Free Crochet Pumpkin Pattern for Halloween
If you’re on the hunt for an adorable and Free Crochet Pumpkin Pattern, you’re in luck! Dive into this fantastic Halloween crochet pattern for a charming fall pumpkin. It’s just what you need to spruce up your home decor for the autumn season or to add a festive touch to your Halloween celebrations. Whether you’re creating a cozy ambiance for crisp fall evenings or decking out your space for a spooktacular Halloween bash, these crochet pumpkins are sure to bring warmth and charm to any setting.
You can use different types of yarn to change the size of your pumpkin. Choose a DK or Sport weight for a smaller pumpkin and a bulky or a super-bulky weight yarn for a larger pumpkin. Make sure to use a crochet hook that’s one or two sizes smaller, it makes the fabric a little tighter, so it will hold the stuffing without showing holes.
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Materials
- Yarn in orange, brown, light and dark green and yellow color calling for a 3,5 mm hook.
- Size 2.5 mm crochet hook. This is my absolute favorite crochet hook I recommend to everyone.
- Poly-Fil Fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle, stitch marker, pins and scissors
- Optional: small button for decoration
What did I use?
Very soft 2 sport yarn – Yarn Art Jeans from Turkey (55 % Cotton, 45% Acrylic), length: 160 mt/174 yards, weight: 50 gr/1.76 oz.
Original price was: $18.98.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.Abbreviations
Here are the crochet abbreviations used in this pattern. Note that instructions are written in US terms.
CH – chain
St – stitch
SC – single crochet (i.e. 3 SC means to crochet SC in next 3 sts)
HDc – half double crochet
TR – treble crochet
INC – increase (2 SC in one st)
HDcDec – Half double crochet decrease: yo, insert hook into 1st stich, yo, pull up a loop, insert hook into 2nd stitch, yo, pull up a loop (4 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook.
InvDEC – invisible decrease (single crochet two stitches together front loop only)
BLO – back loop only
FLO – front loop only
(…) – total number of stitches made in current round
If there is a record in the brackets in the pattern, multiplied by some number, for example (3 SC, INC) * 3, it means you need to repeat this action 3 times, that is 3 SC, INC, 3 SC, INC, 3 SC, INC.
The resource you may find helpful in following this pattern: Crochet Abbreviations
Love Halloween crocheting? Check out these patterns – Crochet Gnome, Crochet Cat, Crochet Witch, and Crochet bat.
Gauge and Measurements
Work 10 sts and 10 rows in sc measure 3,5 x 3,5 cm (1,37 x 1,37 inches). The finished pumpkin measures 3.93″ (10cm) wide and 2.36″ (6cm) tall
PDF Pattern
The PDF crochet pattern is a great solution for those who want to print the instructions and work offline, or just want to support my work. You can find the Crochet Pumpkin Pattern PDF in my shop.
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Free Crochet Pumpkin Pattern
Work in rounds with a stitch marker. It can be a colored pin or thread of contrasting color. Pin a marker to 1st stitch of a round. Every new round must be started with a stitch at the marker. Start with a stem and brown yarn.
R1: 6 SC in magic ring (6)
R2-5: SC in all st (6)
R6: INC in all st (12)
R7: (SC, INC) * 6 (18), connect orange yarn at the last step of the last sc (Photo 1 and 2)
R8: (3 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (30, Photo 3)
R9: (2 HDc in one st * 3, 2 SC) * 6 (48, Photo 4)
R10: (2 HDc in one st * 6, 2 SC) * 6 (84, Photo 5)
R11: (skip one st, 10 HDc, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (84, Photo 6)
R12: ([2 HDc in one st, 2 HDc] * 4, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R13: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R14: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R15: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R16: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R17: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R18: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R19: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R20: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108, Photo 7)
R21: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R22: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R23: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
Original price was: $18.98.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.R24: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R25: (skip one st, 14 HDC, 2 HDc in one st, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R26: (16 HDc, 2 SC) * 6 (108)
R27: ([HDcDec, 2 HDc] * 4, 2 SC) * 6 (84)
R28: (6 HDcDec, 2 SC) * 6 (48, Photo 8 and 9)
R29: (3 HDcDec, 2 SC) * 6 (30)
R30: (3 SC, InvDEC) * 6 (24)
R31: (2 SC, InvDEC) * 6 (18, Photo 10). Stuff the bulging parts firmly, connect brown yarn at the last step of the last stich
R32: (SC, InvDEC) * 6 (12)
R33: 6 InvDEC (6), cut the yarn leaving a long end, thread the needle, gather and secure stitches as shown in the video
The pumpkin is ready (Photo 11 and 12).
