Oh my gosh, you guys…I’m so thrilled with how this Pumpkin Pillow came out! And the funny thing is that when I first sat down to design the graph, I intended for the pattern to be another hand towel. Well, guess what…I made it too large. It could have been a bath towel for how large it was! This post may contain affiliate links for products I use and recommend. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. For more information, please see my disclosure policy.

UPDATE!!!

There’s now a free video Corner To Corner crochet course if you’re new to crochet! Click the link here for the complete list of video classes! So, needless to say, I had to cut the graph. I then decided that I would make the pumpkin into place mats for a table. The further I got into it, the more I realized that that idea wasn’t going to work either. It was still too big! Once the first panel was finished, I looked at it for a while and suddenly it hit me. What if I design a jack-o’-lantern panel and put the two together to make a reversible pillow! Finally, success! Here’s to projects that don’t turn out the way you intend, but still end up being super cute anyway! The Pumpkin Pillow is a great project. These two graphs that I designed are so versatile. The more I thought about them, the more projects I thought about that could be made using them. For instance, you could lay three panels side by side and create a table runner. One single panel would make a great mat for the center of a table. Place a holiday candle in the center or a taper candle on either side. There’s also the possibility of making eight or more panels and connecting them to create a blanket! How cute would that be! For all of these projects, you would just have to add a border to finish it off. There are tons of border ideas on Pinterest or YouTube for corner to corner projects. Even if you choose to make the pillow, there are options there as well. You could make just the plain pumpkin for one side with a plain white back. You could do the same with the jack-o’-lantern. You could make two of the plain pumpkin so it’s the same on both sides of the pillow. Same with the jack-o’-lantern. I liked the idea of a reversible pillow. I could have the pumpkin facing outward for fall and Thanksgiving and flip it for Halloween. It means I get to use it twice as long during the holidays! These panels use the mini corner to corner method. There are abbreviated instructions included in the pattern below that describe how to work the mini C2C if you haven’t done that before. The graphs for both the plain pumpkin and the jack-o’-lantern are available for free here in this post. If you wish to have the written line by line instructions, you will need to purchase the ad-free, large print PDF from either Etsy or Ravelry. The links are at the very bottom of this post. You will receive all of the graphs shown below, a copy of the instructions shown below and the line by line instructions for BOTH pumpkin types in one purchase! I appreciate any purchases that you make through my blog. Thank you for supporting my small business. I hope to continue to provide you with crochet patterns for a very long time! Also, I didn’t use a pillow form this time. I simply stuffed the pillow with fiber fill. It ended up being more of a rectangle and it was just easier to stuff it. Add this project to your Ravelry queue here… PIN THIS PATTERN TO PINTEREST HERE

Pumpkin Pillow

Materials Used:

• 3 skeins of I Love This Cotton! In Ivory – 3 oz/85 g – 153 yds/140 m
• 2 skein of I Love This Cotton! In Brown – 3 oz/85 g – 153 yds/140 m
• 3 skeins of I Love This Cotton! In Tart Orange – 3 oz/85 g – 153 yds/140 m
• 1 skein of I Love This Cotton! In Sage – 3 oz/85 g – 153 yds/140 m Or any size 4 medium weight cotton yarn will work
• G/6 (4.25 mm) hook — My favorite hooks! I use them daily!
• 1 lb of Poly-fil or Fiberfill
• Tapestry needle

Finished Size Approximately:

21 ¾” Length x 17 ¾” Width

Gauge:

8 ¾ blocks and 9 ¼ rows in a 4” (10cm) square.

Abbreviations:

FC – foundation chain sc – single crochet hdc – half double crochet st(s) – stitch(es) ch(s) – chain(s) sl st – slip stitch

Notes:

• This Pumpkin Pillow pattern uses the C2C (corner to corner) crochet technique. With C2C, you can either begin using a chain 4 and work half double crochets (also called mini C2C) or chain 6 and work double crochets for your blocks. This example is worked using the mini C2C or chain 4 and half double crochets. If you choose the double crochets your finished pillow will be larger than the example.
• The two panels are made separately and then stitched together using a tapestry needle and yarn.
• You can use these panels to make a blanket, table runner, table mat, hanging wall art or any other project you can think of. Get creative!

*** American crochet terms used throughout.

Abbreviated Instructions:

Using Background Color FC: Ch 4 Row 1: Hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook. Hdc in the 4th ch. Turn. (1 block) Row 2: Ch 4. Hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook. Hdc in the 4th ch. Sl st in the ch-2 space on the first block. Ch 2, 2 hdc in ch-2 space. Turn. (2 blocks) Row 3: Ch 4. Hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook. Hdc in the 4th ch. *Sl st in the ch-2 space on the next block. Ch 2, 2 hdc in ch-2 space.* Repeat * to * one more time. Turn. (3 blocks) Row 4: Ch 4. Hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook. Hdc in the 4th ch. *Sl st in the ch-2 space on the next block. Ch 2, 2 hdc in ch-2 space.* Repeat * to * two more times. Turn. (4 blocks) Continue along with pattern in same manner, increasing the repeat by one with every row. Change colors according to the chart or written instructions. For Decrease Rows, sl st in the next 2 sts along the side of the last block from the previous row until you come to the ch-2 space of that same block. Sl st into that ch-2 space and then ch 2 and work 2 hdc in that ch-2 space. Continue on with your row.

Finishing

Place your two panels with their Right Sides facing each other. Using a tapestry needle and yarn, begin to stitch the two panels together along their edges. You can use the whip stitch, mattress stitch or any other joining method of your preference. The example uses the whip stitch. Stitch three sides of your panels together and half of the last side. Flip your pillow right side out. Stuff your pillow with as much fiberfill as you will need to achieve your desired fullness. Finish stitching closed the last half of the final side. Finish off. Weave in your ends. Note: If you prefer to attach your two panels using single crochets instead of stitching, make sure that your panels are Wrong Sides facing when you begin and there would be no need to flip the pillow case right side out since it is already facing that way. Stitch three sides of your panels together and half of the last side. Stuff your pillow with as much fiberfill as you will need to achieve your desired fullness. After stuffing, finish single crocheting the last side closed. Finish off. Weave in your ends.

Pumpkin Graph

Pumpkin Graph (broken into 4’s)

Jack-o’-lantern Graph

Jack-o’-lantern Graph (broken into 4’s)

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