08-29-2024

Started on this a couple days ago with smaller needles (US6) and was somehow doing the increases wrong. The whole thing was tight and making my hands hurt. I am determined to knit this cute pumpkin! Abandoned the first pumpkin and started over last night with US7 and doing increases correctly. Much better. Got half way through the pattern.

I use magic loop. In my opinion, the only way to knit in the round. Double points require way too much needle management. So if you’re a magic looper, go ahead and do so. However, if I were going to try magic loop for the first time, this wouldn’t be the project to start on. Try it on a hat first.

I hadn’t really looked at the leaves in this pattern until now. Nope those are not how pumpkin leaves look. Just a generic oval leaf. I guess I won’t bother knitting any leaves from this pattern.

08-30-2024

Finished my pumpkin today. Had a quick photo shoot in my garden using the squash vines as a setting. I couldn’t resist.

The only mod I did was to knit one plain round after switching to orange yarn. Just easier and neater that way. The extra round is undetectable.

Height 3” not including stem
Diameter 4.5” rib to rib

Malabrigo Worsted Lettuce for the stem
Malabrigo Worsted Glazed Carrot for the pumpkin
US7 wooden cubics needle

08-31-2024

Pumpkin No. 2
Decided to knit a white pumpkin. I hope I have enough yarn. I knit to row 22 and used 1/3 of the yarn. Fingers crossed.

Malabrigo Washted in Hojas for the stem
US8 metal cubics needle

Purl Soho Plenty in Heirloom White for the pumpkin
edit: plus Purl Soho Plenty in Lilac Quartz for bottom of pumpkin
US9 wooden cubics

Links to videos since I had a time finding them:
How to KLL video
How to KRL video
How to knit K1tog LL and RL video

09-05-2024

White pumpkin done. I didn’t have enough of the white yarn to finish. I got about 2/3 of the way done and ran out of white. I tried a couple of other yarns in a white/natural and they didn’t work. So I used a bit of the same yarn (Purl Soho Plenty) in a different color way (Lilac Quartz). Once I had the right yarn, all was well and I was able to finish.

I forgot to note on the first pumpkin, but for both I cut an extra long tail at the end. I tacked down a stitch on each ruffle valley all the way around the pumpkin. Pattern instructs you to repeat once or twice. I think it helps the ribs to pop more if you do it to all the valleys.

My white pumpkin being bigger, I wasn’t able to use a standard tapestry needle to go through the height of the pumpkin. I used an upholstery needle instead. This worked perfectly. They are so handy to have around if you make stuffed toys.

Height 3.5” not including stem
Diameter 5.5” rib to rib

Pumpkin itch is scratched.