Free Crocheted Pumpkin Pattern

Similarly to many who enjoy working with yarn, Autumn is my favorite season. The combination of cooler weather, beautiful colors, and harvesting all lead me to work on my crochet/knitting projects more than in the summer months.

Last week I experimented with crocheting pumpkins and ended up with the following pattern. Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions!
~Katie

Autumn Pumpkin Container

Materials:
*Size H (5mm) crochet hook
*Bulky-weight yarn of approx. 30yards orange, 5 yards each of green and brown (I used Sulka by Mirasol)
*Darning needle for weaving in ends

Abbreviations:
Chain: ch
Single Crochet: sc
Slip Stitch: sl st
Stitch: st
Round: Rnd

Note: All rounds are worked continuously; please do not join!

Instructions:

Base
Rnd 1: Using orange yarn, make a Magic Adjustable Ring
Ch1, then sc 6 into the magic ring (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2sc into each sc around (12 sc)
Rnd 3: *2 sc into first sc, 1 sc into next sc, around from* (18 sc)
Rnd 4: *2sc into first sc, 1 sc into next 2 sc, around from* (24 sc)
Rnd 5: *2sc into first sc, 1 sc into next 3 sc, around from* (30sc)
Rnd 6-11: sc into each sc around (30sc)
Rnd 12: sl st into each stitch around (30sl sts). Join with sl st into first sl st and fasten off.

Lid
Using brown yarn, make a Magic Adjustable Ring, ch 1, then sc 6 into the magic ring (6 sc)
Rnd 2-4: sc into each sc around (6 sc)
Rnd 5: 2 sc into each sc around (12 sc)
(Change to orange yarn now)
Rnd 6: *2sc into first sc, 1 sc into next sc, around from* (18 sc)
Rnd 7: *2sc into first sc, 1 sc into next 2 sc, around from* (24 sc)
Rnd 8: *2sc into first sc, 1 sc into next 3 sc around from* (30sc)
Rnd 9: sl st into each stitch around (30sl sts). Join with sl st into first sl st and fasten off.

Vine
Using green yarn, ch16
Starting with the second chain from hook, work 3 sc into each ch across
Fasten off

Weave in all ends, attach vine to lid and enjoy!