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© June Gilbank 2008
Crochet yourself a pumpkin – the perfect pattern for autumn! With this one basic pattern, you can create a realistic pumpkin for your Fall table, a cute amigurumi-style pumpkin for the kids, or a spooooooooooooooky pumpkin for Halloween.
This pumpkin pattern is Donationware – the pattern is available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation to show your appreciation:
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The complete pattern and instructions are available below, regardless of whether or not you choose to pay for them 
This is a PlanetJune original crochet pattern. Feel free to use items made from this pattern however you wish, but I’d appreciate credit as the pattern designer. Please do not reproduce the pattern anywhere else; instead post a link to http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/pumpkin/
Not ready to make it yet? Add it to your Ravelry queue: 
Terminology
| ch | chain |
| sc | single crochet (double crochet for UK/Aus) |
| hdc | half double crochet (half treble crochet for UK/Aus) |
| sl st | slip stitch (single crochet for UK/Aus) |
| st | stitch |
You will need…
• E US/3.5mm crochet hook
• Small amount of worsted weight yarn in orange, plus brown or green for stalk
• Yarn needle
Pumpkin
Note: The main part of the pumpkin is worked in rows. All stitches are worked in back loops only.
Ch 16.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 ch, hdc in next 9 ch, sc in last 3 ch. (15 st)
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in next 5 st, hdc in next 5 st, sc in next 5 st. (15 st)
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc in next 3 st, hdc in next 9 st, sc in next 3 st. (15 st)
Rows 4-25: repeat Rows 2 and 3 eleven times more. (15 st)
Row 26: Repeat Row 2 once more (15 st).
Fold the rectangle in half so that Row 26 is matched up with the starting chain. Sl st through both layers (Row 26 and the starting chain) to form a tube. Fasten off, leaving a long yarn end to close the ends of the pumpkin.
To form the bottom of the pumpkin, use a yarn needle and the long yarn end to gather around one of the open edges with running stitch. Draw the stitches tightly together, then knot the yarn to keep the end closed. Note: if you are using animal eyes for your pumpkin, insert them now, about halfway up the pumpkin, and attach the backs.
Make sure the yarn end and needle are on the outside of the base of the pumpkin, then stuff the pumpkin through the top opening. Pass the yarn end up through the middle of the pumpkin to the open edge, then use a running stitch around the stitches of the top edge. Draw up the stitches around the top to close it. Knot the yarn in this position.
Shaping (optional)
If the pumpkin is too tall, you can shape it by passing the yarn from the top middle down through the pumpkin to the centre hole at the bottom, then inserting the yarn needle at the bottom, one stitch away from where it exited the pumpkin, and passing the yarn end back up through the pumpkin to the top. Draw the yarn tighter until you like the shape. Knot the yarn in this position (the knot will be covered by the stalk).
Stalk
Make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring. (5 st)
Rnds 2-5: sc in each st around. (5 st)
Rnd 6: (sc in next st, ch 2, sc in same st) four times, sc in next st, ch 2, sl st in same st.
The base of the stalk should flare out into a star/pentagon shape. Fasten off, leaving a long yarn end to attach the stalk to the pumpkin.
Use a yarn needle and the long yarn end from the stalk to sew the base of the stalk to the centre top of the pumpkin.
Embellishment Ideas
Keep your pumpkin realistic, or embellish it with a cute face (round black eyes and an embroidered smiley mouth) or a scary Halloween face (cut eye and mouth shapes from black felt and glue to the pumpkin).
Happy Halloween! I hope you enjoy this pattern. Please leave me a comment below if you do, and consider leaving me a donation. Thanks!
If you like this pattern, you may also like my PocketAmi Set 3: Halloween patterns!
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Rabbit9 said
Very very cute. Thank you for the pattern.
Jenny said
Very cute
I love your patterns. Have a great day!
Tracy said
Very sweet! Doesn’t look to hard to make, may give it a try. :>
andrea said
thanks so much! this is fantastic
Akua said
This is the best designed pattern I’ve read yet. Your pumpkin is lovely! Thanks for sharing!
