Crochet Pumpkin Garland
You’ll need:
Approx. 30 yards per pumpkin of WeCrochets' Brava Worsted yarn in Persimmon and and Lion Brands’s Pound of Love in Taupe (for pumpkins);
Odds of Lion Brand 24/7 cotton yarn in cafe au lait (for stems);
Odds of Brava Worsted yarn in Peapod (for vine spiral);
Crochet hook 5 mm (pumpkin body), 3, 125 mm (stem + spiral), 4, 25 mm (garland chain);
Stuffing;
Yarn needle;
Scissors.
Size: finished garland is about 68” (each pumpkin = 3,75” x 3”).
Instructions
Pumpkin Body
Make 2 per pumpkin
(using orange, taupe, cream or pumpkin color of choice and crochet hook 5 mm)
Make a Magic Circle.
Round 1: Ch 2. 8 hdc in magic circle. Sl st to 1st hdc to join. <8hdc >
Round 2: Ch 2. 2 hdc in first st and in each st around. Sl st to 1st hdc to join. <16 hdc>
Round 3: Ch 2. [1 hdc in 1st st, 2 hdc in next], Repeat inside [] around. Sl st to join. <24 hdc>
Round 4 : Do not chain. Sl st in the 1st st (this feels a little weird, but it will work!), 1 sc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, 1 sc in the next st, sl st in the next 2 sts,
First side of Round 4.
1 sc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 1 sc in the next st, sl st in the last st. Sl st to 1st stitch to join. <32 sts>
Round 4 complete.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Stem
Using brown and 3,125 mm crochet hook.
Ch 3.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in last ch. Do NOT ch, turn. <2sc>
Rows 2-4: Sc in next 2 sts. Do NOT ch, turn. <2sc>
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Vine Spiral
Using green and 3,125 mm crochet hook.
Ch 10.
Row 1: 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch. <18 sc>
Fasten off, weave in ends.
All pumpkin parts ready for assembly.
Assembly
Align the two pumpkin panels with the wrong sides facing in.
Cut off a length of main color yarn about 6” long.
The front of the pumpkin should be facing you.