Pokeball Pumpkins
It’s fall and luckily for us over in the PNW, the sun is still sort of shining! Perfect time to still get out and play Pokemon GO! Playing so much lately gave me the idea to combine my favorite franchise with the best time of the year – so now I introduce you to the Pokeball Pumpkin patterns! Down below you will find the free pattern for both the large and small sizes! The large Pumpkin Pokeball stands 4 inches tall from the bottom to the stem and is roughly 4.5 inches wide. The smaller pokeball stands roughly 3 inches from stem to bottom and is 3 inches wide.
*Note* This pattern was worked in a continuous round, not joined.
Materials
(All yarn used in Lion Brand Yarn!)
Vanna’s Choice Orange
Vanna’s Choice Kelly Green
Vanna’s Choice Black
Vanna’s Choice White
Vanna’s Choice Brown
4mm crochet hook
Yarn Needle
Fiberfill
Scissors
Stitch Markers (Optional, but helpful!)
Gauge: Exact gauge is not needed for this project.
Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Sc – Single Crochet
Inc – Increase
Dec- Decrease
*- Repeat
( ) – number of stitches at the end of the round
Large Pokeball Pumpkin
Ball (Begin in Orange)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
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 (36)
Rnd 7: *Sc 5, Inc* around (42)
Rnd 8: *Sc 6, Inc* around (48)
Rnd 7-10: Sc around, switch to black on last stitch. (48)
Rnd 11-12: In black, Sc around. Switch back to orange in last stitch of rnd 12. (48)
Rnd 13-16: In orange, Sc around. (48)
Rnd 17: *Sc 6, Dec* around (42)
Rnd 18: *Sc 5, Dec* around (36)
*You can begin stuffing firmly!*
Rnd 19: *Sc 4, Dec* around (30)
Rnd 20: *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)
Rnd 21: *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
Rnd 22: *Sc, Dec* around (12)
Finish off, leave a very long tail to sew shut the circle and you will be using the tail to give it the “pumpkin” look.
**To give it that pumpkin look, pull the yarn through the bottom and pull it back out through the top when the yellow meets the orange. Pull over the entire body and back through the bottom again and pull the yarn tight so it’s squeezing the pumpkin tightly. Do this all the way around!
Large Button (Begin in Black)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
Rnd 2: *Inc* around (12)
Rnd 3: *Sc, Inc* around (18)
Finish off, leave tail for sewing
Stem (Begin in brown)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
Rnd 2: *Sc, inc* around (9)
Rnd 3-6: Sc around (9)
Finish off, leave tail for sewing
**Attach the white button to the black button. You can now attach the button to the pokeball itself!
Small Pokeball Pumpkin
Ball (Begin in Orange)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
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 (36)
Rnd 7-9: Sc around (36) Switch to black in last stitch
Rnd 10-11: In Black, Sc around (36) Switch back to orange in last stitch
Rnd 12-14: Sc around (36)
Rnd 15: *Sc 4, Dec* around (30)
*Begin stuffing firmly*
Rnd 16: *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)
Rnd 17: *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
Rnd 18: *Sc, Dec* around (12)
Finish off, leave a very long tail to sew shut the circle and you will be using the tail to give it the “pumpkin” look
To give it that pumpkin look, pull the yarn through the bottom and pull it back out underneath the black stripe. Sew through the bottom again and pull the yarn tight so it’s squeezing the pokeball tightly. Do this all the way around as well the top hemisphere of the ball!
Small button (Begin in white)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
Finish off, leave tail for sewing
**Attach the white button to the black button. You can now attach the button to the pokeball itself!
Stem (Begin in brown)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
Rnd 2-4: Sc around (6)
Finish off, leave tail for sewing
Small leaf (In green)
Slip stitch through a stitch next to the stem. Ch 6. Turn, Sc in second chain from hook and sc all the way back down to the pokeball. Slip stitch back through and finish off.
Now sew it all together!
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