Leaves
Ch14 with green yarn
R1:start from 2nd ch: 12 SC, in last ch crochet: SC, CH4, SC; along the other side of the chain: 12 SC (Photo 13)
R2: 3 SC in one st, 12 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; BLO 10 SC (Photo 14)
R3: CH1, turn, from second st: FLO: 11 SC; in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; FLO 12 SC; Ch1, turn (Photo 15)
R4: from 2nd st: BLO 13 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; BLO 10 SC, Ch1, turn
R5: from 2nd st: FLO 11 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; FLO 11 SC, Ch1, turn (Photo 16)
R6: from 2nd st: BLO 12 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; BLO 10 SC, Ch1, turn
R7: from 2nd st: FLO 11 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; FLO 11 SC, Ch1, turn (Photo 17)
R8: from 2nd st: BLO 12 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 2 SC, CH4, 2 SC; BLO 9 SC, Ch1, turn
R9: from 2nd st: FLO 10 SC, in the chain of 4ch’s: 5 SC; FLO 10 SC, weave in end (Photo 18)
Crochet the second leaf in different green color in the same way (Photo 19)
Vines
Small with light green color:
Ch35, from second st: 2 SC in each ch * 29, 5 SC, cut the yarn leaving a tail approx 0,49’’ (15cm) long for sewing
Medium with light green color.
Ch40, from second st: 2 SC in each ch * 34, 5 SC, cut the yarn leaving a tail approx 0,49’’ (15cm) long for sewing
Large with dark green color.
Ch50, from second st: 2 SC in each ch * 44, 5 SC, cut the yarn leaving a tail approx 0,49’’ (15cm) long for sewing
Flower
With yellow yarn
In magic ring crochet: * Ch4 (Photo 21), 2 TR (Photo 22),
Ch4, SC (Photo 23). Repeat from * 4 times (Photo 24),
pull one end of the loop to tighten it (Photo 25), cut the yarn leaving a tail approx 0,49 inches (15cm) long for sewing.
Fasten leaves, vines and flower to pumpkin with pins and sew them.
Congratulations! Your fall pumpkin is ready! I hope you have fun. Don’t forget to share your final result on Instagram using #GorbunovaDolls hashtag. If you enjoyed the Free Crochet Pumpkin Pattern, subscribe for more!
Copyright
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Selling of finished Items
The design and pattern are copyright and must not be reproduced for resale! You may sell finished items made from this pattern. For your personal use (non-profit) or for charity purposes you are permitted to make as many items from this pattern as you like.
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Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way to adjust the size of the pumpkin?
Thanks!
Yes, of course. First of all, you can do it with different yarn weight and hook size. Also, you can continue crocheting more stitches after round 12 to make the pumpkin wider, or the opposite of skipping a few rounds.
Hi, I’m having trouble with row 12 of the pumpkin. My count is all off, and i’ve frogged and retried it 3 times. What am I doing wrong?
Hi! Count stitches before R12, there should be 84 stitches.
You must crochet the following in row 12
R12: [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC; [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC; [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC; [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC; [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC; [2 HDc in one st, 1 HDc in one st x 2 times] * 4, 2 SC (108)
Thank you so much for the help! Turns out, I was adding stitches and it threw everything off. I finished the pumpkin though and it’s so cute!