Design your own knitted pumpkins!

This is a recipe more than a pattern. You choose the yarn, colours, size and stitch pattern, and the recipe shows you how to turn them into a pumpkin. Make a small one or a big one, keep it smooth or make it textured, go classic orange or pick any colour you like.

The pumpkin is knit bottom-up in the round. Step-by-step photos guide you through shaping, stuffing and finishing. It’s a quick, satisfying project and a great way to use up leftover yarn. Knit a whole patch for autumn decor, a harvest table or Halloween.

Samples shown: Scheepjes Stone Washed XL, Yarn and Colors Super Charming, and Katia Basic Merino held double, all on 6 mm needles.

Yardage: about 40–100 m per pumpkin, depending on yarn and size.