Quick Crochet Pumpkin Pattern | Blessed Pumpkin

Looking for a quick fall project? The Blessed Pumpkin works up in about an hour with just 30 yards of worsted weight yarn, and it’s one of my favorite little ways to bring a cozy touch to the house this time of year. I named it the Blessed Pumpkin because that’s simply how fall makes me feel: blessed. 🍂

I first designed it for the 2019 Halloween Crochet Along, but it isn’t just for Halloween. Tuck a few on your Thanksgiving table, a mantel, or a bookshelf, and they’ll carry you right through the season.

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Why You’ll Love This Pattern

• Quick — about an hour from start to finish
• Stash friendly — just 30 yards of worsted weight yarn
• Easy stitches — the back loop rows create the pumpkin’s ribs for you
• Fall all season — Halloween, Thanksgiving, and everything in between

Pattern Details

Skill Level: Easy

Terms: US crochet terms

Yarn: #4 worsted weight, about 30 yards — I used Premier Sweet Roll in Butterscotch Pop

Hook & Notions

• Size Hook: I (5.5 mm)
• Scissors
• Stitch markers
• Blunt needle
• Fiberfill
• Cinnamon sticks and raffia (optional, for the stem)

Finished Size: 4½” tall (without the stem) and 16″ around

Gauge: Not important for this project

Abbreviations

• BLO = back loop only
• ch = chain
• exsc = extended single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• sc = single crochet
• st(s) = stitch(es)

Pattern Notes

• The pumpkin is worked in rows, then seamed into a tube and gathered closed at each end.
• Ch 1 at the beginning of a row does not count as a stitch.
• The amount of stuffing sets the shape: more makes a taller, plumper pumpkin, and less makes it shorter and wider.

Special Stitches

Extended Single Crochet (exsc): Insert your hook in the indicated stitch and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through one loop on the hook, then yarn over and draw through the remaining two loops. Here it’s worked in the back loop only. See my BLO ESC tutorial.

Blessed Pumpkin

Ch 16.

Row 1: (Working in the back bump) Hdc in 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across. Turn. (15 hdc)

Rows 2–28: Ch 1, BLO sc in the first st, BLO exsc in each st across to the last st, BLO sc in the last st. Turn. (2 BLO sc, 13 BLO exsc)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

1. Seam: Using the tail, mattress stitch the first and last rows together to make a tube. Fasten off.
2. Close the bottom: With another piece of yarn, weave in and out through the row ends around one open end of the tube. Pull tight to close it and tie off.
3. Stuff: Stuff firmly with fiberfill until you like the shape.
4. Close the top: Weave another strand of yarn around the top opening and pull it closed the same way, leaving a small hole for the stem. Tie off and weave in all ends.
5. Stem: Tie three cinnamon sticks together with rope or raffia and tuck them into the top.

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