I will try it tonight— I want to hang some pumpkins on my porch rail.
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DianaG said
A friend and I have been trying to find free patterns to make playfood for our daughters, she will be so happy taht I found this! I really like it, thank you so much for sharing * hugs *
AlysiaJ said
this pattern looks sooo cute!!! the only thing is i dont understand what a magic ring is. could you please email me how to do it? im looking forward to making this for everyone i know!!!
June said
Alysia, I have a tutorial for the magic ring here: http://www.planetjune.com/magicring
http://www.crochet-doilies.com/free-crochet-instructions-and-patterns-online/ said
Your pumpkin is adorable. I’m glad to find it just in time for the fall season. Can’t wait to get out my yarn and give it a try.
Veronica said
Hi!
I absolutely love this pattern. I´m wondering if I can translate It to swedish on my blog. Of course I will link to your pattern and give you all the credits for making it.
Thank you so muck for sharing.
Lots of love /Veronica
Corgiiscute said
Thank you, so much! This is the most realistic-looking pumpkin that I could find. All of the others were just like a ball, but this one has the ridges!
I already made one, and I’ll be making a lot more
I love how easy it was to make.
Thank you!
jennifer said
Hi, I love the pumpkin pattern but I notice it doesn’t give a pattern for a stem. In the pumpkin picture it shows it with a stem.
June said
Jennifer, you’ll find the stem is called the stalk in my pattern – same thing
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Just finished this pattern! Its adorable and oh so easy! I made a little story on my blog and everything b/c the little pumpkin was just too cute to go without one. http://lauracruz.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/little-pumpkin/
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Thanks June for the perfect pumpkin pattern! I find its the best one out there because of your specific texture on the pumpkin! ^_^
Lili said
hello. this pattern is really cute and i really enjoyed making it. however, i am having trouble putting it all together. i don’t understand how you assembled it. for some reason, it keeps coming out box-shaped. can you show me how you sewed it together?
June said
Lili, you should end up with an open cylinder shape after slip stitching the two ends together. You have to stitch all around the bottom edge of the pumpkin with a running stitch, and then pull all those stitches tight to gather that whole edge into one point at the bottom middle of the pumpkin. After stuffing, you’ll do the same with the top edge to close it up. If you’re still having problems, email a photo of yours to me and I’ll tell you what you’re doing wrong.
Lili said
oh! okay. i see now. thank you very much.
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June, I am currently running a crochet along on my blog. Your pattern is the one we are using. You should see all of the gorgeous pumpkins that people are creating. Thanks so much!
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Danis said
That’s so cute, I hope to make several of those for the next Halloween, if I will still be in US, I wonder is Halloween celebrated in Canada?
Judy Jones said
This looks too cute. I recently made a pincushion that was a teacup. Even had the strand for the teabag attached! Everyone loves it.
The first thing I thought of when I saw your pumpkin was that this would make an adorable pincushion. How big around & tall is it?
Thanks.
June said
Judy, the exact size would depend on your yarn, how tightly you crochet, and how firmly you stuff it, but my pumpkins turned out to be about 3.5″ wide by 2.5″ tall (not including the stalk!)
donna walker said
I love the pattern, but unable to crochet, do you have this pattern in knitting on the flat? Thanks for the help in advance.
June said
Donna, I only design crochet patterns at present – sorry I can’t help!
Kate said
Thank you for the pattern!! It is adorable!!! Wonderful job!!
Elva said
Thank you a lot. This is a really clever pattern. I made two so far and it’s really kinda fun!
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Megan said
Hi June,
Thank you so much for the pattern! I saw your pear pattern and decided to make a bowlful of pears for my boyfriend’s mum for Christmas; I could not get enough of your simple and adorable patterns!
I already donated for the pears and apples, but am ‘trying before I buy’ with the pumpkin because I don’t trust my very new crochet skills to manage it. As feared, I haven’t a clue how to do the ‘running stitch’ to draw the bottom together; I already checked your tutorials, and Google can’t help. Could you please please please link me to a tutorial? Thanks so much,
Megan
xoxox
June said
Megan, don’t worry! I think you may be confused and thinking that a running stitch is some type of crochet stitch? It’s not – its the most basic stitch you can make in sewing (it looks like a dashed line).
