more Apple math

After looking at my scribbles on my copy of the apple pattern, and peering more closely at her apple, I'm starting to wonder if that mysterious "kfb 3 times" last increase round should have read "kfb 8 times". It would make more sense. Math again: 36+8=44. And if you have 44 stitches when you start to decrease, that first set of decreases works perfectly, as 44/11=4, and after 4 decreases, you have 40 stitches, which is what you need to start the next decrease round. It makes complete sense, as a 3 and an 8 look very similar, especially if you're scribbling them while knitting. I'm going to try it, this time in green, I think. Or maybe a different red. No, green. Possibly both.

Anyway, I'll let you know if that worked. Math-wise, it does, but I'm also interest in improving that apple shape, making it less like a ball, which is what mine is (if you look at my suggested changes, and look at the knitted ball pattern I used for my owl in a sweater, the only difference is how many plain rows you knit between increasing and decreasing). A dimpled ball with a stem and leaf on it, but totally symmetrical, which apples aren't.