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Easy Cable Knit Pumpkin Pattern (Knitted Pumpkins)

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In this post, you will see an easy cable knit pumpkin pattern.

These pumpkins work up really quickly and can be a great way to use up leftover yarns in your stash.

Scroll down to view the free pattern, or grab your printer-friendly, ad-free PDF here.

cable knit pumpkin pattern

Knitted Pumpkins

Knitted pumpkins are just everywhere right now and make great fall decor.

Place them around your home for a cozy autumnal look.

Arrange on a wooden tray as a table decoration with pine cones and fresh greens.

chunky knit pumpkin pattern

Why are the pumpkins easy to make?

The pumpkins knit up so fast because the pattern uses bulky/chunky/12-ply yarn.

I knit three pumpkins in about 2 hours and then needed about another hour to make them all up.

For the stalks, I used cinnamon sticks and decorated them with twine.

knitted pumpkin decor

The yarn I used to knit the pumpkins

  • I used The Petite Wool from We Are Knitters (bulky 05) in three lovely fall colors. 
  • The knitted pumpkins have been made in the colors – natural, ochre, and cinnamon.
  • All you need are a few materials to get started, I just used scraps from my yarn stash, including yarns leftover from other projects.
  • There is one size to make.
close up of pumpkins

The pumpkins are knit flat and seamed

These pumpkins were knitted flat using two straight knitting needles  – size 6 mm knitting needles (US 10).

Knitting the pumpkins flat means that some seaming is involved when making up.

The stitches used include a basic cable stitch pattern to create a rectangle.

knitted pumpkins

Pumpkin Knitting Pattern

Grab your inexpensive, ad-free, PDF printable pattern in my shop here.

Pumpkin Pattern Ebook

Notes

Skill Level – Easy (Advanced beginner)

The pumpkins knit up quickly in bulky/chunky/12-ply yarn, and the simple cable design makes for a relaxing and enjoyable knit.

Make a decorative pumpkin or five and place them around your home, on side tables, a dining room table, or the mantel.

Copyright Info

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  • If you wish to share this pattern, please provide a link to the pattern page only.
  • You may sell items produced using this pattern.
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Pumpkin Sizes

Gauge – 16 sts/20 rows in 4×4 inches/10x10cm.

Size – Circumference – 16″/33 cm / Height – 4″/10 cm

cable knit pumpkin on tray

The Supplies You Need

Yarn

  • We Are Knitters/The Petite Wool in the following colors:
  • 1 x Ochre
  • 1 x Cinnamon
  • 1 x Natural
  • Any bulky yarn/chunky yarn/12 ply yarn

Needles

Notions

Other Materials

pumpkin decor

Knitting Abbreviations

  • CO – Cast on
  • C4B – (K2 and 2) Slip the next 2 sts onto a cable needle and hold at the back of the work, K2 from the left-hand needle, then knit the 2 sts from the cable needle.
  • K – Knit
  • P – Purl
  • Rep – Repeat
  • St(s) – Stitch(es)

Knit Pumpkins Pattern Instructions

With your chosen color, CO 47 sts, leaving a tail length of around 15 inches/39 cm

  • Row 1: K1, *P3, K4 – Rep from * to last 4 sts, P3, K1 (edge).
  • Row 2: P1, *K3, P4 – Rep from * to last 4 sts, K3, P1.
  • Row 3: K1, *P3, K4 – Rep from * to last 4 sts, P3, K1.
  • Row 4: P1, *K3, P4 – Rep from * to last 4 sts, K3, P1.
  • Row 5: K1, *P3, C4B – Rep from * to the last 4 sts, P3, K1.
  • Row 6: P1, *K3, P4 – Rep from * to last 4 sts, K3, P1.

These 6 rows form the pattern, rep rows 1-6 four more times.

(Your piece should measure 6 inches)

Cast off in pattern, break yarn, leaving a long yarn tail for seaming when you finish – around 12+ inches.

rust color knit pumpkin

Making Up

Please visit my YouTube channel here to view a video tutorial on how to make the pumpkins.

You can also find a step-by-step photo tutorial using a similar pattern here – Pumpkin Knitting Pattern (Beginner Friendly!)

  • Step 1 – With your finished rectangle, you seam the rectangle to create a tube (there will be one side seam).
  • Step 2 – Sew a running stitch around one end of the pumpkin, then cinch it together and secure. Turn the pumpkin on the right side out.
  • Step 3 – Stuff the pumpkin with polyfil/toy stuffing to make it nice and round. The amount of stuffing you will need might vary from pumpkin to pumpkin, so fill it until it is nice and full. Then stitch through the top and cinch together to close and secure.
  • Step 4 – Push the needle through the bottom hole (at the bottom of the pumpkin), then out through the top hole at the top of the pumpkin. Catch the yarn over the side (the purl stitches) and repeat this step all the way around the ridges. This creates the pumpkin shape.
  • Step 5 – Add a stalk/stem by using a stick or a cinnamon stick. You can use your hot glue gun and glue it into place. You can add ribbon or twine to decorate.

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Happy Knitting!

Cable knit pumpkin petite wool

More Knitted Pumpkins

This pumpkin pattern is great for any advanced beginners who are learning how to knit cables, as it is a great project for practicing knit stitches.

For more free pumpkin patterns, please take a look at these posts:

Match them up with your favorite fall sweater: Pumpkin Sweater Knitting Pattern

You can see a cabled sweater here: Chunky Cable Knit Sweater Pattern

fall knitted pumpkins

 

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3 Comments

  1. Love this pattern! I modified it slightly to not have the last 3 purls so it seams up more neatly. I’ve knit up 3 pumpkins in different colors and they’re great decor!

  2. Hello. I’m so anxious to make these. I’m new to knitting and am not sure how much yarn I will need. I don’t want to start and run out. I’m using super bulky that comes in a 130yd “bundle”😬. Will that work?

    1. Hello Bran,

      That should be enough yarn to make one of the cable knit pumpkins.

      Happy knitting!

      Louise