38 Pumpkin Stack
Design by Stephanie Smith
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
All pieces are worked in continuous rounds, except the sunflower. Do not slip stitch to join except in sunflower.
Use stitch marker to mark the first stitch of each round. Move marker up as work progresses.
PUMPKIN STACK LARGE PUMPKIN
Rnd 1: With coral, form a slip ring (see illustration), ch 1, 8 sc in ring. Place stitch marker (see Pattern Notes). (8 sc) Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (16 sc) Rnd 3: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc] around. (24 sc)
Rnd 4: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc] around. (32 sc)
Rnd 5: Sc in each st around. Rnd 6: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc] around. (40 sc)
Rnd 7: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc] around. (48 sc)
Rnd 8: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 5 sc] around. (56 sc)
Rnd 9: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 10: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc] around. (64 sc)
Rnd 11: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 7 sc] around. (72 sc)
Rnd 12: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 8 sc] around. (80 sc)
Rnd 13: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 9 sc] around. (88 sc)
Rnd 14: Sc in each st around. Rnd 15: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 10 sc] around. (96 sc)
Rnd 16: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 11 sc] around. (104 sc)
Rnd 17: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 12 sc] around. (112 sc)
Rnd 18: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 13 sc] around. (120 sc)
Rnd 19: Sc in each st around. Rnd 20: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 14 sc] around. (128 sc)
Rnds 21–36: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 37: [ Sc dec (see Stitch Guide) in next 2 sts, sc in next 14 sc] around. (120 sc)
Rnd 38: Sc in each st around. Rnd 39: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 13 sc] around. (112 sc)
Rnd 40: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 12 sc] around. (104 sc)
Rnd 41: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 11 sc] around. (96 sc)
Rnd 42: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 10 sc] around. (88 sc)
Rnd 43: Sc in each st around. Rnd 44: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 9 sc] around. (80 sc)
Rnd 45: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 8 sc] around. (72 sc)
Rnd 46: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 7 sc] around. (64 sc)
Rnd 47: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 6 sc] around. (56 sc)
Rnd 48: Sc in each st around. Rnd 49: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 5 sc] around. (48 sc)
Rnd 50: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sc] around. (40 sc)
Rnd 51: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sc] around. (32 sc)
Rnd 52: Sc in each st around. Stuff firmly.
Rnd 53: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sc] around. (24 sc)
Rnd 54: [Sc dec in next 2 sts, sc in next sc] around. (16 sc)
Rnd 55: [Sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (8 sc)
Rnd 56: [Sc dec in next 2 sts] around. Fasten off, leaving a long end for sewing the medium pumpkin on. (4 sc)
Using a long strand of matching yarn, [bring the yarn from
the bottom of the pumpkin to the top, sew it down, and wrap back to the bottom] twice. Rep a total of 7 times in different areas around pumpkin to form the indents along the sides.
MEDIUM PUMPKIN
Rnds 1–13: With carrot, rep rnds 1–13 of large pumpkin.
Rnds 14–25: Sc in each st around.
Rnds 26–38: Rep rnds 44–56 of large pumpkin. Stuff firmly after rnd 34. Leave a long end for sewing the small pumpkin on. With carrot, create indents along sides as for large pumpkin.
SMALL PUMPKIN
Rnds 1–10: With pumpkin, rep rnds 1–10 of large pumpkin.
Rnds 11–18: Sc in each st around.
Rnds 19–28: Rep rnds 47–56 of large pumpkin. Stuff firmly after rnd 24. Fasten off and weave in end.
With pumpkin, create indents along sides as for large pumpkin.
STEM
Rnd 1: With café latte, make a slip ring, ch 1, 6 sc in ring. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (12 sts)
Rnd 3: Sc in back lps (see Stitch Guide) only in each st around.
Rnds 4–9: Sc in each st around.
Rnd 10: Sc in next 3 sc, hdc in next 6 sc, sc in next 3 sc. Fasten off, leaving long end for sewing the stem to the pumpkin.
PUMPKIN VINE
With tea leaf, ch 32, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 2 chs, [2 sc in next ch, sc in next 3 chs] across to the end. Fasten off, leaving a long end for sewing vine to the pumpkin. (38 sc)
PUMPKIN LEAF
Make 2.
Rnd 1: With tea leaf, ch 11, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across to the last ch, 3 sc in the last st, working in unused lps on opposite side of ch, sc in each ch to last ch, 2 sc in last ch. (22 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc,
[ch 2, sk next sc, sc in the next sc] 4 times, ch 2, sk next sc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in the next sc, place marker in ch-2 sp just made,
[ch 2, sk next sc, sc in the next sc] 5 times, sc in last sc, turn. (13 sc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, hdc in next st, [(hdc, dc, hdc) in next ch-2 sp, sl st in next sc] across to marked ch sp, 3 dc in marked ch-2 sp, [sl st in next sc, (hdc, dc, hdc) in next ch-2 sp] across to last ch-2 sp, 2 hdc in the last ch-2 sp, sc in the last st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing to the pumpkin. (35 sts not including sl sts)
SUNFLOWER
Rnd 1: With café latte, form a slip ring, 8 sc in the ring. (8 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. Fasten off. (16 sc)
Rnd 3: Join lemon with sl st to back lp of any sc, ch 3, tr in same st, dc in next st, *(sl st in back lp, ch 3, tr) in next st, dc in next st, rep from * around, join with sl st to first sl st. (8 tr, 8 dc) Rnd 4: Working in the unworked front lps (see
Stitch Guide) of rnd 2 sts only, ch 1, *(sl st, ch 2, dc) in next st, hdc in next st, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg ch-1. Fasten off. (8 dc, 8 hdc)
FINISHING
Sew the medium pumpkin to the large pumpkin. Sew the small pumpkin to the medium pumpkin. Sew the stem, vine, leaves and sunflower to the small pumpkin, using the photo as a guide.