Description
Make a soft crochet pumpkin with simple US stitches, gentle shaping, and calm fall charm for a thoughtful handmade decoration.
Ingredients
- Worsted weight yarn (weight 4, medium), about 180 yards total
- One H-8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook
- Polyester fiberfill, about 3 ounces (85 g)
- Yarn needle with a rounded tip
- Scissors
- One stitch marker (optional)
- Tape measure
- Small amount of brown or green worsted weight yarn for the stem
Instructions
- Make a magic ring and chain 1, then work 6 single crochet into the ring.
- Pull the yarn tail to close the center and place a stitch marker in the first stitch.
- Join with a slip stitch to the first single crochet. (6 stitches)
- Round 2: Increase in every stitch (2 single crochet in each stitch). Join and move the marker. (12 stitches)
- Round 3: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next stitch. Join. (18 stitches)
- Round 4: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 2 stitches. Join. (24 stitches)
- Round 5: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 3 stitches. Join. (30 stitches)
- Round 6: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 4 stitches. Join. (36 stitches)
- Round 7: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 5 stitches. Join. (42 stitches)
- Round 8: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 6 stitches. Join. (48 stitches)
- Round 9: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 7 stitches. Join. (54 stitches)
- Round 10: Repeat increase, single crochet in the next 8 stitches. Join. (60 stitches)
- Rounds 11 through 18: Work in single crochet around with no increases or decreases (60 stitches each round).
- Round 19: Single crochet in the next 8 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (54 stitches)
- Round 20: Single crochet in the next 7 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (48 stitches)
- Round 21: Single crochet in the next 6 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (42 stitches)
- Round 22: Single crochet in the next 5 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (36 stitches)
- Round 23: Single crochet in the next 4 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (30 stitches)
- Round 24: Single crochet in the next 3 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (24 stitches)
- Round 25: Single crochet in the next 2 stitches, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (18 stitches)
- Round 26: Single crochet in the next stitch, decrease over the next 2 stitches. (12 stitches)
- Round 27: Work 6 decreases. Cut the yarn, leaving a 12-inch tail, and pull through the final loop.
- Weave the yarn tail through the front loops of the remaining stitches to close the opening.
- For ridges, thread a long piece of orange yarn onto the needle and insert through the bottom center, bringing it up over the outside and returning it back through the bottom center. Repeat six times evenly around.
- For the stem, make a short chain of 6 with brown or green yarn, single crochet across, and roll into a small stem. Sew it securely to the top.
- Weave in the ends with the yarn needle, passing tails through several stitches before trimming.
Notes
If a mistake appears, pause before pulling everything apart and backtrack to the first incorrect stitch.
- Cook Time: 180 minutes