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The Perennial Pumpkin: a pumpkin that can adorn your home year on year, all year round.

Please note, this pattern is written in British crochet terminology – the English ‘double crochet’ (dc) is the same as the American ‘single crochet’ (sc)

The Perennial Pumpkin is designed to be worked in DK weight yarn on a 3mm crochet hook, however due to the nature of the amigurumi style of crochet, this pattern can be scaled up and down simply by altering your yarn and hook size – please note yardages are only given for a DK sized project.

Please check your tension before starting, you should not be able to see any stuffing through the fabric of your project. If you can, you may need to go down a hook size. The yarn allowances for this project are generous, but in my experience, crochet tension and yarn usage can greatly vary from one person to the next.

Use a piece of contrast yarns as a running stitch marker to mark the start of each new round. The stitch marker will follow the spiral of your work and travel to the right – this is normal.

Dimensions:
Width approx. 10cm/4”.
Height approx. 7cm/2.75”.
Circumference approx. 31cm/12.25”

Gauge:
10 sts / 11.5 rounds to 5cm in pattern (for full stitches this works out at (6 sts / 7 rounds to 3cm)

Suggested hooks:
3mm crochet hook (or hook to obtain gauge).

Yarn:
DK yarn in two colours:
Stalk – approx. 3g/6m Brown or green yarn
Pumpkin – approx. 30g/60m pumpkin coloured yarn

Samples made in Drops Lima (50g/100m)

Other equipment:
Scissors, tapestry needle toy stuffing, a piece of contrasting yarn to use as a running stitch marker.

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