Hi my dears,
my Autumn mood continues...
What do you need?
Material:
Yarn weight: Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), e.g. Jeans by Yarnart
Yardage: 174 yards (159 meters), Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
Round 1: 12 SC in the magic ring (12 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (24 SC)
Round 3: [inc, 1 SC in next stitch] repeat it 12 times totally (36 SC)
Round 4: [inc, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] - repeat it 9 times totally (45 SC)
Round 5: [inc, 1 SC in next 5 stitches] - repeat it 7 times totally, inc, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (53 SC)
Round 6-15: 1 SC in each stitch around (53 SC)
Round 16: [dec, 1 SC in next 5 stitches] - repeat 7 times totally, dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (45 SC)
Round 17: 1 SC in each stitch around (45 SC)
Round 18: [dec, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally (36 SC)
Round 19-20: 1 SC in each stitch around (36 SC). Begin with filling the pumpkin with toy filling.
Round 21: [dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally (27 SC)
Round 22: [dec, 1 SC in next stitch] – repeat 9 times totally (18 SC)
Round 23: [dec] - repeat 9 times totally (9 SC)
Round 24: [dec] - repeat 3 times totally, 1 SlSt. Don't crochet into other stitches from previous round and end the work. Let longer threads of yarn for shaping the pumpkin.
It is no need to fill the pumpkin a lot. The filled "ball" should be soft, to the shaping goes better.
Use small piece on cinnamon as a stem.
my Autumn mood continues...
As I wrote you, in my last post, I made some pumpkins :-) And today I wrote for you a free tutorial for making cute and fat pumpkin decoration. I made some smaller pumpkins for our Autumn wreath and some bigger fat pumpkins as window decoration. So if you would like to take a little bit of the wonderful autumn mood into your home too, just take a hook and some yarn and make some pumpkins with me :-)
My
sweet
fat
pumpkin
Design by Vendula Maderska
October 2015
Material:
Yarn weight: Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), e.g. Jeans by Yarnart
Yardage: 174 yards (159 meters), Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
You will need about 60 g of yarn totally for the pumpkin of this dimension: 13 cm/ 5,1 inches width and 7,5 cm / 2,9 inches high. You will work with two threads, one threads of every color of the yarn.
Colors: 23 orange, 61 neon orange
Recommended hook size: 4,5 mm (US 7)
Tip: You could also use some worsted yarn, one thread and hook 4,5 mm. The size of finished pumpkin should be very similar.
Other material: small piece of chenille wire in brown color, toy filling, piece of cinnamon (about 5 cm/1,9 inches, long needle with bigger "eye", scissors, some brown spangles, common sewing needle and brown sewing thread.
Abbreviations used: Chain (CH), Slip stitch (SlSt), Single crochet (SC), Double crochet (DC), Increasing (inc): crochet 2 SC in same stitch, Decreasing (dec): crochet 2 SC together
Level of the crocheting: beginner
Instruction:
Take one thread of orange and one thread of neon orange yarn, hook 4,5 mm and crochet in circle spiral rounds. It means, that you will not join the rounds by SlSt and you will not turn the work after finishing of the round. You will work continuously.
Round 1: 12 SC in the magic ring (12 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (24 SC)
Round 3: [inc, 1 SC in next stitch] repeat it 12 times totally (36 SC)
Round 4: [inc, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] - repeat it 9 times totally (45 SC)
Round 5: [inc, 1 SC in next 5 stitches] - repeat it 7 times totally, inc, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (53 SC)
Round 6-15: 1 SC in each stitch around (53 SC)
Round 16: [dec, 1 SC in next 5 stitches] - repeat 7 times totally, dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (45 SC)
Round 17: 1 SC in each stitch around (45 SC)
Round 18: [dec, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally (36 SC)
Round 19-20: 1 SC in each stitch around (36 SC). Begin with filling the pumpkin with toy filling.
Round 21: [dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally (27 SC)
Round 22: [dec, 1 SC in next stitch] – repeat 9 times totally (18 SC)
Round 23: [dec] - repeat 9 times totally (9 SC)
Round 24: [dec] - repeat 3 times totally, 1 SlSt. Don't crochet into other stitches from previous round and end the work. Let longer threads of yarn for shaping the pumpkin.
It is no need to fill the pumpkin a lot. The filled "ball" should be soft, to the shaping goes better.
Use small piece on cinnamon as a stem.
Use long needle and one thread of yarn and divide the pumpkins at some parts. Insert a hook from lower middle, inside the pumpkin. Continue from upper middle around the pumpkin and into lower middle of the pumpkin. Repeat it several times and make 5 irregular parts.
After then divide the pumpkin at other parts using second thread (color). I divided my pumpkin on 8 different parts totally. Neaten free threads. Please remember, that in the upper middle, there should stay the hole for the cinnamon.
Use small piece of chenille wire about 20 cm/7,8 inches long, shape it in nice spiral as a leaf. Your finger will help you with it. You could use different shades of brown chenille wires, or one piece only. It is up to you. I used three different shades and lenght of chenille wire, just what I found at home.
Insert chenille wire in same hole as cinnamon. You could use glue gun to stick it, but it is not necessary. Use some brown spangles and sew them on the upper part of the pumpkin irregularly.
