Autumn time means pumpkin time. Crochet pumpkins are so much fun, easy to make and they make lovely centerpieces or gifts. Chose a bulky yarn to make a huge crochet pumpkin or simply use an aran yarn, as I did in this pattern.
So, I hope you will like my pumpkin crochet pattern. Just follow the step by step instructions to make your own.
What you will need
Aran yarn in a burned orange and green or brown
Matching crochet hook
Stitch marker
Fibre fill
Scissors
I used Scheepjes Stonewashed XL for one pumpkin (hook 4.5 mm) and Scheepjes Merino Soft (held double, hook 6 mm) for the two larger pumpkins. If you'd rather work with cotton I recommend using Drops Paris, Scheepjes Cahlista or something similar (so, an aran cotton).
This crochet pattern is written using US crochet terms, please read the entire crochet pattern before you start.
Crochet pumkin free crochet pattern
*Round 1. To start make a magic ring or chain two: work 8 sc into the magic ring or into the first ch of your 2ch.
Please note: you don't close the round with a slpstch, you work in continuous rounds, place your stitch marker in every first stitch to keep track of the rounds.
From this moment on you will increase stitches in every round.
*Round 2. 1 SC in the sc of the last round and 2 SC in the next, repeat till the end of the round (12 SC)
*Round 3. 1 SC in the sc of the last round and 2 SC in the next, repeat till the end of the round (18 SC)
*Round 4. 1 SC in the two SCs of the last tour and 2 SCs in the 3rd , repeat till the end of the round (24 SC)
*Round 5. 1 SC in the next 2 SCs of the last tour and 2 SCs in the 3rd, repeat until end of the round (32 SC)
*Round 6. 1 SC in the next 3 SCs of last round and 2 SC in the 4th, repeat until round (40 SC)
At this point you will stop increasing.
Round 7 and 8. 1 SC in every SC of last tour (40 SC)
From this point, you will start decreasing.
Round 9. *1 SC in the next 3 SCs of last tour and SC 4th and 5th together (decrease)*, repeat until the end of the round (32 SC)
Round 10. *1 SC in the next 2 SCs of the last round and SC the 3rd and 4th together (decrease)*, repeat until end of round (24 SC)
Round 11. *1 SC in the next 2 SCs of last tour and SC the 3rd and 4th together*, repeat until the end of the round (18 SC)
Round 12. *1 SC in the first SC and SC the 2nd and 3rd together*, repeat until the end of the tour (12 SC)
Start filling your crochet pumpkin with fribre fill.
Round 13. *1 SC in the first SC and SC the 2nd en 3rd together*, repeat till the end of the round (8 SC)
The crochet pumpkin is now almost closed. Keep decreasing until it’s entirely closed. Finish and leave a long piece of thread at the end. Pull this thread 6 or 8 times through the heart of the pumpkin. Make it nice and tight to create that real pumpkin ‘effect’.
Leaves: with green or brown
Chain 8, SC in the 2nd chain from the hook. Then: 2 SC, 2 DC, 1 HDC and 1 SC. On the other side of the chain you crochet: 2 SC, 1 HDC, 2 DC en 2 SC.
Finish one of the two threads on each leaf and use the other thread to attach the leaves to the pumpkin. I made two leaves, but if you’ve made a bigger pumpkin you can, of course, make more leaves.
I hope you liked this FREE crochet pumpkin pattern! You'll find more (free) crochet patterns on the Happy in Red website.
