Little Pumpkin

Free Little Pumpkin crochet tutorial by Oksana Vodinova @sovuwka_rukodelnicia.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush pumpkin in a witch hat. Any plush yarn will work for this amigurumi project: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, NAKO Bonbon Panda Baby, and similar yarns.

Materials and Tools

• Himalaya Dolphin Baby plush yarn
• 4 mm crochet hook
• 16 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Strong thread for shaping
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Little Pumpkin Crochet Pattern

Legs (2 pieces)

1: ch 6, starting in the second chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
3-4: 18 sc
5: 5 sc, 4 dec, 5 sc (14)
6: 4 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc (11)
7: 3 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (9)
8-27: 9 sc

Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers.

Pumpkin

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12: 25 sc, 4 sc together with one leg, 6 sc, 4 sc together with the second leg, 27 sc
13-23: 66 sc (12 rounds)
Insert the eyes between rounds 21 and 22, 6-7 sc apart.
24: 9 sc, dec
25: 8 sc, dec
26: 7 sc, dec
27: 6 sc, dec
28: 5 sc, dec
29: 4 sc, dec
30: 3 sc, dec
31: 2 sc, dec
32: 1 sc, dec
33: decreases

Arms (2 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc
3: 1 sc, inc (9)
4: 9 sc
5: dec, 5 sc, dec (7)
6: dec, 5 sc, dec (6)
7-19: 6 sc

Fold in half and crochet 3 sc through both layers.

Stem

With green yarn

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc
3: 1 sc, inc (9)
4: 9 sc
5: inc, 8 sc (10)
6: 10 sc
7: 2 inc, 8 sc (12)
8: 12 sc
9: 2 sc, inc x 6 (16)
10: 3 sc, inc x 6 (20)

Without cutting the yarn, ch 25. Crochet along the chain: 2 dc in the first stitch, 1 dc in each stitch to the end of the chain.

Use strong thread to divide the pumpkin into 6 sections. The eyes and mouth should be on one section.

Sew on the arms and pumpkin stem.

11: 4 sc, inc x 5 (30)
12: 5 sc, inc x 5 (35)
13: 6 sc, inc x 5 (40)

Witch Hat

1: 5 sc in MR
2: 5 sc
3: 5 inc (10)
4: 10 sc
5: 1 sc, inc (15)
6-7: 15 sc
8: 2 sc, inc (20)
9: 20 sc
10: 3 sc, inc x 5 (25)
11: 4 sc, inc x 5 (30)
12: 5 sc, inc x 5 (35)
13: 6 sc, inc x 5 (40)
Switch to orange yarn.
14-15: 40 sc
16: inc in each stitch (80)
17-20: 80 sc

Your little pumpkin is ready!