Halloween crochet pumpkin pattern
Bring a playful candy corn twist to your fall décor with this Halloween crochet pumpkin pattern. The bold yellow, orange, and white stripes paired with a black stem and curling vines create a fun seasonal pumpkin that stands out in any Halloween display.
Quick answer
This beginner Halloween crochet pumpkin is worked from the bottom up in joined rounds using worsted weight (#4) yarn and an H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook. Double crochet increases and decreases shape the stuffed pumpkin, while yellow, orange, and white sections create the candy corn design. A black stem and two vines are crocheted separately and sewn on. The finished pumpkin measures approximately 9.25 inches wide × 5.5 inches tall, excluding the stem.
Halloween crochet pumpkin pattern details
Here’s a quick overview of the materials, sizing, gauge, and pattern notes before you begin.
Skill level
Beginner — This pattern uses double crochet stitches, simple increases and decreases, joined rounds, basic color changes, and back-loop stitches for the stem.
Materials needed
- H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
- Worsted weight yarn (#4) in yellow, orange, white, and black
- Fiberfill to stuff the pumpkin
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Finished size
This candy corn pumpkin measures 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) wide by 5.5 inches (14 cm) tall (excluding the stem).
Gauge
16 dc stitches and 10 dc rounds = 4 inches (10 cm)
- If you have too many stitches, use a larger hook.
- If you have too few stitches, use a smaller hook.
My guide to crochet gauge explains how to measure your stitches and adjust your hook size.
Crochet abbreviations
- dc = double crochet
- dc2tog = double crochet decrease
- ch = chain
- st / sts = stitch / stitches
Pattern notes
- The pumpkin is worked in joined rounds from the bottom up.
- The ch 2 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch.
- Join each round with a slip stitch to the first stitch made in the round.
- Repeat instructions between the asterisks (*) around as indicated.
- When changing colors, work the slip stitch join with the new color.
- The pattern is written in US crochet terms.
Free Halloween crochet pumpkin pattern instructions
Pumpkin pattern
Use yellow yarn.
- Round 1: Magic circle, ch 2, 10 dc. Join. (10 sts)
- Round 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st around. Join. (20 sts)
- Round 3: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st; repeat around. Join. (30 sts)
- Round 4: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts; repeat around. Join. (40 sts)
- Round 5: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts; repeat around. Join. (50 sts)
- Round 6: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts; repeat around. Join. (60 sts)
- Round 7: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts; repeat around. Join. (70 sts)
- Round 8: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 6 sts; repeat around. Join. (80 sts)
- Round 9: Ch 2, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 7 sts; repeat around. Join. (90 sts)
- Rounds 10–13: With yellow, ch 2, dc in each st around. Join. (90 sts)
- Rounds 14–20: Switch to orange. Ch 2, dc in each st around. Join. (90 sts)
- Round 21: Switch to white. Ch 2, dc in each st around. Join. (90 sts)
Begin stuffing the pumpkin with fiberfill as you work the decrease rounds.
- Round 22: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 7 sts; repeat around. Join. (80 sts)
- Round 23: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 6 sts; repeat around. Join. (70 sts)
- Round 24: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 5 sts; repeat around. Join. (60 sts)
- Round 25: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 4 sts; repeat around. Join. (50 sts)
- Round 26: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 3 sts; repeat around. Join. (40 sts)
- Round 27: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next 2 sts; repeat around. Join. (30 sts)
- Round 28: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc in next st; repeat around. Join. (20 sts)
- Round 29: Ch 2, dc2tog around. Join. (10 sts)
Fasten off and sew closed using a yarn needle.
Shape the pumpkin
Cut a very long piece of black yarn. Wrap the yarn around the pumpkin from top to bottom and pull it snugly to create an indentation. Repeat two more times, spacing the three wraps evenly around the pumpkin to divide it into six sections. Tie the yarn securely to hold the shape.
Tip: For a neater finish, thread the yarn through the center of the pumpkin from top to bottom for each section instead of wrapping it over the outside.
Add the stem
Use black yarn.
Round 1: Magic circle, ch 2, 10 dc. Join. (10 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st. Join. (20 sts)
Round 3: Ch 2, working in the back loops only, dc2tog around. Join. (10 sts)
Rounds 4–7: Ch 2, dc in each st. Join. (10 sts)
Sew the stem to the top of the pumpkin.
Add the vines
Make 2 using black yarn.
Ch 14. Work 2 dc in the 3rd ch from the hook, 3 dc in the next ch, *2 dc in the next ch, 3 dc in the next ch; repeat from * across. (30 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
Sew one vine to each side of the stem.
Printable PDF version
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— Melissa
