Crochet Pumpkin Cowl Pattern
Embrace the crisp autumn air with the enchanting Pumpkin Patch Cowl, a cozy crochet pumpkin cowl made with a fun, puffy, 3D pumpkin puff stitch!
This playful design bursts with charm, featuring clusters of plump, textured orange pumpkins—complete with tiny green stems—dotting a soft, creamy white base for that quintessential fall harvest feel.
Draped effortlessly around the neck, its slouchy silhouette offers just the right amount of warmth without bulk, making it an ideal layer for pumpkin spice lattes, leaf-peeping walks, or cozy evenings by the fire.
Materials
- Caron Simply Soft Tweeds, Weight 4 / Medium (97% acrylic / 3% viscose)
- (2) Color Off White (MC) 5.5 oz / 264 yards
- Caron Simply Soft, Weight 4 / Medium (100% acrylic)
- (1) Color Pumpkin 3.0 oz / 160 yards
- (1) Color Dark Sage 1.0 oz / 53 yards
- Crochet hook size H (5 mm)
- Stitch Marker
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle
Approximate finished size
- 35” length (circumference) x 10” width (height) before folding
Gauge
- 14 dc sts x 13 rows = 4” x 4”
Abbreviations
- MC = main color
- ch(s) = chain(s)
- RS = right side
- dc = double crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- bob = bobble
- hdc = half double crochet
- sk = skip
- CL = cluster
Special Stitches
Bobble: (Yo, insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook) three times (4 loops on hook), yo and pull through all 4 loops on hook.
CL (cluster): (bob, ch 1, bob) all worked in the same st.
Notes
- Resize length by working foundation chain in multiples of 6 + 7. Add or subtract rows for resizing height.
- Chain 3 at beginning of row counts as first st.
Instructions
With MC, ch 127.
Row 1: (RS) Working in back bump of ch, dc in fourth ch from hook (skipped chs count as first st) and in each ch to end. Do not fasten off, place stitch marker in loop to hold stitch. Turn. (125)
Row 2: Join orange to first st with sl st, ch 6, sk next 4 sts, CL in next st, *ch 6, sk next 5 sts, CL in next st,* repeat from * to * to last 5 sts, ch 6, sk next 4 sts, sl st in last st. Fasten off orange. Do not turn. (20 clusters)
Row 3: Insert hook into loop of MC, ch 3, working behind chs and into skipped sts from previous row, dc in next 4 sts, *ch 1, sk over CL, dc in next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to end. Do not fasten off, place stitch marker in loop to hold stitch. Turn. 105 dc sts + 20 ch-1 sps
Push pumpkin clusters through to RS of cowl.
Row 4: Join green to first st with sl st, ch 6, sk next 4 sts, *sc into ch-1 sp from cluster of row 2 and over ch-1 sp from previous row, ch 6, sk next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to last st, sl st in last st. Fasten off green. Do not turn.
Row 5: Insert hook into loop of MC, ch 3, working in front of chs and into skipped sts from previous row, dc in next 4 sts, *hdc in sc st from previous row, dc in next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to end. Do not fasten off, place stitch marker in loop to hold stitch. Turn.
Row 6: Join orange to first st with sl st, ch 2, sk next st, CL in next st, *ch 6, sk next 5 sts, CL in next st,* repeat from * to * to last 2 sts, ch 2, sk next st, sl st in last st. Fasten off orange. Do not turn. (21 clusters)
Row 7: Insert hook into loop of MC, ch 3, working behind chs and into skipped sts from previous row, dc in next st, *ch 1, sk over CL, dc in next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to last CL, ch 1, sk CL, dc in last 2 sts. Do not fasten off, place stitch marker in loop to hold stitch. Turn. 104 dc sts + 21 ch-1 sps
Push pumpkin clusters through to RS of cowl.
Row 8: Join green to first st with sl st, ch 2, sk next st, *sc into ch-1 sp from cluster of row 6 and over ch-1 sp from previous row, ch 6, sk next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to last CL, sc in ch-1 sp from cluster, ch 2, sk next st, sl st in last st. Fasten off green. Do not turn.
Row 9: Insert hook into loop of MC, ch 3, working in front of chs and into skipped sts from previous row, dc in next st, *hdc in sc st from previous row, dc in next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to last 3 sts, hdc in next st, dc in last 2 sts. Turn.
Rows 10 – 37: Repeat rows 2 – 9.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave in remaining ends.
Finishing
Fold ends of rectangle together with RS facing out. With long length of yarn left for sewing, seam bottom edges of cowl.
