Free crochet Pumpkin keychain pattern
I love big bags that are very practical: you can pack a lot of stuff in them. The curse of greatness, however, is that I always have trouble finding my keys. This big and cute keychain solved this problem.
To crochet this useful pumpkin you need:
yarn in orange, green and brown-ish orange (100% acrylic, 50 g/ 135 m)
black yarn for the mouth and eyebrows
4.0 mm crochet hook
10 mm safety eyes
fiberfill
big sewing needle and scissors
keyring
The finished crochet pumpkin is about 9 x 12 cm.
Skill level: intermediate
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
tc = treble crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one st)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)
sl st = slip stitch
picot = ch 3, sl st into the back bump of first ch that you did
(..) = repeat the instructions in brackets the given number of times
{..} = total number of stitches
Body
Work with orange yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring {6}
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times {12}
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times {18}
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times {24}
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times {30}
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times {36}
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times {42}
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times {48}
Rnd 9-22: sc in all 48 st {48}
Rnd 23: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times {42}
Rnd 24: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times {36}
Rnd 25: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times {30}
Rnd 26: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times {24}
Rnd 27: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times {18}
Stuff
slightly
Change to green yarn.
Rnd 28: sc in all 18 st {18}
Rnd 29: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 3 times {15}
Rnd 30: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 3 times {12}
Rnd 31: (sc in next 1 st, dec) repeat 4 times {8}
Now we can start the stem.
Rnd 32-56: sc in all 8 st {8}
Do not stuff.
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
Leaf
Work with green yarn.
Rnd 1: 10 sc in magic ring {10}
Rnd 2: sc and hdc in 1st st, picot,
hdc and sc in 2nd st,
hdc and dc in 3rd st, picot,
dc and hdc in 4th st,
dc and 2 tc in 5th st, picot,
2tc and dc in 6th st,
hdc and dc in 7th st, picot,
dc an hdc in 8th st,
sc and hdc in 9th st, picot,
hdc and sc in 10th st, slts.
Stalk
The stem of the leaf is crocheted to the leaf without cutting the yarn.
4 ch,turn
from the 2nd st in hook slst in all 3ch.
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
Nose
Work with orange yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring {6}
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times {12}
Rnd 3-5: sc in all 12 st {12}
Stuff slightly
Rnd 6: (dec) repeat 6 times {6}
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
Assembly
You will need a long piece of brown-ish orange yarn to make slices of pumpkin. Bring the yarn needle through the center, from the bottom to the top, then wrap it around the pumpkin, bring the needle through the center, from the bottom to the top again, and pull tight. Repeat until you have 6 even sections. Repeat this for a stronger hold.
Pull the key ring onto the stem and then sew the stem to the side of the pumpkin.
Sew the nose to the pumkin.
Between Rnd 15 – Rnd 18.
Shape the eyes and mouth.
Eyes: Between Rnd 18-19. Mouth: Rnd 13-15.
Crochet the tendril, and fix the leaf on the pumpkin.
Tendril: pull through the green yarn on the bottom of the stem with one of the stitches and crochet 18 ch.
2 sc in each 17 st from the 2nd stitch from hook.
Fasten off and weave the ends.
Insert the eyes (there are three stitches between the eyes), and embroider the mouth as well as the eyebrows with black thread. Whether your little pumpkin is hilarious or angry or mischievous etc., it's up to you.
I hope you enjoyed making a little pumpkin.
The finished small pumpkin can be used not only as a keychain, but also as an ornament to hang on a bag or as a Halloween decoration.
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