This post was sponsored by JOANN – My favorite craft store to visit for all my yarn and tools that I use. Also, you can’t resist all their coupons!
I just love crafting for Halloween! The projects are always some of the most fun and it’s amazing how many ideas you can come up with for what we call the spooky season. I have been crocheting for seven years and there are still so many new ideas to explore. This time, however, I am revisiting a classic concept but just with bigger yarn.
Whenever I stop by JOANN I am always welcomed by so mays seasonal greetings. They have pumpkins all over the place and although I have made pumpkins in the past, I wanted to try out one of their blanket yarns that they have for the holidays. It’s so nice to the touch and thought it would give a different spin to my usual projects. Chunky yarn is trendy and I can see why!
Pumpkins are the perfect rounded shape in my opinion – I used Yarnspirations Bernat Blanket Bright’s Yarn and a little bit of velvet and the feeling is too plush! You can use this project as a gift, home décor, and even used as a pillow. Pretty multifunctional which is always an added bonus to a project. How will you be using yours?
JOANN has helped inspire me to get ready this fall – Your Plump Pumpkin project is good beyond just Halloween, November can feel like Fall time and being able to decorate inside your home is always a treat.
You can find the full free pattern down below! Both the small and large pumpkins are both available.
What color can pumpkins be?
Have you used blanket yarn for any of your projects yet, even Amigurumi? I see more and more of it being used over on Tik Tok and after trying it out, I think I will definitely be playing around with it move forward for a good while. It feels quite good on the fingers!
JOANN makes it so easy to get what you need to make whatever your imagination wants. Luckily, all the written instructions are here and all you need is the materials from JOANN.
One could say these pumpkins are cute enough to eat – would absolutely love to see one of my readers make this in White or any other color!
Other criteria someone might meet who would enjoy this project:
- Someone looking to make Fall time home décor /project
- Someone needing a new pillow
- Someone looking to make a gift
- Someone who needs an easy project to use with blanket yarn
So where can you find what you need?
You can find every single thing I used for this project from JOANN stores and you will see all of that hyperlinked for you. JOANN is my favorite place to go for materials and the yarn I love the most for amigurumi can be exclusively found there as well. When purchasing, I earn a little bit of the commission, so thank you for supporting me as a blogger!
To find the patter, just continue scrolling down the post to find all the written instructions and photo tutorials. If you have any questions, contact me!
All editorial content and https://www.joann.com/projects are intellectual property of Vincent Green-Hite, designer of Knot Bad.
This post was sponsored by JOANN Stores but all ideas and opinions are my own. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it.
You may sell products made from this pattern but please clearly credit the design to Knot Bad and link it my website knotbadami.com Make sure to post it! Use the hashtag #yarnpunk and #handmadewithjoann when posting it and please feel free to tag me and show me how yours turned out! You can also find the Facebook group and subreddit r/yarnpunk to post to as well!
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So here’s what you’ll need:
All the yarns can be substituted with any jumbo weight yarn (size 4)
These colors will be interchangeable and identified with Color A and Color B to decide which kind you would like to make.
- 1 Skein in Yarnspirations Bernat Blanket Brights (in Carrot Orange)
- 1 Skein in Yarnspirations Bernat Velvet (In Pine)
- 1 Skein in Yarnspirations Bernat Blanket (in Black)
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Skill Level:
Easy+
Dimensions
Small Pumpkin:
Height: 5″ inches roughly
Width: 4.5″ inches roughly
Large Pumpkins:
Height: 8″inches roughly
Width: 7.5″ inches roughly
Abbreviations (In US terms)
Sl st – Slip Stitch
Ch – Chain
Sc – Single Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Inc – Increase
Inv dec – Invisible Decrease
FLO – Front Loop Only
* *- Repeat
FO – Finish Off
( ) – Number of stitches
Notes:
- This pattern is worked continuously and not joined.
- This pattern is written in US terms
- You can find helpful tutorials throughout, but if you would like to find some of my tips and tricks you can head HERE!
- The photo for each step will be found BELOW explanation.
- Find my YouTube tutorial for the Magic Ring here!
Let’s Begin
Small Pumpkin
Begin in Orange
Rnd 1: 6 Single crochet into Magic Ring (6) (Click here for video tutorial!)
Rnd 2: *Inc* around (12)
Rnd 3: *Sc, Inc* around (18)
Rnd 4: *Sc 2, Inc* around (24)
Rnd 5: *Sc 3, Inc* around (30)
Rnd 6 – 10: Sc around (30)
Insert safety eyes into round 8 with 5 stitches apart
Rnd 11: *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)
Rnd 12: *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
Be sure to stuff your work with your polyfill!
