little pumpkins :: a pattern

I made these little ones up on a lazy saturday morning, with a toddler 'helping', they're pretty easy and super quick, so I thought I'd share my pattern with you here.

I quite like them simple and plain but you can embroider a face on them too if you like.

 ingredients ::

orange double knit cotton (I used rowan milk cotton in 'fruit salad')
green double knit cotton (I used debbie bliss organic cotton)
stuffing
black embroidery thread (if you want to put a face on)

4mm hook

embroidery needle

method ::

for the stork ::

leaving a long end and using the green cotton, chain 7

row 1 ::
work 1 1dc in to the second chain from hook, then 1dc in to each of next 5 chains.

row 2 ::
working in to both the top of the stitch you just made and the bottom chain, work 1dc, do this all the way along the row, making a tube of sorts.

fasten off, leave a long end, thread the end on to a needle and bring it through the stork to the bottom, so both end s are at the same end.

for the pumpkin ::

using the orange cotton, chain 2

round 1 ::
work 6 double crochet in to second chain from hook, join to top of first chain with slip stitch.

round 2 ::
1 chain, *2dc in to each stitch, repeat from * to end.

round 3 ::
1 chain, *1dc, 1 treble round post of dc below, 1dc, repeat from * to end, make sure you are working in to the top of each stitch with the double crochets you are working and around the post of each treble crochet below, so that you are increasing the amount of stitches you have to 18, join to top of first chain with slip stitch.

round 4 ::
1 chain, *1dc, 1 treble round post of tr below, 2dc, repeat from * to end, make sure you are working in to the top of each stitch with the double crochets you are working and around the post of each treble crochet below, so that you are increasing the amount of stitches you have to 24, join to top of first chain with slip stitch.

round 5 ::
1 chain, *1dc, 1 treble round post of tr below, 3dc, repeat from * to end, make sure you are working in to the top of each stitch with the double crochets you are working and around the post of each treble crochet below, so that you are increasing the amount of stitches you have to 30, join to top of first chain with slip stitch.

round 6 ::
1 chain, *1dc, 1 treble round post of tr below, 3dc, repeat from * to end, this time you are working straight and not increasing stitches, so don't work in to the top of the treble stitch, 30 stitches, join to top of first chain with slip stitch.