Crochet Pumpkin – Easy Free Step-by-Step Tutorial

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This little pumpkin is a quick and adorable project, perfect for decorating your home in autumn 🍂 or adding a cute touch to your amigurumi dolls. It’s easy to crochet and only needs a small amount of yarn 🧶✨

🧶 Materials

Two colors of yarn:
- Color A: for the stem (just a little)
- Color B: for the pumpkin
Crochet hook suitable for your yarn
Scissors ✂️
Tapestry needle to close the piece

🔤 Abbreviations

ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc_flo – single crochet, working in front loop only
sc_blo – single crochet, working in back loop only
inc_flo – increase, working in front loop only
inc_blo – increase, working in back loop only
dec_flo – decrease, working in front loop only
{…} – work everything inside the braces in the same stitch
(…) x N – repeat the instructions inside parentheses N times

🧵 Instructions

Rounds 1–4 are worked in spiral.
Use Color A (stem).

1. 4 sc in magic ring [4]
2. inc_blo, 3 sc_blo [5]
3. 5 sc_blo [5]
4. inc_blo, 4 sc_blo [6]

From round 5 onwards, work in rounds making 1 ch at the beginning of each round, and join with sl st at the top of the ch.

5. 6 sc_flo [6]
6. {sc_flo, sc_blo} x 6 [12]
7. (inc_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [18]
Change to Color B
8. (2 inc_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [30]
9. (inc_flo, 2 sc_flo, inc_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [42]
10–15. (6 sc_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [42]
16. (dec_flo, 2 sc_flo, dec_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [30]
17. (2 dec_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [18]
18. (dec_flo, sc_blo) x 6 [12]
19. 6 dec_flo [6]
Cut the yarn leaving a long tail and close the hole using a tapestry needle.
Gently shape your pumpkin so it looks plump and round 🎃✨

💡 Tip:

You can adjust the size by using thicker or thinner yarn. Try making a set of pumpkins in different autumn shades: orange, beige, olive green, or mustard 🍁