Tadaaaah! Your new pumpkin decoration is finished. Congratulation!
Thank you very much for crocheting with me. I wish you nice Autumn days :-)
© Vendula Maderska, 2015. This pattern is for personal use only. The pattern or parts of it may be not reproduced, redistributed, resold, translated, published (online or printed), altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the Internet or offline! You are allowed to sell finished items based on this pattern in limited series, handmade by you. Please, write this text to your listing: "Based on pattern by Vendula Maderska, www.vendulkam.blogspot.com". If you have any questions – feel free to ask on this e-mail: vendula.maderska@seznam.cz . Thank you ♥
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Slowly, quietly and a little bit scary I opened my crochet diary. I know, I was quite quiet again... But it doesn't mean, that I forget on you, my dears :-) You know - sometimes there are much duties, work, thoughts, worries - that there is no time for fun! And it is time to change it!
So I changed it a little bit :-) Do you like the colors of Autumn? You know, I am mad about the colors.... And I took a little piece of this colorful mood in our house :-) I made some pumpkins. Some of them are decorating our table, some are "sitting" on our Autumn wreath and some looks a little bit scary and is hanging on our wall.
So first were the Pumpkin coasters. This time, I didn't use any beads, but I couldn't miss out the buttons, of course.
If you would like to make this easy and cute pumpkin coaster, the pattern is ready in my patterns store. I wish you wonderful Autumn days, my dears and stay close, other Autumn crochet ideas will come soon! :-)
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This is my owl's chubby darling :-)
I just played and combined my favorite techniques. So I made amigurumi body, the wings were created using easy hearts ornaments. I weared my darling to granny halfsquare's coat and I used granny circle as a forehead. I used buttons and some beads of course - but gently only. You have to look carefully to see the beads :-) I used autumn colors. And I love it. If you are interested in - the pattern will be soon :-)
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| Today's shot of Snowy Owl |
She was watching on me, while I was taking pictures of another owls. They were totally disregard me. But this one not. She was sitting, watching and waiting for me patiently and then she gave me this special moment. I felt it. It was so strange moment and I had the tears in my eyes..
I just love owls ... Do you see the background behind- hihi? Yes, I have to say it aloud - the owls is my obsession :-) This time I created small ornament baby owl. I used basic part of the owl as an applique for embellishment of my daughter's jeans also. But I have to take some pictures.. So in next contribution :-)
Hi there, I was quite quiet, don't you think? Yes I was, because I was very busy, with no time for writting a blog and crocheting as well. I am still busy, but I miss my beloved activities very much, so now the quiet is over! I miss a summer as well, the autumn is definitely coming - so I decided to make an autumn time a little bit nicer for me. I was thinking about autumn colors and created new collection. I smuggled rapsberry color there LOL - although the end of the summer is, we still have raspberries on our garden. So I could use raspberry color in autumn collection with permission of the nature :-)
So here it is - my new Autumn collection - part I
Owl coaster
Among my beloved things belong crocheting, coffee and owls and when I join everything together then crochet owl coaster arises :-)
Owl hanging ornament
The patterns for crochet owl coaster and crochet owl ornament are already ready :-)
.... last picture of our raspberries
Are you curious on Autumn color's study part II? It will come soon ..
Today are Summer holiday beginning :-) I hope that we spent nice summer time with our girls :-) Two months without kindergarten and best teachers of Natalka had have met :-) They names are: Jana a Maruška.
I made for them these cute mushroom coasters for a joy :-). Are you wondering why the mushrooms? Because their class room named Mushroom :-) I wish you nice holiday too! :-)
The pattern for making these mushroom coaster is here :-)
Hi,
do you remember how I wrote you about wondeful Indian summer in our country last time? Well - wonderful indian summer is over and then come and cold and... oh how I don't like this part of a year.. Do you know what is my best therapy when I have bad mood?........ yes there is only one answer - crocheting :-)
As Halloween is slowly coming I made something not so colorful as it is common in my work... Let me introduce you my Morticia ......... :-) made in honor of my favorite movie Addams family.
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| Morticia is so female and sexy in every moment. |
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| She is very creative women, she loves knitting and taking care of flowers :-) |
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| How do you like her dress? |
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| One look at the back |
If you are interested how celebrate Halloween in our country, I will write it in my next contirbution.
I wish you nice Halloween..:-)
Hi my dears,
I wish you nice Autumn days :-) I took my oak hubby to some nature and look, how beautiful he looks among autumn leaves.
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| The Oak hubby |
I designed something new and sweet - my small owl obsession:-) An owl coaster . And I bought wonderful spoon with an owl and another spoon with cute animals figures for my girls - and we love them :-) If you like my new coaster and would you like make it - here is a pattern :-)
When I have a little time I am still working on collection of my best recipes for my girls when they beeing grown up :-) This is one of them:-) It has special word in my native language called "babovka"- but I don't know right translation to English, so I will call it cake. Even I know, that right cake looks a little bit different..;-) I am thinking, that I finally have it!:-) Do you know this feeling also? When you finally have the perfect cake. Oh - I am so happy about it:-) It is so delicious and there are small apple pieces inside and it is just perfect.
The recipes for my girls from mummy :-)
Well, I am sorry - I have to end the writing of the post now, because I have something yummy on my plate...:-)
See you soon ♥