In this case you’d bring the needle up from back to front through one stitch, then down from front to back through the next stitch. Repeat all along the edge, going up through one stitch and down through the next. When you’ve finished, draw the yarn tight and the running stitches will all gather together like a drawstring so the pumpkin will close up at the bottom.
I hope that makes more sense now
Rachel said
I have 2 questions for you on this pattern, first on row 4-25 it says to repeat rows 2 and 3 does 11 times does that mean you do 2 then 3 then 2 then 3 and so on or do you do 11 rows of 2 then 11 rows of 3? Also what is a running stitch? Thank you for the pattern I have started it but I am lost after row 3 lol, any advice would be greatly appreciated:)
Rachel
June said
Rachel, yes, repeat the combination (row 2 and then row 3) 11 times, so you’ll do 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, etc. As for running stitch, I just explained that to Megan (the comment above yours) so I’ll let you read my explanation there
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Thanks for the great pumpkin pattern! Finished it in a couple of hours. Love your clear instructions!!
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I wanted to thank you as it was your book that first got me started on amigurumi. I had never crocheted in my life and I couldn’t make heads or tails of the patterns. Even youtube was a bit hard to follow. After I bought your book, everything became perfectly clear! And I love how you add on tips on your website. Thanks for sharing! By the way, I’m addicted to amigurumis now.
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The Captain said
Hi! Someone I know made me this pumpkin and I’m so in love with him I want to use him as the mascot for my Etsy shop! I don’t crochet or anything but I plan on putting him in one of the mini top hats I do make but I thought it would be prudent to ask first.
June said
I have no problem with you doing that, provided that, if anyone asks about your mascot, you tell them where they can find the pattern
Alicia Brink said
so cute and easy. This was the pattern that led me to your site. I’ve fallen in love! I made this in purple for epilepsy awareness.
LletyaStar said
Aww, it’s sooo cute. Very clear instructions. :[) Thanks alot June.
Lauren said
^ – ^ I tried to make one a few hours ago. I think it turned out rather nice, I just need to make a few more before I’ve got myself a pumpkin patch.
Bubeto said
Thank you for the great pattern! I’ve made it in different colours and it turned out purfect. It helped me to prepare my projects for Halloween decoration in my crochet class. I’m gonna show my studens how to make it themselves. Happy Halloween and God bless you
))
Lisa said
Hi June, these look so cute and I’ve just gotten to the point where I have to use the running stitch and I’m confused. I read your explanation above and I do understand how to do this when sewing fabric together, but I can’t see how to sew the two edges together. Would it be possible to get a picture of the bottom of a pumpkin and possibly a picture of a running stitch in progress on one on of these pumpkins? I have tried youtube but for some reason every video of a running stitch demonstration (which I’m not sure will be helpful because none of them are for this type of thing, they’re all for sewing fabric together which I already understand how to do) says that it’s unavailable. Thanks!
Lisa.
June said
Lisa, seeing the running stitches wouldn’t actually help you – even if you could see the stitches against the yarn, they’d just look like a dashed line around the edge of the tube. The key to it is that you shouldn’t be trying to sew the two edges together at all – each stitch just goes through the edge of the pumpkin. After you’ve finished the stitches, you’ll pull on the yarn so the entire edge will be drawn together, the same way you pull a drawstring to close the top of a bag by scrunching all the fabric together in the middle. Until you pull the yarn tight, the running stitches do nothing at all. Maybe the words ‘running stitch’ are confusing you: it doesn’t matter what the stitch is called; just insert the needle under the edge of each ridge in turn, then pull the yarn tight to draw the edge together at the centre bottom of the pumpkin.
Lisa said
Ah, the key piece of information I wasn’t getting was that you don’t sew the edges together when you do the stitch, you just weave in and out of each individual stitch. Thanks!