Rnd 13: *Sc, Dec* around (12)
Rnd 14: *Dec* around (16)
Leave a generous amount of yarn for the final tail – finish off and leave long strand!
To close, insert your needle through 2 loops and pull. Find the full tutorial here!
We will now be using the long strand of yarn to create the squished pumpkin look and give it the dimensions it needs.
With your strand, insert with your needle through the bottom of the pumpkin and pulling all the way out through the other side.
With your yarn now exposed and pulled through, pull it all the way around (down the middle between the eyes to begin) and pull it through the bottom of the project once again. This will be the same direction as we did initially.
Continue this same process all the way around! You will be left with 5 “yarn pulls” (Each will be roughly 3″ between)
Pull tightly (but make sure not too tight – you can rip your yarn!)
You will have 5 exposed pull yarn strands
When pulling through the last time, knot off near the center (so we can hide it) and finish by weaving through.
Small Stem
Begin in Black
Rnd 1: 6 Single crochet into Magic Ring (6) (Click here for video tutorial!)
Rnd 2: *Sc, Inc* around (9)
Rnd 3 – 5: Sc around (9)
Don’t forget to stuff firmly with polyfill!
Finish off and leave tail for sewing.
Curly Leaf:
Begin in Green Velvet
Ch 13
- In second stitch from hook, Dc.
- Dc three more times into the same witch (Dc x 3)
- There will be 4 Dc in total in this same stitch stitch. Into the next stitch, Dc x 4.
- Continue Dc x 4 into each stitch across.
Your work will begin to curl!
Leave tail for sewing
Large pumpkin:
** When making the large pumpkin, please refer to some of the tutorials up above found the in the “Small Pumpkin” section!
Rnd 1: 6 Single crochet into Magic Ring (6) (Click here for video tutorial!)
Rnd 2: *Inc* around (12)
Rnd 3: *Sc, Inc* around (18)
Rnd 4: *Sc 2, Inc* around (24)
Rnd 5: *Sc 3, Inc* around (30)
Rnd 6: *Sc 4, Inc* around (34)
Rnd 7: *Sc 5, Inc* around (42)
Rnd 8: *Sc, 6, Inc* around (48)
Rnd 9 – 17: Sc around (48)
Rnd 18: *Sc 6, Dec* around (42)
Rnd 19: *Sc 5, Dec* around (36)
Rnd 20: *Sc 4,Dec* around (30)
Rnd 21: *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)
Rnd 22: *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
Rnd 23: *Sc,Dec* around (12)
Rnd 24: *Dec* around (6)
(Photo tutorial above in the Small Pumpkin section) Close hole shut. Leave a generous amount of yarn for your tail. Finish off and pull the long strand through.
Large Stem:
Begin in Black
Rnd 1: 6 Single crochet into Magic Ring (6) (Click here for video tutorial!)
Rnd 2: *Inc* around (12)
Rnd 3 – 8: Sc around (12)
Don’t forget to stuff firmly with polyfill!
Sl st into next stitch. Finish off and leave tail for sewing
Large leaf
Ch 18
- In second stitch from hook, Dc. Dc three more times into the same witch (Dc x 3)
- There will be 4 Dc in total in this same stitch stitch. Into the next stitch, Dc x 4.
- Continue Dc x 4 into each stitch across.
- Finish off and leave tail for sewing
Assembly (This will be the same process for both the small and large pumpkins)
Attaching the stem
With the tail attached to the stem of your project, you will be inserting into the top of your pumpkin. Sew around the top where your pumpkin had a small hole or “divot”
Attaching the leaf
Using the tail of the leaf, have the back end a little behind the stem and sew into place! You can sew as far as your would like up the leaf but this will mean less movement when completed (personal preference)
And the final step is now to embroider on the face details!
YOU’RE ALL DONE!
I hope you love this project as much as I do! I can’t wait to continue to play with this blanket yarn moving forward with more of my JOANN projects. Huge thank you to them for helping me out with this fun pattern and I hope it lights up all of your homes, too.
All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of Vincent Green-Hite, designer of Knot Bad.
This post was sponsored by JOANN Stores but all ideas and opinions are my own. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it.
You may sell products made from this pattern but please clearly credit the design to Knot Bad and link it my website knotbadami.com Make sure to post it! Use the hashtag #yarnpunk and #handmadewithjoann when posting it and please feel free to tag me and show me how yours turned out! You can also find the Facebook group and subreddit r/yarnpunk to post to as well!
