Pumpkin Blanket Border Crochet Pattern
This fun textured pumpkin border is the perfect addition to any fall themed project! Beautiful puff stitch pumpkins simply pop out and create lovely texture! Perfect simple border provides the perfect finishing touch to blankets, scarves, baskets and more!
The most striking element in this crochet blanket border is the series of bright orange pumpkin shapes. Each pumpkin has a textured, ribbed appearance, resembling the segments seen on a real pumpkin. This ribbed design is achieved using puff stitches worked together in the same space to provide that three-dimensional look.
Atop each pumpkin, there’s a small green stalk made up of picots to give them that delicate appearance.
Materials
- Red Heart Super Saver Weight 4 / Medium (100% acrylic)
- Saffron 0.5 oz / 30 yds (Gold)
- Tea Leaf 2.3 oz / 125 yds (Green)
- Carrot 2.9 oz / 155 yds (Orange)
- Aran 1.5 oz / 130 yds (Cream)
- Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
- Scissors
- Stitch marker (optional)
- Tapestry needle
Abbreviations
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- sp = space
- st(s) = stitch(es)
- sk = skip
- WS = wrong side
- RS = right side
- sc2tog = single crochet 2 sts together
- yo = yarn over
Special Stitches
Puff: Yo, insert hook in st indicated, yo, draw up a loop to height of ch-2, (3 loops on hook), [yo, insert hook in same st and draw up loop] 3 times, (9 loops on hook) yo and draw through 8 loops, (2 loops on hook), yo, pull through remaining 2 loops.
Picot: ch 2, sl st in second ch from hook.
sc2tog = (insert hook in next st, yo and pull up a loop) twice, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Instructions
Attach cream to any ch-2 corner space.
Round 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in ch-2 space, [*1 sc in each stitch to next ch-sp at join between squares, 1 sc in ch-sp, 1 sc in join between squares, 1 sc in ch-sp after join,* repeat from * to * 1 time, 1 sc in each st to ch-2 corner sp, 3 sc in ch-2 sp] 4 times omitting final corner, sl st to first st.
Fasten off cream.
Note: For round 2 depending on stitch count, sk 1 or 2 stitches as needed before working the corners.
Round 2: Join green yarn with sl st in middle sc of any corner, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same st, [*ch 2, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st,* repeat from * to * to 3-sc corner, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st] 4 times omitting final corner, sl st in top of first st. (184 ch-sps)
Fasten off green.
Round 3: With WS facing, attach orange to any ch-2 sp with sl st, (ch 2, 2 puffs, ch 2, sl st) in same ch-2 sp, *sc in next st, (sl st, ch 2, 2 puffs, ch 2, sl st) in next ch-2 sp,* repeat from * to * to last st, sc in last st, sl st into same ch-2 sp as first puff. (184 “pumpkins”)
Fasten off orange.
Round 4: With RS facing, attach green with sl st to any sc of previous round, ch 3, dc in same st, *sc2tog over 2 puff sts, picot, ch 1, sl st in last st of sc2tog, 2 dc in next sc st from previous round,* repeat from * to * around exception for corner stitches – place 3 dc sts before and after the puff stitches instead of 2 dc sts, fasten off green, change to cream, sl st top of ch-3 from beginning. (560 st count excludes picots and sl sts)
Round 5: Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next st, [*sc in next st (sc2tog from previous round), sk picot and sl st from previous round, sc in next 2 sts behind picot,* repeat from * to * to corner, (sc in 3 dc sts from previous round, sc in next st, ch 2 (will be behind picot), sc in 3 dc sts from previous round) in corner] four times, continue repeating from * to * to end, sl st to first st. (560 + 4 ch-2 sps)
Round 6: Ch 3, *dc in each st to ch-2 corner sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner sp,* repeat from * to * to end, sl st to top of ch-3 from beginning. (576 + 4 ch-2 sps)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
