Crochet Amigurumi Pumpkin Pattern

Great for Halloween, these cute, little, ghoulish gourds are quick and easy to make for seasonal gifts, toys or decorations. Stitch a different expression on each one to give them a personality! They can guard your trick or treat candy or hang in the window to scare passers by although you may hear more 'Awww' than 'Aghh' when people see them.

You will need

Stylecraft Special DK yarn

in Spice, Copper and Meadow

4mm Crochet Hook 

Stitch Marker

Black thread

Safety eyes

Polyester toy stuffing

Yarn needle

Scissors

Stitches & Techniques

Magic Ring

ch - chain

dc - double crochet

dc2tog - dc two together

sl st - slip stitch

tr - treble crochet

htr - half treble crochet

picot - ch2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook

Pumpkin

With Spice

RND 1: 6dc into Magic Ring

RND 2: 2dc in each dc (12)

RND 3: dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc. (18)

RND 4: dc in next 2 dc, 2dc in next dc. (24)

RND 5: dc in next 3 dc, 2dc in next dc. (30)

RND 6: dc in next 4 dc, 2dc in next dc. (36)

RND 7-12: dc in each dc.

RND 13: dc in next 4 dc, dc2tog. (30)

RND 14: dc in each dc.

RND 15: dc in next 3 dc, dc2tog (24)

RND 16: dc in next 2 dc, dc2tog. (18)

RND 17: dc in next dc, dc2tog (12)

Add safety eyes about halfway down and 6 sc apart. Snap on washers and stuff firmly.

RND 18: dc2tog (6)

Fasten off leaving long tail. 

Stalk

With Meadow

RND 1: 4dc into Magic Ring

RNDS 2-5: dc in each dc.

RND 6: 2dc in each dc. (8)

RND 7: 2dc in each dc. (16)

RND 8: *slst in next dc, (htr, tr, picot) in next dc, (tr, htr) in next dc, slst in next dc,* Repeat around to make 4 leaves.

Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Finishing

With Copper

Cut a long strand and use a running stitch or back stitch to create 6 lines down the pumpkin from the top opening to the centre of the bottom.

Stitch the mouth. using black embroidery thread or yarn. I used a tiny couching stitch to hold down the curve of the mouth.

Hide all the ends of your detailing yarn and thread inside the opening of the pumpkin with the stuffing, then using the long Spice tail, neatly sew the opening closed.

Position the stalk over the top of the pumpkin and using the long Meadow tail make a few firm stitches through the base of the stalk and the top of the pumkin and back. Repeat around to secure the stalk but still allow the leaves a little movement  to create  character. After you have tied off the last stitch, bring the thread through the body of the pumpkin and pull it a little tighter, then cut the yarn and it will be hidden inside.

You could place these little characters all over your home for halloween. Try different expressions for a bit more fun. If you have a collection of tiny pumpkins you could turn them into seasonal bunting using some ribbon or twine.

Please Note: As with all my free patterns, you can sell items you make using the pattern and you can share the pattern on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you link back to me. Please do not resell the pattern as your own work. That's when I get cross!

Pumpkin Crochet Competition!

Hello everybody! I worked up this cute little pumpkin amigurumi crochet pattern for the guys at Stitch Craft Create to go out in their Autumn catalogue and I will pop all the instructions up here for those of you who don't receive their mailing, in time for you to hook up your own spooky cutie's for Halloween!

There's just this one thing...

... I would really like to get to 2000 followers on Instagram and I am a couple of hundred off so I thought it would be a nice way to pick up more followers if I ran this as a giveaway. I will therefore release the pattern when I reach my magic number. In addition to this I will send the three pumpkins shown in this photo to a lucky winner (drawn at random from all entries when I get to 2K followers). I hope you don't all think I'm being too mean making you wait!

So, to enter the competition you will need to:
Have an Instagram account (if you don't, get one! It is my fave ever social app - just wow!)

Be following @dottydoily

Be following @stitchcraftcreate

Re-gram the photo tagging @dottydoily and #ddpumpkinwin

When I get to 2k followers I will do the draw for the winner and launch the free pattern. Good luck everyone!

(A little note to private instagrammers. You will need to either comment on my original post so that I can follow you to see your entry, or send me a Direct message to take part.)