Pumpkin the Pteranodon, is the 23rd of my patterns that makes use of the African Flower hexagon crochet motif and variations thereof, joined in a specific order to make a recognizable 3D item.

I completely fell in love with little Pumpkin, he is very pteranodon-like, yet sweet and friendly looking. He may become my favorite animal so far ♥

Pumpkin is an excellent stash busting project, as you only need to use very small amounts of leftover sock yarn to make a motif.

The listing is for a PDF pattern available as a download only. No hard copy is available. The pattern is ONLY available in English.
There are 42 pages in this pattern. It has step by step photographs to guide you through every part of making this animal.

I would rate the pattern as intermediate, however, if you are a beginner and you follow the steps carefully, paying attention to ensure you have joined a motif correctly before moving on to the next step, you should be fine in making your own little pteranodon :)

: : Materials Requirements : :

The pteranodon made in this pattern, was made using sock weight/fingering/#1 weight yarn.

Using this yarn weight and a 1.75mm crochet hook, will give you a Pumpkin measuring approximately 26cm (10”) measured from the point of his nose to the bottom of his feet, and
approximately 43cm (17”) from wingtip to wingtip, with wings fully extended.

Sock weight / Fingering weight yarn/ #1 in colors of your choice… Pumpkin is a great stash busting project as you can use small amounts of sock yarn for each motif.

The total weight of yarn for the solid yellow color was around 165g (of the Colourspun Sock Weight yarn I used).

For the different multiple colors used in the rest of the motifs, although I can’t tell you how much yardage of each color I used, approximately 70g of TOTAL weight should be fine.

The yardage for the sock yarn I used is around 320m/100g (350yds/100g). It is a superwash merino yarn, hand dyed by Dana (www.colourspun.com), but you can use any alternative fingering weight yarn you like… I recommend that using animal fibre yarns would be preferable, as they have more stretch, making the stuffing and shaping of the animal easier. Try to use a yarn with a similar yardage per 100g, to make a pteranodon of similar size to mine.

If you use a heavier weight yarn and a larger hook, Pumpkin will be bigger than the one made in sock yarn, and you will obviously need more polyester stuffing.

Crochet Hook 1.75mm
If you are planning to make Pumpkin in a heavier weight yarn, adjust your hook size accordingly… however, use the smallest hook size possible for the weight of yarn that you can manage. Note that the hook size recommended by the yarn manufacturer would not be the correct size to use for this project… Since Pumpkin is stuffed, your stitch density will need to be tighter than usual to prevent the stuffing from popping out. Make a test motif in your chosen yarn and hook to see which would
be the best size to use.

Polyester toy stuffing
Haemostats (optional for stuffing)
Sewing Pins
Scissors
Tapestry Needle used for sewing
Long doll-making needle
Curved Sewing Needle (optional for sewing the wings to the body)
Eyes (plastic safety eyes or glass wire-looped eyes). PLEASE NOTE THAT ATTACHED EYES ARE NOT
RECOMMENDED FOR TOYS CREATED FOR CHILDREN! They can be a suffocation hazard.
If you are making this item for a child, rather embroider the eyes using embroidery thread! I would still suggest sculpting the eye sockets before embroidering the eyes… it adds a lovely realistic element.

I used 12mm wire looped glass eyes. These can easily be sourced from sellers on eBay and Etsy.

: : Skills Requirements : :

Basic Crocheting Skills: Chain stitch (ch) , Single Crochet (sc), Double Crochet (dc), Slip Stitch (sl st),
joining a chain to make a ring, joining in a new color

Join-as-you-go motif joining: This pattern requires that you join the crocheted motifs each stitch to
each stitch. This is necessary to prevent the stuffing popping out of Pumpkin.
It is important that you are confident in your join-as-you-go ability. The method I use is explained in the Appendix pages found at the end of the pattern. These tutorials are illustrated by
using motif chart illustrations with explanatory notes. This cuts down on printing.
However, if you are scared witless by the thought of doing a join-as-you-go joining method, all is
not lost… you can simply make all your motifs in full (including all rounds), then sew them together.
The order of motif placement and the number of sides needing to be joined, stays exactly the
same whether you join-as-you-go or sew up.

Basic sewing skills

: : Kits : :

If you would like a kit (no pattern included in the kit, only yarn), you can buy one from Dana at www.Colourspun.com.
You can contact her on the following email address:
dana@colourspun.com

The kit may be purchased using the link below (please copy and paste it into your browser):

https://colourspun.com/shop/product/pumpkin-the-pteranodon

The kit will contain a mixed selection of yarn colors, as well as enough solid pumpkin color yarn to complete your project.

Please note: The kits are made up with enough yarn for this project based on using a 1.75mm crochet hook, and working at a tight tension. If you use a different size crochet hook, and have a very different tension to mine, please contact Dana beforehand to ensure you have enough yarn in your kit.

Using the 1.75mm hook and this yarn, gives me a complete hexagon that is 5.5cm side to side. This will give you an idea of what degree of tightness I crochet with.
Dana has kindly agreed to make these kits available to crocheters who would like to use the yarns I used. You will still need to buy the pattern from me, in my Ravelry or Etsy shop. I receive no monetary gain from any kits that are sold, only from the sale of my pattern, so there are no hidden incentives for me, when you buy a kit!

I have tried very hard to make sure there are no errors in the pattern, but if you find one, please kindly let me know by sending me a message on Ravelry.

Happy crocheting!