ADORABLE PUMPKINs - FREE CROCHET PATTERN
& VIDEO TUTORIAL even for beginners!
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Today we are going to make this gorgeous pumpkin!
Even 2 of them! The mix of real and crocheted bright and colorful pumpkins in your
house will just make it look wonderful and raise your mood up!
These 2 pumpkins – large and small, are very different. But they have the
same crochet pattern, just I used different yarn parameters to make them.
You can follow my yarn recommendations or just grab the yarn from your stash and a
crochet hook that has matchable characteristics.
To make a small one (Ø is 13cm)
I use a 4mm or 5mm crochet hook. Yellow part is made of DROPS NEPAL (there are
more yarn options in PDF file) 2923 col. (blend: 65% Wool, 35% Alpaca;
lenght/weight:75m per 50g); only 30g(45m) in total for 1 small pumpkin. Green part is
made of DROPS Karisma 45 col. and 15g(20m) in total.
To make the large pumpkin (Ø is 25cm)
I use a 7mm crochet hook (and 4 or 5 for a stem). The yellow part is made of NAKO
Spaghetti yarn(there are more yarn options in PDF file), 941 col. (blend:25%
Wool, 75% Acrylic; lenght/weight: 60m per 100g); total for 1 large pumpkin
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is100g(60m). To make green stripes, a blossom end and a stem use the yarn in double
strand of DROPS Karisma yarn 45 col.+ DROPS NEPAL yarn 7238 col.; total for 1
large pumpkin is about 20g(30m) in total for 1 pumpkin.
TIPs:
Thinner yarn for the green pumpkins parts makes the pumpkin section look more vivid;
two threads of different green shades will make it look more “curvaceous’, realistic and
super cozy.
Don’t be afraid to experiment! Take thicker yarn, or two threads together, bigger
hook (for ex. 10mm) and your pumpkin will be even bigger than mine! Or make it extra
small. Use any yarn you have. Pumpkins are of different kinds, colors and sizes;
especially when it comes to creating and decorating. Use the same color that you choose
to decorate your house. Experiment. My pattern, pictures and video will help you in
this.
FREE CROCHET PATTERN (please do not share without my permission)
Abbreviations:
| St(s)| - stitch/es
| Ch | - chain stitch
| SC | - single crochet
| sl st | - slip stitch
| joining s lst | - joining slip stitch(made in 1st/2nd chain of the round)
| sk st | - skip stitch
| Inc | - increase: work 2 SC in one stitch
| hdc | - half double crochet
| FPdc | - front post double crochet
| BPdc | - back post double crochet
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| […] | - work stitches into one stitch
| FLO | - work into front loop of the stitch only
| BLO | - work into back loop of the stitch only
| In 3rd loop in front | - a stitch has back, front and 3rd loop (in front). So we work only
into this 3rd loop in front (watch in my video)
| rd | - round
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| STEP 1 | Ribs - Main part
(crochet hook 7mm for the large pumpkin; 4 or 5mm for the small pumpkin)
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| Row 1 | Orange: 17 Ch |17
| Row 2 | BLO: sl st in 2nd st from hook, sl st, 12 hdc, 2 sl st, Ch (Ch at end of each row
is turning chain- don’t count as st). Turn |16
| Row 3 | 2 sl st BLO, 12 hdc into 3rd loop in front, 2 sl st BLO, Ch. Turn. Slip the loop
from your hook and leave it for a while… |16
| Row 4 | ..with 2 Green shade yarn in double strand(green is always in double strand):
2 sl st BLO, 12 SC, 2 sl st BLO, Ch. Do not turn your work. Slip the green loop from your
hook and get back to the orange loop |16
| Row 5 | Orange: 2 sl st BLO, 12 hdc FLO, 2 sl st BLO, Ch. Turn |16
| Row 6 | 2 sl st BLO, 12 hdc into 3rd loop in front, 2 sl st BLO, Ch. Slip the loop from
your hook. Do not turn your work and get back to the slipped green loop |16
| For the small pumpkin: Repeat rows 4th - 6th x12 times|16
| For the large pumpkin: Repeat rows 4th - 6th x11 times | 16
| Last Row | Get back to Green (to fix the green yarn, pull green yarn through the
orange loop and tighten the orange one): 2 sl st BLO, 12SC, 2 sl st BLO, Ch |16
Turn on the wrong side and stitch: Stitch edges together to make a tube on the wrong
side with SC (you have two openings now. Leave a long tail for sewing (about 40cm)
and cut off the yarn. Turn right side out
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| STEP 2 | Stem for the small pumpkin (crochet hook 4 or 5mm)
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| 1 | Green yarn in single strand. Make an i-cord of 4 sts about 3cm. Don’t cut off thread
and continue
| Rd 2 | slip 3 stitches from the hook and Chain 1 into 1st of i-cord, *(SC into stitch
between i-cord stitches, SC into next i-cord stitch)from*rep x3, SC into stitch between i-
cord stitches |7
| Rd 3 | 7 Inc |14
| Rd 4 | *(SC, Inc)from*rep x7 |21
| Rd 5 | *(SC, Ch, DC, Ch, 2SC)from*rep x5, sl st. Cut off thread
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| STEP 2 | Stem for the large pumpkin (crochet hook 7mm; 4 or 5mm)
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| Rd 1 | Green yarn in double strand; Crochet hook 7mm: 7 SC in magic ring, tighten |7
| Rd 2 | 7 Inc |14
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| Rd 3 | *(SC, Inc)from*rep x7 |21
| Rd 4 | *(SC, Ch, DC, Ch, 2SC)from*rep x5, 2 SC, sl st. Cut off thread
| Rd 5 | With new green yarn in double thread: surface slip stitch into between stitches
of 2nd and 3rd rounds: 14 stitches. Cut off thread |14
| Rd 6 | With new green yarn in single strand and crochet hook 3.5mm or 4mm, work
into sts of prev rd (joined rounds): 2 Ch, 14 DC, joinung sl st |15
| Rd 7-8 | 2 Ch, *(FPdc, BPdc) from*rep x7, joinung sl st |15
| Rd 9 | 2 Ch, *( FPdc, skip DC) from*rep x7, joinung sl st |8
| Rd 10-12 | 2 Ch, 7 FPdc, joinung sl st. Cut off thread |8
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| STEP 3 | Blossom end for the small pumpkin (crochet hook 4 or 5mm)
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| Rd 1 | Green yarn in single strand. 6 SC in magic ring, tighten |6
| Rd 2 | 6 Inc |12
| Rd 3 | *(SC, Inc)from*rep x6 |18
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| STEP 3 | Blossom end for the large pumpkin (crochet hook 7mm)
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| Rd 1 | Green yarn in double strand. In magic ring: Ch, 8 SC; joining sl st into ch,
tighten |9
| Rd 2 | 2 Ch, [2DC]x8, DC, joining sl st. Cut off thread and secure it |18
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| STEP 3 | Assemble
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| 1 | Using tapestry needle and the green yarn make a running stitch through each
FPdc along the edge of one of the opening and tighten it so that the opening diameter
is equal to the blossom end diameter. And now attach the blossom end to the opening
edge. Stuff the pumpkin.
| 2 | Make the running stitch for the 2nd opening, tighten it so the opening diameter is
equal to the stem diameter. Attach the stem to the opening edge. If you want to make
your pumpkin flatter you can pass the thread from the stem to the blossom end
through the stuffing and tight it and secure, then hide the ends to the stuffing.
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