Pumpkin

Free Amigurumi Pumpkin crochet tutorial by Fairyland.

With this pattern, you can crochet a pumpkin little man for Halloween. The size of your pumpkin depends on the thickness of the yarn you use (the thinner the yarn, the smaller the toy, and vice versa). The author used acrylic yarn.

Finished toy size is about 12 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn in 4 colors: orange, green, black, and white.
• 1.25 mm crochet hook
• 8-10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• 3 mm copper wire for reinforcing the arms
• Needle
• Glue
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Pumpkin Crochet Pattern

Work with orange yarn.

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 2 inc x 6 (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)
11-20. 60 sc
21. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
22. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
23. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
24. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
25. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Stuff the part with filling. Medium firmness.
26. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a short tail for sewing to the body.

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 times (9)
3-23. 9 sc

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a short tail for sewing to the body.

Legs-Body

Left leg:

1. Work 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-12. 18 sc

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Right leg:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3-12. 12 sc
13. 5 ch, join the left leg, 18 sc along the left leg, 6 sc along the chain of ch, 12 sc along the right leg, 5 sc along the chain of ch (42)

Please note: crochet the body without a marker, so it is okay if the stitches start to shift. Just carefully count the total number of stitches in each round. You can use a marker to track the start of the round.

14-20. 42 sc
21. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
22-26. 36 sc
27. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
28-30. 30 sc
31. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
32. 24 sc
Sew on the arms over 3 stitches, using the body as a guide. Leave 9 stitches for the back and 9 stitches for the front
33. 4 sc along the back, 6 sc along the right arm, 9 sc along the front, 6 sc along the left arm, 5 sc along the back (30)
34. 4 sc, dec, 2 sc along the arm, dec, 9 sc along the front, dec, 2 sc along the arm, 5 sc along the back (26)
35. 3 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc (20)
Insert wire into the arms, stuff the body firmly
36. 2 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 3 sc (18)
37. 18 sc
38. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Stuff the neck area firmly. Fasten the yarn and leave a long tail for shaping the head.

Sew the head to the body. Using the long tail from the body, make pumpkin shaping grooves, securing them in the first round of the head. I got 6 sections.

Stem

Work with green yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2-6. sc
7. inc x 6 (12)
8. inc x 12 times. Work in back loops only (24)

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Sew the stem to the crown.

Leaf

Crochet the leaf using the following chart:

I leave the pumpkin face design completely up to you. Every crafter has a unique style. Embroidery, eyes, shaping, and other details are the most interesting and engaging part of working with amigurumi. Use the original face as a guide and create your own unique beauty.

Scarf

With black yarn, crochet a chain of 80 ch + 2 turning chains
1. 80 dc
Switch to white yarn
2. 2 turning chains, 79 dc

Cut the yarn. Pull the edges together with the remaining tails and sew on pom-poms.

Put the scarf on your toy, come up with a name, and enjoy your beautiful result!