How to Make a Crochet Pumpkin Pendant

You can mimic the look of a small pumpkin with a crocheted pendant.

Surprise party-goers or trick-or-treaters with a small pumpkin pendant you can crochet yourself. It takes very little yarn to make the small balls of single crochet rounds. Choose different-size hooks for a pumpkin that is at least 2 inches in diameter. These simple balls can be attached to silk cording, lanyard string, 1/4-inch-wide ribbon or a necklace chain. You should be able to whip up several in one evening or while watching a movie.

Things You'll Need

• Crochet hook
• Orange yarn
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill
• Darning needle
• Green yarn
• Fabric glue

Instructions

1. Make a chain of two stitches with orange yarn and an E, F or G crochet hook. Make six single crochet stitches in the second chain on the hook. This will make a small circular shape. Tie a piece of string or clip a stitch marker onto the last stitch to mark the end of the row.

2. Make two single crochets in each stitch around the circle for a total of 12 single-crochet stitches. Remove the stitch marker and place it into the last stitch. Continue the next row by crocheting two single crochet stitches in each stitch for 24 stitches.

3. Make a single crochet in each of the 24 stitches around the circle. Mark the last stitch.

4. Decrease the stitches in the next row by making a single crochet in every other stitch for a total of 12 stitches. Remove the stitch marker.

5. Remove the crochet hook. Pull the yarn to create a long loop at the last stitch. This will keep the stitches from being pulled out. Fill the small pumpkin shape with fiberfill until it is firm and round.

6. Shorten the long loop and replace the crochet hook. Make a stitch in every other stitch for six final stitches. Make a slip stitch in the last stitch. Cut the yarn leaving a 6-9-inch tail. Thread the end of the yarn tail into a darning needle. Sew the end of the pumpkin closed. Cut the yarn to a 1-2-inch tail. Weave the remaining yarn into the pumpkin body to hide it.

7. Cut a 6-inch piece of green yarn. Thread the yarn into the darning needle and pull the two ends until they match up evenly.

8. Push the needle through the top of the pumpkin and straight down through the bottom. Remove the needle. Tie the two ends into a knot at the bottom of the pumpkin, leaving the top loop for the hanger. Place a dot of fabric glue over the knot to adhere it in place against the bottom of the rounded pendant.

Tips & Warnings

• Embroider Jack o' lantern facial features on the pumpkin pendant with black thread.

References

• Annie's Attic: Single Crochet
• Woolcrafting: Crocheting in Rounds