Easy Crochet Pumpkin Coaster

This would be especially cute for fall and is a great small project using cotton yarn.

Skill level: Beginner
Finished size: About 4–5 inches
Yarn: Orange 100% cotton
Hook: H/8 (5.0 mm), or the size that gives you a firm fabric
Other: Yarn needle and scissors

Abbreviations:

• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• st = stitch

Pattern:

Round 1: Ch 2. Make 8 sc in the second chain from the hook. Join with a sl st. (8)

Round 2: Ch 1. 2 sc in each stitch around. Join. (16)

Round 3: Ch 1. 1 sc in next stitch, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around. Join. (24)

Round 4: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around. Join. (32)

Round 5: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of the next 3 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around. Join. (40)

Round 6: Ch 1. Sc in each stitch around. Join. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Stem

Using a small amount of brown, green, or even your orange yarn:

Ch 4. Sc in the second chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Sew the stem to the top of your pumpkin.

Tip: If you want the pumpkin to have more definition, use a yarn needle and a strand of orange yarn to make a few lines from the center toward the outside edge, just like the sections of a real pumpkin.

This would make a great quick Crochet Corner project, and you could easily turn it into a set of 4 or 6 pumpkin coasters for a fall post.

Mary Blake