cm); the tree chart without the border is 31 sts by 53 rows. Both coloured and symbol charts are provided.

Tools: 4 mm (US 6) needles; tapestry needle; bobbins for colour work. For needles, size should be changed to match gauge (22 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches (10 cm)).

Materials: Any DK weight yarn in the following colours: Meadow green (or any other background colour desired, 75 m/85 yds), Bright green (20 m/25 yds), Red (5 m/5 yds), Brown (5 m/5 yds)

The sample shown was knitted in Stylecraft Special DK in Meadow (1065), Matador (1010) and Copper (1029), and Sirdar Snuggly in Elf (0414).

Difficulty: Intermediate (knit, purl, simple intarsia).

Pattern Style: Charted; both coloured and symbols.