How to Crochet Pumpkin Pouch – Easy Candy Pouch Tutorial
If you love clever crocheting, this fall project will become your favorite. With a stitch-by-stitch tutorial, learn how to crochet a large pumpkin pouch with leaves and a curly vine to store your fall and Halloween treats. It features the drawstrings to keep the natural vibe alive. From creating the body of the pouch with pumpkin ridges to many vines and leaves, this pumpkin pouch project is easy. From a distance, it will look like a beautiful pumpkin home decor, but inside it will contain your treats.
If you are interested in crocheting this pumpkin pouch and amigurumi by yourself, continue reading this post till the end. It is worth crocheting this fall.
About the Designer: The designer of this pumpkin project is @Knittinglov – her whole channel is filled with ultimate crochet bags from handbags to shoudler bags and cases and pouches. And this crochet pumpkin pouch reflects her bag-making skills very well. Her bags are professional and comes with a ton of variety with themes from modern to boho to farmhouse.
In respect for the creator’s pattern rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.
Easy Crochet Pumpkin-Shaped Pouch Tutorial
Skill Level: Intermediate. Techniques used in the tutorial include increasing and decreasing stitches, changing yarn colors, creating a drawstring, and making leaves and a curly vine using the six basic crochet stitches. You will also be using the stitch-skipping. The foundation is set with either a magic ring or a single chain, followed by fundamental stitches such as single crochet (SC), half double crochet (HDC), and double crochet (DC).
More advanced techniques are front post double crochet (FPDC) and treble crochet (tr). The piece is neatly finished with a slip stitch (sl st) to close rounds.
Tutorial Timing: Approximately 33 minutes. (perfect for learning the front post and back post crochet stitches and shaping using the six basic crochet stitches – the stitches of different heights. It will also improve the amigurumi skills, especially the pumpkin amigurumi, as it is a diverse project.
Personalization Tips: To your crochet pouch, you can also add the jack-o-lantern embroidery or delt details, but make sure to look for the pumpkin ridges.
Pattern Type: The on-screen written pattern is available if you find written instructions easy to follow along with.
Supplies Needed
Stitches and Techniques Guide
Here are the crochet stitches used for crocheting this pumpkin pouch and the abbreviations written:
- Ch (Chain): Yarn over (YO), pull through loop on hook (repeat for the desired number of chains).
- Sc (Single Crochet): Insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through, YO, pull through both loops on hook.
- Hdc (Half Double Crochet): YO, insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through, YO, pull through all 3 loops.
- Dc (Double Crochet): YO, insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining 2 loops.
- Tr (Treble Stitch): YO twice, insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through, (YO, pull through 2 loops) repeat this step 3 times.
- Fpdc (Front Post Double Crochet): YO, insert hook around the post of the stitch (from front to back), YO, pull through, YO, pull through 2 loops twice.
- Sl St (Slip Stitch): Insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.
- Tog (Together): Begin working a stitch as normal, but stop before completing; repeat in the next stitch, then finish all loops on the hook together.
