Pumpkin Stack - Doorstop or Fall Decoration - Crochet Pattern

PUMPKIN STACK

Whether as doorstop or fall decoration, this colorful pumpkin stack always looks great.
The doorstop variant has a useful handle which makes one handed handling a lot easier. For the smaller decorative variant the handle is simply left out.

No sewing! The pumpkin stack is done as one piece. No parts need to be sewn on top of each other or on to each other in the end.
Once you‘re done with crocheting, you‘re done with the pumpkin stack. :)

Tip: Of course the pumpkins look great in other colors, too. :)

All steps are explained in detail in words and pictures, so this pattern is suitable for (practiced) beginners as well.
This pattern contains 11 pages of crochet instructions and 24 pages of detailed step-by-step instructions.

Used techniques (US crochet terms): magic ring, chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, increases and (invisible) decreases, crocheting in front loops and back loops – explained, optional: changing yarn-color.
The figures are crocheted in continuous rounds/spirals as well as back and forth in rows.

FORMAT

• pattern in PDF format (with watermarks)
• to open and read the file you need a specific program, e.g. Adobe‘s free Acrobat-Reader (www. adobe .com)

With DK yarn and a 3.0 mm hook the Pumpkin Stack gets to be 16 cm wide and 22 cm tall.
With Sport weight yarn and a 2.0 mm hook it gets to be 12 cm wide and 15 cm tall.

You need it smaller or bigger? No problem! Simply use lighter or heavier yarn.

Amount of DK yarn:
120 g for the big pumpkin
56 g for the middle pumpkin
21 g for the small pumpkin
15 g for the stems and vines
5 g for one big leaf (total: 10 g)
3 g for the small leaf

Amount of Sport weight yarn:
49 g for the big pumpkin
27 g for the middle pumpkin
9 g for the small pumpkin
6 g for the stems and vines
3 g for one big leaf (total: 6 g)

additional material:

• soft stuffing
• heavy filling (e.g. pea gravel, marbles, sand...)
• a freezer bag for the heavy filling