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20 December Crafts & DIY Projects Digest

Crochet Pumpkin Lady

Knitting & Crocheting

The Crochet Pumpkin Lady is a delightful craft project often embraced during the fall season, featuring a whimsical figure crafted from yarn that resembles a lady adorned with pumpkin-themed elements. Typically, these creations showcase vibrant orange tones that mimic a pumpkin's appearance, combined with playful accessories like hats, scarves, or floral designs that enhance the seasonal vibe. This decorative piece not only adds charm to autumn displays but also showcases the creativity and skill of crocheters who enjoy merging traditional techniques with seasonal motifs.

Materials-

  • Worsted weight yarn

    • Orange, green, blue, shirt color and black
  • Hook size 3.5mm (E)
  • 10mm Safety Eyes, or an alternative form of eyes
  • Stitch Marker
  • PolyFill
  • Tapestry Needle
  • Scissors
  • Sewing Pins

US Terminology-

Abbreviations-

  • Rd(s)- Round(s)
  • MR- Magic Ring
  • St(s)- Stitch(s)
  • Sl St- Slip Stitch
  • Sc- Single Crochet
  • Hdc- Half Double Crochet
  • Dc- Double Crochet
  • Inc- Increase
  • Dc Inc- Double Crochet Increase
  • Dec- Invisible Decrease

    • In front loops only pick up the next two loops, yarn over, and pull through 2 loops.
  • P- Picot

    • Ch 3, sl st in the 3 ch from the hook.
  • FO- Fasten Off
  • BLO- Back Loop Only
  • FLO- Front Loop Only- for closing up holes.

Notes-

  • Magic Ring Alternative- chain 2 and single crochet in the second chain from the hook.

  • This will be crocheted in the round.
  • If not specified or in () repeat to the end of the round.
  • Stuff as you go.

Arms- (make 2)

Orange

Rd 1: sc 6 in MR

Rd 2: inc (12)

Rd 3: sc 2, inc (16)

Rd 4-6: sc around (16) (3 rounds)

Rd 7: sc 2, dec (12)

Rd 8: sc, dec (8)

Rd 9-13: sc around (8) (5 rounds)

Switch to Shirt Color

Rd 14: BLO sc around (8)

Rd 15-17: sc around (8) (3 rounds) Stuff hand firm and arm loosely.

Rd 18: fold in half and sc through both 4 times.

FO leaving a tail for sewing

To make the cuff insert your hook into the FLO of rd 14 from shirt through the st toward the arm and sc around, st to the first st, FO, and sew in the ends.

Feet- (make 2)

Blue

Ch 7

Rd 1: sc in 2 ch from the hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, and continue working around the ch, sc 4, inc (14)

Rd 2: inc, sc 4, inc x3, sc 4, inc x2

Rd 3: inc, sc 5, (sc, inc) x3, sc 4, (sc, inc) x2 (26)

Rd 4-6: sc around (26) (3 rounds)

Rd 7: sc 5, (sc, dec) x4, sc 9 (22)

Rd 8: sc 6, dec x4, sc 8 (18)

Rd 9: sc 4, dec x3, sc 8 (15)

Switch to orange

Rd 10-20: sc around (15) (11 rounds)

Switch to blue

Rd 21: BLO sc around (15)

Rd 22: sc around (15) Stuff

FO the first one, but not the second one.

Body-

You will be placing your st marker in a new spot in this round.

