Pumpkin pillow pattern
Fallll(la-lalala).
I’m soooo happy that it’s finally fall!
This past summer was a nightmare. I ended up severely anemic, which really, truly was not fun to deal with. It’s “moderate” now, but I’m still exhausted, dizzy & always, always cold. I didn’t stop crocheting, but it’s felt nearly impossible to focus on anything long enough to finish it.
I’ve been doing a *little* bit better, but it’s still probably going to take a while to be at 100% again. Recently been trying my best to actually finish the million projects that were started that have just kind of been sitting around. Annnnd I’ve started (slowly) getting back into writing patterns. Soooo here’s one of them.
Materials &Tools
· Yarn: Bernat Softee Chunky – size 6/super bullky - any two colours
Main colour: Grey Rose, 200 yards
Stem colour: Vintage White, 25 yards
· Crochet hooks: size J/6mm & K/6.5mm crochet hooks
· Tapestry needle
· Scissors
· Stitch marker
· Stuffing
· Pins
Abbreviations
Slst – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Inc – increase
Dec- decrease
Fpsc – front post single crochet
Ch – chain, followed by a number indicating the number of chains to make
Gauge & finished size
With K/6.5mm crochet hook: 5 hdc x 3.5 rows = 2 inches x 2 inches
Finished size = approximately 12 inches tall x 10 inches wide
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Policy
You are welcome to sell items made from this pattern on a small scale, as long as credit for the design is provided as “Pattern by Shea Crochet”.
You may not redistribute, sell, or claim this pattern in whole, or in part, as your own.
Pumpkin
*Made in Main Colour with size K/6.5mm crochet hook
1. (Right side) Chain 37. Starting in the second chain from the hook: 2 slst, 4 sc, 24 hdc, 4 sc, 2 slst, chain one & turn (36)
2. (Wrong side) Working in the back loop only across the entire row: 2 slst, 4 sc, 24 hdc, 4 sc, 2 slst, chain one & turn (36)
3-47. Working in the back loop only across the entire row: 2 slst, 4 sc, 24 hdc, 4 sc, 2 slst, chain one & turn (36)
48. (Wrong side) Working in the back loop only across the entire row: 2 slst, 4 sc, 24 hdc, 4 sc, 2 slst, chain one & turn (36)
Fold the piece in half so that the wrong side is facing outwards.
49. Insert hook through the opposite side of the foundation & the back loop only of row 48 & make a slip stitch. Repeat to the end of the row (36)
Fasten off & flip the piece right side out. The slip stitch row should be on the inside of the pumpkin.
Closing the pumpkin
*Made in Main Colour with size K/6.5mm crochet hook
*Worked in continuous rounds
Insert hook through any one of the ends of the rows (see image) & attach a new piece of yarn.
1. Working through every other end of the rows (by skipping every other row, there will be 24 spaces to work into in total): *2 sc, dec* x 6 (18)
2. *dec, sc* x 6 (12)
3. decrease six times (6)
Fasten off, leaving a tail. Weave the tail through the front loop only of the stitches & pull to close the ring.
Add stuffing to the pumpkin.
Repeat the same decrease sequence on the other end/side of the rows.
Stem
*Made in Stem Colour with size J/6mm crochet hook
*Worked in continuous rounds
1. Make 9 hdc in a magic ring (9)
2. Working in the back loop only (just for this round): 4 sc, inc, 4 sc (10)
3. *sc, fpsc* x 5 (10)
4. *sc, fpsc* x 3, hdc, fpsc, sc, fpsc (10)
5. Sc, fpsc, inc, fpsc, sc, fpsc, hdc, fpsc, sc, fpsc (11)
6. Sc, fpsc, 2 sc, fpsc, sc, fpsc, hdc, fpsc, sc, fpsc (11)
7. Sc, fpsc, 2 sc, fpsc, inc, *fpsc, sc* x 2, fpsc (12)
8-9. Sc, *fpsc, 2 sc* x 2, *fpsc, sc* x 2, fpsc (12)
10. Sc, *fpsc, 2 sc* x 2, *fpsc, sc* x 2, fpsc. Slip stitch to the first stitch (12)
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Add stuffing to the stem.
Finishing
Add stuffing to the stem.
Sew the stem between the first&second closing rounds on either side of the pumpkin.
