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Rockford Crochet Pumpkins Pattern

There’s a reason mosaic crochet stops people in their tracks, and this pumpkin trio is the perfect place to try it. Rockford is a set of stuffed, stacked-look crochet pumpkins built entirely from an eye-catching mosaic colorwork technique… the kind of texture and pattern that looks way more complicated than it actually is once you get the rhythm down.

Designed by Robyn Chachula for MarlyBird.com, Rockford comes in three sizes so you can make one on its own or stitch up all three and stack them for that gorgeous tiered pumpkin display you see in the photos. Each pumpkin works up flat in a mosaic strip, gets seamed into a tube, gathered at the top and bottom, and stuffed to shape… simple construction wrapped around a not-so-simple stitch pattern.

This one is intermediate. You’re working overlay crochet techniques like stitches worked in front of previous rows, treble crochet decreases, and a stacked double crochet, so it’s a great next-level project if you’ve got your basic stitches down and you’re ready to stretch into colorwork.

What You’ll Love About This Pattern
•Genuine mosaic/overlay crochet texture without a picture-perfect memorization requirement… you’re following a written pattern and a stitch chart
•Three sizes in one pattern, so you can make a single accent pumpkin or a full stacked trio
•Five video tutorials walking you through the specialty techniques
•A full stitch diagram to work alongside the written instructions
•Ends don’t need weaving in, since they hide inside the stuffed pumpkin
•Uses just one ball each of four colors, in any of three ready-made colorway suggestions

Pattern Format and Support

This pattern includes full written instructions for all three sizes plus a complete stitch diagram. Five video tutorials are linked directly in the pattern, covering yarn winding, foundation single crochet, stacked double crochet, weaving in ends, and the mosaic pattern technique itself, so you’ve got backup any time a step feels unfamiliar.

Pattern Details
Designer: Robyn Chachula for MarlyBird.com
Craft: Crochet
Skill level: Intermediate
Project type: Stuffed decorative pumpkin (home decor)
Sizes: Small, Medium, Large (one pattern, three sizes)
Finished measurements: 13 (16¼, 19½)“ circumference by 4 (5, 6)” tall
Yarn weight: Worsted / CYCA #4
Hook: G/6 (4.0 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge: 2 stitch repeats (16 sts) by 1 row repeat (13 rows) = 3.5” by 3.25” in unblocked stitch pattern

Techniques Used
Mosaic (overlay) crochet colorwork
Foundation single crochet (fsc)
Stacked double crochet
Standing half double crochet
Working in the third loop
Treble crochet 2 together (tr2tog) decrease
Working stitches in front of previous rows
Seaming and gathering/cinching to shape

Why You’ll Enjoy Making It

Mosaic crochet has such a satisfying rhythm to it… you work a row, switch colors, and watch the pattern reveal itself two rows later almost like magic. There’s no juggling multiple strands or reading a colorwork chart stitch by stitch here, so you get all that graphic, layered color payoff without the usual colorwork stress. And because each pumpkin is a manageable size, you’ll actually see the full motif emerge in a sitting or two, not weeks from now.