Free crochet pattern for my pumpkin witch. Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin Witch
Supplies
• Double-knit yarn (light yarn in USA) in pumpkin colour.
• Cotton yarn (Sport / Baby) OR Double-knit yarn in witches’ hat main colour.
(I did a hat in both yarns and they turned out similar sizes).
• Double knit yarn in the hat stripe colour
• 4mm hook for hat & pumpkin
• 1mm hook for eyes
• Yarn needle
• Stuffing or scrap yarn
Abbreviations
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
sl st - slip stitch
inc - increase
dec - decrease
First, make the pumpkin.
R1: Using your pumpkin colour, make a magic ring of 6sc. Use a stitch marker if you need.
R2: inc around (12)
R3: inc around (24)
R4: sc around (24)
R5: (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 8 times (32)
R6-R11: sc around (32)
R12: (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 8 times (24)
R13: sc around (24)
R14: dec around (12)
Add your stuffing now. Don’t overstuff as you want to be able to carve the indents for the pumpkin segments.
R15: dec around (6)
Finish off, leave a long tail. Close hole with tail, then use it to create the segments. Bring your tail down to the bottom through the middle, then up around the outside and pull tight. Back down through the middle and create your next segment. Keep on like this to make a total of 6 segments. Weave in thread to finish off. (See photos).
Pumpkin eyes
R1: Using your pumpkin eye colour, make a chain of 3.
R2: sc into second chain from hook, slipstitch into third chain from hook. Finish off.
Make the pumpkin witch hat
R1: Using your witches hat main colour, make a magic ring of 4sc. Use a stitch marker if you need.
R2: sc around (4)
R3: inc around (8)
R4: sc around (8)
R5: (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 4 times (12)
R6: sc around (12)
R7: (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 4 times (16)
R8: sc around (16)
R9: (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 4 times (20)
R10: sc around (20)
R11: (4 sc, 1 inc) repeat 4 times (24)
R12-13: sc around (24)
R14: dec around (12)
R14-15: Change to stripe colour! sc around (24)
R16: Change to main colour! inc around (48)
R17-18: sc around (48) Finish off.
Making up!
Slightly stuff the witches hat just to maintain the shape, then stitch to the pumpkin head centrally.
Choose where you want your face to be, I chose the side with the fattest segments.
The eyes want to be about 1-2 stitches below the hat brim. It’s around row 10 counting from the bottom. Leave about 3 stitches between the eyes. Use the thread ends to sew them at the top and one stitch at the bottom to secure. (See photo).
Leave one row between the bottom of the eyes and the mouth. Stitch a zig zag pattern. I made the mouth the same width as the eyes.
Design your own pumpkin face if you wish.
Have fun and happy Halloween from Moorside Homecrafts!
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