Crochet Jack Pumpkin With Customizable Face Pattern

Bring festive cheer to your space with these delightful, expressive little pumpkins! The Crochet Jack Pumpkin Amigurumi Pattern allows you to create charming decorations or keychains. Customize their faces to be cute or spooky with safety eyes and embroidered smiles. Each pumpkin shows a green crocheted stem and optional blush cheeks, adding personality to your fall decor. Get ready t0 add handmade charm to your celebrations with this versatile and adorable pattern!

Why Love This Pattern

Adorable Design:
- The pattern features cute pumpkins that can be customized with different facial expressions. You can create one with a cuter face or a scarier face, making it versatile for different occasions.
Versatile Uses:
- These pumpkins are not only great for decorations but can also be used as keychains. They make wonderful ornaments that can adorn different spaces.
Customization Options:
- There are options to customize the eyes using safety eyes or buttons, and you can also embroider different facial expressions, adding to the personal touch.
Finishing Touches:
- The tutorial doesn't stop at the basic structure; it also guides you through the final touches like embroidering the mouth and adding a stem, ensuring your pumpkin looks polished and complete.
Encourages Creativity:
- By showing different versions of the pumpkins (cute vs. scary), the pattern encourages you to be creative and experiment with the design, making your crafting experience more fun and fulfilling.

How To Crochet Amigurumi Pumpkin

Materials Needed:

Cotton Thread: 2 mm thick (orange, green, black, and pink)
2.5 mm Crochet Hook
Scissors
Stitch Marker
Fiber Filling
8 mm Safety Eyes (for one version)
Black Button (for the other version)

Abbreviations:

MR: Magic Ring
SC: Single Crochet
INC: Increase (2 SC in the same stitch)
DEC: Decrease (see specific instructions below)
SL ST: Slip Stitch

Instructions:

Starting with Orange Yarn:
- Create a Magic Ring (MR).
- Round 1: 6 SC into MR. (6)
- Pull the smallest strand to close the ring.
Increasing Rounds:
- Round 2: 6 INC (2 SC in each stitch). (12)
- Round 3: (1 SC, 1 INC) repeat 6 times. (18)
- Round 4: (2 SC, 1 INC) repeat 6 times. (24)
- Round 5: (3 SC, 1 INC) repeat 6 times. (30)
- Round 6: (4 SC, 1 INC) repeat 6 times. (36)
- Round 7: (5 SC, 1 INC) repeat 6 times. (42)

Body of the Pumpkin:
- Rounds 8-20: 1 SC in each stitch around. (42)
Inserting Safety Eyes (Optional):
- Insert safety eyes on Round 14, counting from the magic ring. Place one eye, count 6 stitches, and place the other eye.
Decreasing Rounds:
- Round 21: (5 SC, 1 DEC) repeat 6 times. (36)
- Round 22: (4 SC, 1 DEC) repeat 6 times. (30)
- Round 23: (3 SC, 1 DEC) repeat 6 times. (24)
Stuff the Pumpkin:
- Start adding fiber filling to the pumpkin before the opening gets too small.
Continue Decreasing Rounds:
- Round 24: (2 SC, 1 DEC) repeat 6 times. (18)
- Round 25: (1 SC, 1 DEC) repeat 6 times. (12)
- Round 26: 6 DEC. (6)
- End with a SL ST, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Creating the Pumpkin Ridges:

Using the long tail, create the segments by threading through the center top and bottom repeatedly, forming 8 even sections.

Embroidering the Face:

For a tender pumpkin:
- Use pink thread to embroider cheeks.
- Embroider the mouth with black thread, creating an upside-down triangle shape.
For a scary pumpkin:
- Sew a black button for one eye.
- Use black thread to embroider an X for the other eye and create a scarier mouth.

Making the Stem:

Stem:
- With green yarn, create a Magic Ring.
- Round 1: 8 SC into MR. (8)
- Rounds 2-5: 1 SC in each stitch. (8)
- Round 6: 8 INC (2 SC in each stitch). (16)
Curly Leaf:
- Chain 10.
- Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, 2 SC in each chain to create a curl.
- SL ST to the next stitch on the stem and fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Sew the Stem:
- Attach the stem to the top of the pumpkin using the long tail.