Autumn is a season full of colors, scents, and little treasures. Outside, the leaves glow in shades of yellow, red, and orange, children collect chestnuts and acorns, and on forest walks you can spot the first mushrooms. At home, we often want to keep this cozy feeling – and with a few small crochet projects, it’s easy to bring autumn indoors.
Today I’ll show you three simple projects that perfectly match the golden season:
- 🍁 Heart-shaped leaves
- 🌰 Acorns
- 🍄 Mushrooms (classic & fly agaric version)
All projects are quick to make, perfect for using up yarn scraps, and a lovely way to get creative with the family. While mom or grandma crochets, the kids can pick colors or help with decorating.
Deko with all three projects arranged with candles. Show me your Deko. Send me a picture.
🧶 Here's how it's done: We'll use the following stitches:
Chain stitch: yarn over, pull through the hole.
Slip stitch: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, and pull through the loop on the hook.
Single crochet: Insert the hook into the stitch and yarn over. There are two loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through the two loops on the hook.
🧶 Materials
For your autumn crochet decorations you’ll only need a few supplies – many of which you probably already have at home.
- Cotton yarn in autumn colors 🍂
- Crochet hook
- Stuffing for the acorns and mushrooms
👉 Also helpful: scissors, tapestry needle, stitch markers
🍁 Crochet Heart-shaped Leaves
Leaves are simply part of autumn. You can crochet them in all shades – from bright yellow to deep red – and use them as table scatter, appliqués, or a cute garland.
Pattern
- either crochet into a magic ring, or Chain 4, join with a slip stitch to form a ring.
- Round 1: Ch 3, 4 dc, 3 hdc, 2 dc, 3 hdc, 4 dc, ch 3, 1 sl st into the ring.
- Round 2: Crochet around with sc: place 2 sc into each dc, and 1 sc into each hdc. Finish with ch 3 + sl st.
👉 For a natural look, embroider veins with contrasting yarn and add a little stem by chaining 6–8.
Try to be varied:
🌰 Crochet Acorns
Acorns are a true autumn classic – and as a crochet project, they look especially cute. They consist of a body, a cap, and a tiny stem.
Pattern
Acorn body (light yarn):
Round 1: 6 single crochet stitches into the magic ring (6)
Round 2: Increase each stitch (12)
Rounds 3-5: 12 single crochet stitches
Round 6: 2 single crochet stitches, 1 decrease, 2 single crochet stitches (2 times) (10)
Round 7: 3 single crochet stitches, 1 decrease (2 times) (8)
Stuff with fiberfill
Round 8: 1 single crochet stitch, 1 decrease, 1 single crochet stitch (2 times) (6)
Fasten off the yarn.
Acorn cap (dark wool):
1st round: 6 single crochet stitches into the yarn ring (6)
2nd round: Increase each stitch (12)
3rd round: (1 sc, 1 increase) x6 (18)
4th round: 18 single crochet stitches
Stem:
Cast on 5 chain stitches.
Starting from the 2nd stitch back: 4 slip stitches.
Sew the stem to the center of the cap.
Pull the end of the stem thread directly through the cap and knot it there with the beginning of the thread.
👉 Finally, place the cap on the body and sew it on.
🍄 Crochet Mushrooms – Two Versions
Mushrooms are real autumn icons. With this pattern you can make a simple nature mushroom or a fly agaric with frill and white dots.
Version 1: Simple Mushroom
Stem (light yarn):
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Stem (light yarn):
Round 1: 6 single crochet stitches into a yarn ring (6)
Round 2: Increase each stitch (12)
Rounds 3–5: 12 single crochet stitches (12)
Round 6: 4 single crochets, 1 decrease (10)
Rounds 7–8: 10 single crochets
Round 9: 3 single crochets, 1 decrease (8)
Round 10: 8 single crochets
Round 11: increase each stitch (16)
Round 12: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) x 8 (24)
Round 13: (2 single crochet, 1 increase) x 8 (32)
Round 14: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) x 8 (40)
Round 15: 40 single crochets → lightly stuff the stem
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Hat (brown/dark):
Round 1: 6 single crochets into a magic ring (6)
Round 2: Increase each stitch (12)
Round 3: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: 18 single crochets (18)
Round 5: (2 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (24)
Round 6: 24 single crochets (24)
Round 7: (3 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (30)
Round 8: (4 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (36)
Round 9: (8 single crochets, 1 increase) x 4 (40)
Assembly: Place stem and cap together and join through both layers with sc (approx. 40 sts).
Variante 2: Fliegenpilz mit Halskrause
Stiel (helle Wolle):
- Runde 1: 6 feste Maschen in einen Fadenring (6)
- Runde 2: jede Masche verdoppeln (12)
- Runden 3–R5: 12 feste Maschen (12)
- Runde 6: 4 feste Maschen, 1 Abnahme (10)
- Runden 7–R8: 10 feste Maschen (10)
- Runde 9: 3 feste Maschen, 1 Abnahme (8)
- Runde 10: 8 feste Maschen nur ins hintere Maschenglied (BLO) → vordere Schlaufen bleiben frei für die Halskrause
Round 11: 8 single crochet stitches (8)
Round 12: increase each stitch (16)
Round 13: (1 single crochet stitch, 1 increase) x 8 (24)
Round 14: (2 single crochet stitches, 1 increase) x 8 (32)
Round 15: (3 single crochet stitches, 1 increase) x 8 (40)
Round 16: 40 single crochet stitches (40)
Ruff (white wool, in the free front loops of row 10):
👉 Work now, before stuffing and attaching the cap!
Round 1: 8 single crochet stitches (8)
Round 2: increase every 2nd stitch (12)
Round 3: increase every 3rd stitch (16)
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This creates a beautiful, even ruff. Then stuff the stem with fiberfill.
Hat (red yarn):
Round 1: 6 single crochets into a magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase each stitch (12)
Round 3: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: 18 single crochets (18)
Round 5: (2 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (24)
Round 6: 24 single crochets (24)
Round 7: (3 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (30)
Round 8: (4 single crochets, 1 increase) x 6 (36)
Round 9: (8 single crochets, 1 increase) x 4 (40)
Round 10: 40 single crochets (optionally a second round of 40 single crochets for stability)
Assemble: Place the hat on the stem and crochet through both layers together with single crochets (40 single crochets) stitches).
Dots:
Embroider white dots onto the red cap by threading yarn through the same stitch several times until a small bump forms.
🍂 Inspiration: More Autumn Crochet
If you enjoyed these small autumn projects, you’ll also love my hedgehog basket 🦔. It’s perfect for storing little treasures or sweets and fits beautifully into the cozy autumn season. It is currently only available in German, but it will soon be available in English
👉 You can find the complete pattern in my shop: Crochet Hedgehog Basket – German Pattern.
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With these three crochet projects – leaves, acorns, and mushrooms – you can bring autumn right into your home. They are quick, easy, and perfect for using up yarn scraps.
And best of all: children can help choose the colors and later decorate with the finished pieces. Crochet becomes a loving family ritual that makes autumn even more beautiful.
