Pumpkin Crochet Pattern {Easy And Quick}

Pumpkin Crochet Pattern

This free crochet pattern is great for your fall decor.

Make a bunch in different yarn weights to use up your stash, including any worsted-weight yarn.

You need to fill each one with stuffing inside and add a stem either with the crochet stem (in the pattern instructions) or by using a cinnamon stick.

Great for Stash-Busting!

I had leftover cotton from another project, so wanted to use up what I had lurking in my yarn stash. 

They can be made in any color you want, from the traditional orange and white to blues or even black for Halloween!

Made with Rico Creative Cotton Aran, the crochet pumpkins can be made in any leftover yarns you have in any lightweight 03 or medium (04) weight yarn.

Use Them For Thanksgiving Decor

If you have been looking for Thanksgiving table decor ideas, then these mini crochet pumpkins will be perfect!

You can make a bunch put together in the center of the table, or as a place card for each guest.

For place cards, all you need to do is print out the name of the guest or ‘thankful‘ and tie it to each pumpkin with twine.

Make Your Own Pumpkin Place Cards

Here are some ideas for making your own place cards:

• If you want to really creative, you could cut the place cards into shapes, for example, a circle or leaf shape.
• The printed text could be in any color of your choice or if you have the talent, handwritten in gold ink.
• I have also seen some that have been written in gold glitter, which looks amazing!

This is something that your guests will definitely enjoy and want to take away with them.

Giving a little handmade gift is a really special way to tell each and every one of your guests that you are thankful to have them in your life.

I know that whenever I get a handmade gift it just means so much that someone put in the effort to make something special.

Make A Crochet Pumpkin Garland

The mini crochet pumpkins would also look awesome threaded onto a length of twine and hung as a garland.

The garland could be placed across the mantel, cupboard, or porch.

It would also look great in a kid’s room, nursery, or craft room.

Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern:

This pattern is great for any advanced beginner.

• You should be comfortable making a slip knot and creating a chain.
• You should be comfortable working single crochet.
• You should be comfortable working half double crochet.
• You should also be comfortable reading crochet patterns.
• And understanding crochet abbreviations and terms.

Video Tutorial

There is a video tutorial on my YouTube channel here.

This will show you how to make up the pumpkin.

Pumpkin Crochet Pattern

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

Skill Level – Easy

Notes

This pattern uses basic crochet stitches to create a rectangle.

You will use single crochet (sc) and the half double crochet (hdc) stitch.

The rectangle will be seamed using single crochet to make a tube.

Copyright Info

• Please do not copy, sell, redistribute or republish this pattern. 
• If you wish to share this pattern, link to the pattern page only.
• You may sell items produced using this pattern.
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Gauge – 6 HDC in 1″

Size – 4.5″ H x 4″ W

The Supplies You Need

Yarn

• DK/light worsted/8 ply yarn.
• Rico Creative Cotton in;
• Smokey Orange 72
• Nature 60
• Silver Grey 22
• Pearl Grey 52
• Sand 59
• Yarn weight guide

Hooks

• 4 mm crochet hook (US G/6)
• You can use any crochet hooks that can be used with the weight of your chosen yarn.

Notions

• Tape measure
• Darning needle/yarn needle
• Scissors

Other Materials

• Fiberfill/Poly-fil stuffing
• Twine

Abbreviations

The pattern is written using US crochet terms and abbreviations.

You can find a free PDF of both US and UK terms and abbreviations here.

• CH – Chain
• SC – Single crochet
• HDC – Half double crochet
• Rem – Remaining
• Rep – Repeat
• Sts – Stitches

Pattern

Pumpkin

• CH 19, turn,
• Row 1: 1 SC into the 2nd CH from hook, SC in 4 CH, HDC in 8 CH, SC in 5 CH to end of the row, turn,
• Row 2: CH 1, 5 SC, 8 HDC, 5 SC, turn,
• Rep row 2 until the piece measures 6″ in length.
• Fold the piece in half and crochet the two ends together using SC into each of the stitches.
• Pull the final st through and leave a length of yarn to finish.
• Thread the darning needle and do a running stitch through the sides and pull tight to gather up.
• Close the hole and secure it.
• Turn the pumpkin the right side out and stuff it with the fiberfill.
• Once it has been stuffed – thread your needle again and do another running stitch through the top of the pumpkin and pull tight to close.
• Secure and weave in any loose ends.
• Cut a long length of yarn and thread through the top of the pumpkin.
• Tie around the pumpkin, into the grooves about 4 times to get the pumpkin into shape.
• Tighten it as much as you can before you finish and move to space them into place if needed.
• Weave in the loose ends.

Stalk Base

• CH 2, turn,
• Row 1: 6 SC in the 2nd CH from hook, turn,
• Row 2: 2 SC in each st to the end of the row, turn
• Row 3: SC into each st to the end of the row.
• Secure and leave a long length of yarn for stitching to the pumpkin.

Stalk

• Ch 7, turn,
• Row 1: SC in 2nd CH from hook, SC in each CH.
• Leave a yarn tail and attach it to the stalk base.
• Then stitch the stalk base to the top of the pumpkin.

The curly bit of the stalk

• Ch 20, turn,
• Row 1: 2 SC in each CH.
• Cut yarn and secure.
• Stitch to the pumpkin base.
• Use the top loop to curl into shape.

Making Up

Once you have your pumpkin stuffed and finished, the stalk base, the stalk, and the curly bit of the stalk, here is how they all fit together;

• Stitch the stalk base to the top of the pumpkin.
• Stitch the stalk to the center of the stalk base.
• Then stitch the curly bit of the stalk to the stalk base also.
• Take a look at the photograph below to see how this looks.
• There is a video tutorial on my YouTube channel here.

Place name

You can add a paper place name in any shape to the stalk – print out the names and cut the shape, make a hole with a hole punch, and tie using twine.