Almost missed it!!

 I did miss Thanksgiving but Hallowe'en is almost here and there is time to make these.

Pumpkins!

Knit or fabric. 

Let’s knit!  Mainly because I checked out the fabric ones and I honestly didn’t like any of them.

Your will need:  4 DPN 6.0mm needles and your knitting bag  (I didn't have 6mm needles so I used 5.5mm ones)

My yarn of choice was Patons Canadiana.

The colour is apricot and you will be using 2 strands.  This yarn is a medium weight #4 yarn.

   

Cast on 44 stitches, leave a long tail for closing the bottom when you have finished.  Divide these stitches over three needles.  (This way you won’t have a seam to close up when you are finished)

Knit three, purl one every round for 6”.  Turn the tv on with a great movie showing and you are done in no time!!

When you have the knitting completed, thread your sewing needle with the tail from the CAST ON edge and wend it through the stitches, gathering as you go.  Sew up the opening.

Using polyester stuffing fill the cavity until it feels "right".  It is hard to say how much but you want the stitching to show and you want it firm so it holds its shape.

YOU DO NOT cast off!!

Gather the stitches off the needles and pull to close the opening.  You want a little bit left open to insert your pumpkin stem.  After gathering the stitches and stuffing take needle and push it right through to the bottom of the pumpkin and secure the thread.

We had the perfect branch come off our birch tree, so I cut it to length and inserted it in the opening.  You can glue it in place if you wish, but I found mine just sat there!!

Here are the instructions for the pumpkin.

Hallowe'en Pumpkins.docx - Google Docs

Come back in an hour.....about 10:00 am my time and see how I decorated my pumpkin.  Really fast knitting.

Do you crochet?

Want to make a crochet pumpkin?

Here's the link

Free Crochet Pumpkin Pattern: 3 Sizes + Any Yarn - Sarah Maker

Rather sew?

This one is easy and you just might have the right fabric in your stash.

Easy DIY Fabric Pumpkins - Free Sewing Pattern for Fall Decor

Let's decorate that pumpkin!

To add to the pumpkin, it needs something on the top

Maybe a leaf??????

This little pumpkin doesn't need a huge leaf although the ones growing in the fields may argue that.

I worked out the instructions......finally.  The knitting is easy and can be done very quickly.  I knitted three in one afternoon.

Here you go and you can download the instructions

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In the top left corner, hit FILE and 

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down to the very last one that says PRINT.

There you go your pattern.

I used Patons Canadiana, and the colour is IVY.  There are a few to choose from in the green line.  

I would have copied and pasted the pattern here, but it comes up rather strange and believe me I had enough trouble writing up this pattern.  

If you knit larger pumpkins -- which I have done, you could make larger leaves.  Just cast on more stitches until you have 17 would be my guess.....and then cast off following the leaf instructions.

IF you leave a long enough tail at the beginning and after making the loop, you can secure the leaf to the pumpkin.  Easily done.  Just go through the knitting and the stuffing a few times and cut the remainder of the yarn.  

Enjoy.  It is the colourful season of the year.  

If you prefer to crochet a leaf, here's a link for your.

I didn't look for a fabric leaf because I don't know as I would like that.  Personal preference.