The Steppingstone Pumpkin
Your steppingstone into interlocking crochet
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Detailed PDF pattern
🎃 Step-by-step instructions
🎃 Tutorial photos to guide you along the way
Difficulty level
🎃 Intermediate
Easily customizable
🎃 Pattern written for 3 sizes and easily customizable
What you'll need
🎃 Any weight yarn and the appropriate hook size
🎃 Scissors, darning needle, stitch marker, fiberfill, cinnamon sticks
Pattern support
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The Steppingstone Pumpkin
The Steppingstone Pumpkin is an interlocking crochet pattern featuring an easy-to-memorize pattern repeat and a straightforward tubular construction. The aim is to introduce you to the interlocking crochet technique – this pattern can quite literally be your steppingstone into the technique!
The pattern comes in 3 sizes, with the step-by-step tutorial being presented in the gauge swatch directions. The best part about it? The gauge swatch is designed to be used as your very first pumpkin, although you’ll probably want to make a whole pumpkin patch!
Yarn Ideas
This pumpkin can be made with whichever yarn you want, but why not take a look at these tried & tested yarns from my testers? In this list you’ll find yarns that my testers used and loved. To see the results, scroll down to the tester lookbook and start browsing for inspiration!
Materials and yardage
Yarn: You can use whatever yarn you want and this pumpkin will look fabulous! Just make sure you pick an appropriate hook size to go with your chosen yarn.
For my pumpkins I used We Are Knitters The Mixed Yarn (50% wool, 50% cotton, 273 yds / 250 m per 100 g skein) in “Natural” as MC and “Wine” as CC.
Hooks: I used my 4.0 mm Clover Amour hooks.
Notions: Scissors, darning needle, stitch marker, fiberfill, cinnamon sticks.
Yardage
Main color (off white): 30 (70, 105) yds / 25 (65, 95) m
Contrast color:25 (60, 85) yds / 25 (55, 80) m
Tester highlights
Scroll down for the complete tester lookbook, where you can find photos, yarn & yardage info from all my testers, as well as certain modifications they made to their cardigans for the perfect, customized fit.
A word from my testers
Tester lookbook
My patterns would not be so smooth without the input of my team of talented testers. Swipe left & right for more photos of your favorite versions!
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Alex (figgies on Ravelry)
Yarn: Hobbii Universe XL as MC and Loops & Threads Delicate DK as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 3 mm
Yarn: Stylecraft Life DK as MC and Stylecraft Life DK as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Crystal (@QFamilyCrafts on Instagram)
Yarn: I Love This Yarn Sport Weight Acrylic as MC and I Love This Yarn Sport Weight Acrylic as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Yarn: Deramores Studio DK as MC and Stylecraft Cabaret as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Yarn: Magpie Fibers Solstice Dk as MC and Magpie Fibers Solstice Dk as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 3.75 mm
Yarn: Lion Brand Pound Of Love as MC and Lion Brand Heartland as CC (worsted weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Yarn: SinfonãA Hilos Omega as MC and SinfonãA Hilos Omega as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4.5 mm
Yarn: Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash as MC and Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash as CC (worsted weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Jo (PMGJo on Ravelry)
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Piper as MC and Debbie Bliss Piper as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 3.25mm
Christine (stitchchick04 on Ravelry)
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease as MC and Lion Brand Cotton Ease as CC (worsted weight)
Hook size(s) used: 5 mm
Kimberly (KayCee65 on Ravelry)
Yarn: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn as MC and Yarn Bee Sugarwheel as CC (worsted weight)
Hook size(s) used: 5 mm
Mariaozé (mariaoze69 on Ravelry)
Yarn: Melissa Fina as MC and Melissa Fina as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 3 mm
Melanie (Woollymely on Ravelry)
Yarn: James C Brett Top Value DK as MC and James C Brett Top Value DK as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Nicole (CrochetwithNJ on Ravelry)
Yarn: K&C Essential Cotton as MC and K&C Essential Cotton as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Alexis (Morbidmoggymakes on Ravelry)
Yarn: Deramores DK as MC and hand-dyed merino yarn as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
Yarn: Katya Arles Merino as MC and Zeeman Royal as CC (worsted weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4.5 mm
Olivia (Vargooliviam on Ravelry)
Yarn: Loops & Threads Acrylic Bulky as MC and Loops & Threads Textured Twist as CC (bulky weight)
Hook size(s) used: 8 mm
Yamila (crafty-yam on Ravelry)
Yarn: Hilados LHO Sole as MC and Hilados LHO Sole as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 3 mm;4 mm
Valerie (HandmadebyValF on Ravelry)
Yarn: Joy Dk By Loops And Threads as MC and Joy Dk By Loops And Threads as CC (DK weight)
Hook size(s) used: 4 mm
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