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Crochet pumpkin pattern for beginners

ByMelissa Hassler

Bring a cozy handmade touch to your fall decorating with this crochet pumpkin pattern. These little pumpkins look cute grouped together on shelves, mantels, tiered trays, or tables, and making them in different colors is an easy way to create your own autumn pumpkin patch.

Quick answer

This beginner crochet pumpkin pattern is worked flat in rows using worsted weight (#4) yarn and a G-6 (4 mm) crochet hook. Each pumpkin is made from a back-loop half double crochet rectangle that is seamed into a tube, stuffed, and gathered closed, with a small crocheted stem added at the top. The pattern includes small, medium, and large sizes.

Crochet pumpkin pattern for beginners details

Here’s a quick overview of the materials, sizing, gauge, and pattern notes before you begin.

Skill level

Beginner — This pattern uses half double crochet stitches, back-loop-only rows, simple seaming, stuffing, and basic assembly.

Materials needed

  • G-6 (4 mm) crochet hook
  • Worsted weight yarn (#4) in your chosen pumpkin color(s), plus brown for the stem
  • Fiberfill to stuff the pumpkin
  • Yarn needle
  • Scissors

Finished size

Pumpkin SizesFlat RectangleFinished Pumpkin Size
Small Pumpkin2.5″ x 6.25″2″ base, 2″ tall
Medium Pumpkin3.5″ x 8.75″3″ base, 2.5″ tall
Large Pumpkin4.5″ x 11.25″3.5″ base, 3″ tall
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Gauge

Just under 6 stitches = 1 inch and 3 rows = 1 inch

Learn how to check crochet gauge before you begin so you can adjust your hook size if needed.

Crochet abbreviations

Pattern notes

  • Each pumpkin is worked flat in rows and then seamed, stuffed, and gathered closed.
  • Rows 2 through the final row of each pumpkin rectangle are worked in the back loops only.
  • The ch 2 at the beginning of a row does not count as a stitch.
  • The pattern is written in US crochet terms.
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Free crochet pumpkin pattern

Small pumpkin

Row 1: Ch 16, hdc in 3rd ch from the hook, hdc in each rem ch, turn. (14 stitches)
Row 2: Ch 2, hdc blo in each st, turn. (14 stitches)
Rows 3-19: Repeat row 2. 

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. 

Medium pumpkin

Row 1: Ch 20, hdc in 3rd ch from the hook, hdc in each rem ch, turn. (18 stitches)
Row 2: Ch 2, hdc blo in each st, turn. (18 stitches)
Rows 3-26: Repeat row 2. 

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. 

Large pumpkin

Row 1: Ch 24, hdc in 3rd ch from the hook, hdc in each rem ch, turn. (22 stitches)
Row 2: Ch 2, hdc blo in each st, turn. (22 stitches)
Rows 3-34: Repeat row 2. 

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. 

Pumpkin stem

Use brown yarn.

Ch 6, sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each remaining ch. (5 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

  1. Fold the rectangle so the short ends meet. Use the long yarn tail to sew the short ends together, forming a tube.
  2. Turn the tube so the seam is on the inside.
  3. Thread a length of yarn onto your yarn needle. Weave the yarn in and out around one open edge of the tube.
  4. Pull the yarn tightly to gather the opening closed. Secure the yarn.
  5. Stuff the pumpkin firmly with fiberfill and shape it as you work.
  6. Thread another length of yarn onto your needle and repeat the gathering method around the remaining opening. Pull tightly and secure.
  7. Sew the stem to the top of the pumpkin.

Finishing

Weave in your ends.

Three finished crochet pumpkins in cream, turquoise, and orange with ribbed texture and small brown stems on a white background.

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Happy crocheting! 🧶
— Melissa

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