Rd 23: Line up the legs, making sure that the feet are pointing the same direction, sc 4, ch 2, sc on the other leg and place your st marker, sc 14, sc 2 across the ch, sc 15 around the other leg, sc 2 on the other side of the ch (34)

Rd 24-31: sc around (34) (8 rounds)

Change to shirt color

Rd 32: BLO sc around (34)

Rd 33: sc 3, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 3 (30)

Rd 34-35: sc around (30)

Rd 36: sc 3, dec (24)

Rd 37-38: sc around (24)

Rd 39: sc, dec, sc 2, this is where you will add the 1st arm (pictures below), insert your hook through the 1st st of the arm and body doing (dec, sc 2, dec), sc 2, dec, sc 2 (weaving your ends in as you sc), this is where you will add the 2nd arm, insert your hook through the 1st st of the arm and body doing (dec, sc 2, dec), sc (weaving your ends in as you sc) (18)

Rd 40-41: sc around (18)

Rd 42: sc, dec (12)

Rd 43-44: sc around (12) Stuff

FO, leave a long tail for sewing the head

To make the cuff insert your hook into the FLO of rd 21 from undies through the st toward the leg and sc around, sl st to the first st, FO, and sew in the ends.

Skirt-

Blue

Rd 1: attach to FLO of rd 32 and dc, dc inc (51)

Rd 2: dc 2, dc inc (68)

Rd 3-4: dc around (68)

Switch to Shirt Color

Rd 5-6: sc around (68)

FO and sew in the ends

Head-

Pumpkin Part-

Orange

Rd 1: sc 6 in MR

Rd 2: inc (12)

Rd 3: sc, inc (18)

Rd 4: sc 2, inc (24)

Rd 5: sc 3, inc (30)

Rd 6: sc 4, inc (36)

Rd 7: sc 5, inc (42)

Rd 8: sc 6, inc (48)

Rd 9: sc 7, inc (54)

Rd 10: sc 8, inc (60)

Rd 11-20: sc around (60) (10 rounds) insert eyes between rds 13 and 14, 8 sts apart.

Rd 21: sc 8, dec (54)

Rd 22: sc 7, dec (48)

Rd 23: sc 6, dec (42)

Rd 24: sc 5, dec (36)

Rd 25: sc 4, dec (30)

Rd 26: sc 3, dec (24)

Rd 27: sc 2, dec (18)

Rd 28: sc, dec (12)

Rd 29: dec (6) Stuff loosely

FO leaving a long tail to create the bumps of the pumpkin. Close the gap by slipping the needle through the FLO and pulling tight.

To create the bumps, you start by inserting your tapestry needle through the hole you just sew up and the MR at the bottom. Pull tight to create the sunken-in look. *Now you will take the needle and insert your needle back through the pumpkin through the top to the bottom like the first time and pull tight. This will create an indent on the outside. Continue to repeat from * 5 more times to create 6 bumps, so wrap around 6 times total. To help get the bumps even you can do one line and then come up and down with the yarn being wrapped around the opposite side to complete the “line” across the pumpkin and continue to do that around the pumpkin. FO and sew in the ends.

Add eyelashes starting from the eye on the outside and going out toward the string that created the bump, one going up 2 rds and the other going up 1 rd.

Stem-

These next several steps; stem, leaf, vine are all made as one piece without FO.

Green

Rd 1: sc 6 in MR

Rd 2: inc (12)

Rd 3: BLO sc around (12)

Rd 4: sc around (12)

Rd 5: sc, dec (8)

Rd 6-7: sc around (8) Stuff loosely

Sl st but don’t FO.

Leaf-

This will not be crocheted in rounds, it will be crocheted in rows.

Ch 6

Row 1: in 2nd ch from hook sc 6, ch 1 and turn

Row 2: (sc, hdc), (dc, p, dc, hdc), (sc, hdc), (dc, p, dc, hdc), (sc, hdc, dc), p, (dc, hdc, sc), sl st in the ch loop. Sl st 3 along the ch, sl st in the same space as before you started the leaf in the stem

Sc around the stem

Vine-

Ch 30, sc 2 in the 2 ch from the hook and every other ch, sl st in same st, (ch 25, sc 2 in the 2 ch from the hook and every other ch, sl st in the same st) x2, (ch 18, sc 2 in the 2 ch from the hook and every other ch, sl st in same st) x2

Ch 1, on the other side of the leaf (sc, inc) around, sl st on the base of the vine.

FO and sew to the top of the pumpkin and sew in ends.

Sew the head to the body.

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