Pumpkin Patch Can Cozy

Learn how to make this Pumpkin Patch can cozy and keep your hands warm this fall.

This project uses 3 colors, the base color, and two accent colors for the pumpkin and the stem. I used Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton in Cream, Amber, and Grass. This yarn is a mercerized cotton, which gives the yarn a brighter, shinier look.

Pattern Notes

Techniques used:

• Magic Circle 
• Chain (ch)
• Slip stitch (sl st)
• Double crochet (dc)
• Half double crochet (hdc)
• Bobble (bo)
• Single crochet (sc)
• Back loop only (blo)
• Front post half double crochet (fp hdc)
• Back post stitch (bp hdc)
• Crab stitch

Notes on changing colors: Typically when you change colors, you want to change at the end of the previous stitch. However, in this pattern, for the pumpkin, you only change color in the bobble stitch.

Bobble stitch explained: This pattern uses the bobble stitch to create the pumpkins. The bobble stitch (sometimes called 5-double crochet cluster) To form the bobble stitch, yarn over and insert your hook and pull up a loop so you have 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through two loops. Repeat this 4 more times until you have 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops. See here for a more detailed explanation.

Pattern

Base: Working with color 1 (cream),

R1: Magic Circle, ch 3 (counts as a dc throughout pattern), dc 11, sl st (12)

R2: ch 3, dc in the same stitch. 2dc in each stitch around the circle, sl st to join (24)

R3: ch 3, [2dc in the next stitch, dc], repeat around the circle, ending with 2DC in the final stitch, sl st to join (36)

Sides:

R1: Ch 2 (counts as a hdc throughout pattern), hdc in the back loop only around the circle (36)

R2: ch 2, hdc 4, change to color 2 (amber) bobble, Change to color A, [HDC 5 Change to color B (amber), bo Change to color A], repeat around the circle. sl st to join

R3: ch 1, *sc 5, change to color C, sc into the bobble stitch from the row below, Change to color A, repeat around the circle, sl st

R4: ch 1, sc 5, sc in the back loop only (over stem from last row), repeat around the circle, sl st

R5: ch2, hdc, Change to color B (amber) bo Change to color A, [hdc 5, Change to color B (amber) bo Change to color A], repeat 5 times, hdc next 3 stitches, sl st to join

R6: ch 1, sc 2, Change to color C, sc into the bobble stitch from the row below, Change to color A, [sc 5, Change to color C, sc into the bobble stitch from the row below, Change to color A], repeat 5 times, sc 3, sl st

R7: ch 1, sc 2, sc blo (over stem from the last row), [sc 5, sc blo], repeat 5 times, sc 3, sl st

R8-R13: repeat R2-R7

R 14: ch2, hdc around the circle, sl st

R15: ch 2, [front post half double crochet the next two stitches, back post half double crochet two stitches], repeat around the circle, sl st

R16: ch 2, [front post half double crochet the next two stitches, back post half double crochet two stitches] repeat around the circle. sl st

R17: switch to color B, Ch 1, crab stitch around the circle, sl st

Weave in your ends, and you’re done!

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