CUTIE PIE PUMPKIN PATTERN

One of my biggest struggles is making more than a handful of everything I create. I get bored really fast and need a change of scenery so to speak, which makes it hard for me to fill stock for markets.

SO, as I was crocheting away on my millionth(okay maybe 40th) Easy Pumpkin for my upcoming big craft shows this season, inspiration hit. I slapped a stitch marker in my WIP and grabbed the nearest orange skein of yarn.

I like to take some smaller, under $5, items to all my shows, but was having a bit of trouble coming up with some new ones this year. Since apparently my brain is stuck in the pumpkin patch it was trying to come up with a little pumpkin that my horrible eyes could actually see to create. Something just clicked and I had to stop what I was doing and MOVE MOVE MOVE!

I scribbled down my rows as I cruised along, just letting the hook do the work. I just love it when my hands seem to be guided by the spirit and I just have to decipher what they did. I plopped my creation down and thought "well, that doesn't look like I imagined, but wow it's cute!"

So now what? Well I'm making a ton more and sharing this cutie with you so you can have your own bushel too!

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Here's what you'll need to get started:

Materials:

Red Heart Super Saver Yarn

Pumpkin(approx. 25 yds total)

Spring Green(approx. 4yds total)

G(Boye 4.25mm) Hook

Scissors

Needle

Poly-Fil

Abbreviations(US Terms):

SK = Skip

sts = Stitches

ST = Stitch

SL= Slip Stitch

CH = Chain

SC = Single Crochet

HDC = Half Double Crochet

DC = Double Crochet

FPDC = Front Post Double Crochet

BPDC = Back Post Double Crochet

FPHDC = Front Post Half Double Crochet

FPHDC DEC = Front Post Half Double Crochet Decrease:

YO, Insert your hook in the next ST, YO & pull up a loop, Insert your hook behind the post of the next FPDC, YO & pull up a loop, YO & pull through all 4 loops

SL DEC = Slip Stitch Decrease: Insert your hook in the next ST, YO & pull up a loop, Insert your hook in the beginning ST, YO, pull through all three loops

SC DEC = Single Crochet Decrease: insert your hook into the front loop and then directly into the front loop of the next ST, YO, pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2

NOTES: Finished pumpkin should measure approximately 7.5” around and 1.5” tall. A tighter tension is recommended for this pattern.

To begin create a Magic Ring

ROUND 1: CH 3(counts as a DC), place 11 DC sts in your magic ring, SL to the top of your beginning CH 3 to connect, pull Magic Ring tight to close (12)

ROUND 2: CH 3(counts as a DC) & FPDC the CH 3 of ROUND 1, repeat(DC & FPDC) for every ST around, SL to the top of your beginning CH 3 to connect (24)

ROUND 3: CH 1(does not count as a ST), FPDC on the FPDC of ROUND 2, repeat(BPDC, FPDC) around placing FPDC sts on the FPDC sts of the previous round, BPDC on the CH 3 of ROUND 2, SL to your beginning FPDC to connect (24)

ROUNDS 4-6: CH 1(does not count as a ST), repeat(FPDC, BPDC) around placing FPDC sts on the FPDC sts of the previous round & BPDC sts on the BPDC sts of the previous round, SL to your beginning DC to connect (24)

ROUND 7: CH 1(does not count as a ST), FPHDC on the first ST, FPHDC DEC around(see abbreviations), SL DEC(see abbreviations) to your first FPHDC to connect(12)

STOP HERE, WEAVE IN YOUR STARTING TAIL, & STUFF YOUR PUMPKIN!

ROUND 8: CH 1(does not count as a ST), SC DEC around (6), Cut leaving a long tail to sew shut & cinch, tie off.

Weave in and out of the last round sts around the opening and pull to cinch tight. Now feed your needle in through the top center and out through the bottom center. Pull tight to create a dimple in the top. Feed your needle back in through the bottom center and up through the top center. Pull tight to create a dimple in the bottom and tie off securely. Hide your tail inside your pumpkin.

LEAF:

CH 8, DC in the 4th CH from your hook,

DC, HDC, HDC,

in the last ST place 2SC/CH 2 Picot/SC,

rotate to work along the bottom of your CH(work over your tail),

HDC, HDC, DC, DC, CH 3 & SL in the last ST.

Cut & tie off leaving a tail to attach. Use the tails to tie your leaf on top & hide your tails inside your pumpkin.

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