Oct 24 2008
Small Pumkin
Halloween is fast approaching and many people will be crafting their own decorations. With the rising cost of food, why worry with buying pumpkins this year for decoration when you can crochet as many as you need? Small pumpkins are just plain cute and fun to display.
I created this small pumpkin pattern because I had wanted a crocheted pumpkin that had the characteristics of the fall fruit. One that would bulge out as it got taller and then fold back to the small size near the stem.
Here are the abbreviations along with definitions of terms used in this pattern.
Ch stands for chain, which is the basic stitch that begins practically all crochet projects. Start with a slip knot and then grab the yarn with the hook and pull it through the loop on the hook.
SC is for single crochet. A single crochet is done by inserting the hook into a stitch and then grabbing the yarn with the hook. Then pull the yarn back through the loop. Now you have two loops on the hook. Now yarn over, or grab the yarn again with the hook and pull it through both loops.
Sl St means to perfom a slip stitch. Insert the hook into the stitch and grab the yarn with the hook. Then pull the yarn through the stitch and the loop on the hook.
Sc2tog is the abbreviation for single crochet 2 together. This is done to decrease the number of stitches in a round. Basically you will begin a single crochet by inserting the hook and pulling the yarn through so that you have two loops on the hook. Then insert your hook into the next stitch. Grab the yarn and pull through so that you have three loops on the hook. Now grab the yarn and pull through all three loops.
This pumpkin measures three inches wide. Gauge is not that important for this project.
Small Pumpkin
chain(ch) 2
Round 1: Work six single crochet(sc) into first chain. Now join the last sc with the first one with a slip stitch(sl st).
Round 2: Ch 1. Work 3 sc into first single crochet stitch. Use a sl st to join with the second single crochet. In the third single crochet(of the six), work three sc. In the fourth, join with a sl st. For the fifth single crochet, work three sc into the stitch. Join it with the sixth single crochet with a sl st.
Round 3: Ch 1. Work 3 sc into next stitch and join with a sl st into next stitch. Skip one stitch. Continue to work 3 sc into next stitch, join, and skip the next stitch until the end of the round.
Round 4: It’s time to decrease the size. Ch 1. Work 1 sc into next stitch and then single crochet the next two stitches(sc2tog) together. Repeat until end of round.
Round 5: Ch 1. Work one sc into each stitch all the way around.
Round 6: Ch 1. Sc2tog the whole round. Continue to decrease until the top of the pumpkin is closed up.
Stem of the pumpkin
Join yarn to the top of the pumpkin. Ch 1 and work four sc into the pumpkin in a circle.
Round 2: Sc in round (4 sc)
Round 3: Sc in round (4sc)
Round 4: Sc2tog (2sc)
Round 5: Sl st together the top of the stem.
