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Bat-Pumpkin Decoration
Free Crochet Pattern
Free Crochet Pattern
MATERIALS:
2-3 oz Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Pumpkin, 1-2 oz in Black and Hunter Green, needle to take yarn, stuffing, small amounts of white and brown felt, craft glue and size H crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge.
FINISHED SIZE: Bat is 7” tall. Pumpkin is 5” X 8”. Fringe mat is 7” diameter. Total decoration stands 12” tall.
Gauge: 3 hdc sts = 1”, 2 rows hdc = 1”.
PUMPKIN:
With Pumpkin yarn and H hook ch-3, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-1, work 8 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (8 sts)
RND 2-4: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (12 sts)(18 sts)(27 sts)
RND 5: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)
RND 6: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 3 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (45 sts)
RND 7: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 4 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (54 sts)
RND 8: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 5 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (63 sts)
RND 9: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 6 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (72 sts)
RND 10-17: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 18: (Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc next 10 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (66 sts)
RND 19: (Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc next 9 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (60 sts)
By Donna Collinsworth of Donna’s Crochet Designs