Pumpkin Hook

[shelbyro]

I thought it might be fun to do a fall/halloween crochet-along!! I went so far as to ask for a volunteer button maker, and Ladywinter graciously made these (thank you so much! <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif" />):

<img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/shelbyro/pmkhook1.bmp" />

<img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/shelbyro/pmkhook2.bmp" />

For this "along" feel free to make any halloween and/or fall decor items, and I will make a gallery to post them in for all to see.

There are lots of links to free patterns available, and you can start here:
<a href="http://home.inreach.com/marthac/hallo.html" target="_new">Stargazer's Halloween links</a>
<a href="http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/halloween.php" target="_new">CPC Halloween links</a>

I hope you'll join me!

[Donna]

Great idea and very nice buttons! :thumbsup I'll have to see if I can come up with something good to make. :)

[Tiffany]

How neat. :) Great idea, Michelle! :) hmmm... What should I make?

[suttygirl2005]

I'm in Hubby is dressing for Halloween so I need to support that. LOL

[antara]

That's a cute idea! I just made a little jackolantern a few weeks ago. Guess I should have waited, huh? :)

[jennmwalsh]

I'm going to be joining this one :) Bought orange yarn tonight...bright, ain't it? LOL

[shelbyro]

Great Jenn--I know, the orange can be shocking compared to more subtle colors. <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/wha.gif" />

I pulled out a bunch of freebie patterns that I am gonna make for this, now I have to get some supplies!

Please join us if you want to make something autumn-ish, too!

Antarachik--you can count your pumpkin for this! Maybe you'll make some more of them! <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/bounce012.gif" />

[rebeccav]

i'd love to join in ladies, but i'm soooo bogged down with Christmas gifts right now :faint

:(

[MommaChelle]

I love this idea!! I want to make those big pumkin bags to place on my porch :D And I want to make halloween sweater jackets (orange and black) for the girls to wear since it's always chilly here (CA) at Halloween time.

[TwistedSarcasm]

I'd love to participate in this! count me in!!

-Angel
www.expostulation.net/chaingang (http://www.expostulation.net/chaingang)

[shelbyro]

Great! The more the merrier (or should I say :scarier"?)! Be sure to post pictures :camera of your projects for the yet-to-be-made gallery, and feel free to use the buttons above.

Unfortunately, I am still in a holding pattern, as I forgot to buy brown yarn when I was at Walmart last night....duh! :bad

[DawnsRays]

I'm in! I wanted to join this one from the beginning, but couldn't find what I wanted to make.....until now. I found the cutiest Spider on Crochet Pattern Central. I'm gonna turn it into a black widow and wear it as a pin. Unfortunately, I have no black yarn! e-gads, I guess I have to go to Walmart. Oh, and I'm gonna make a spider web for the little thing to rest on when not on me. I better get to it----Halloween is right around the corner :bad
~DAWN

[Nay65]

I hadn't planned on doing this until I found this pattern (http://www.sarahanns.com/crochetworks/ghost.html) at CPC. Here's some of what I've done so far.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/Nay65/finished%20projects/ghostsbat2.jpg
The little black thing is a bat. I've made 4 bats and started a fourth ghost.

[naidascrochet]

sounds like fun, count me in:)h
I found these patterns for Halloween:
Jack O Lantern Coaster (she has more holiday patterns click the free patterns link up top)
www.chezcrochet.com/page0042.html (http://www.chezcrochet.com/page0042.html)

crochet for Halloween links
home.inreach.com/marthac/hallo.html (http://home.inreach.com/marthac/hallo.html)

Little Pumpkin
irenecrafts.com/patterns/little_pumpkin.htm (http://irenecrafts.com/patterns/little_pumpkin.htm)

halloween crochet@ about.com
crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa100497.htm (http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa100497.htm)


crochet pattern central halloween crochet
www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/halloween.php (http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/halloween.php)

this is what I will try to make: (needs adobe reader to view)
ghost windsock (http://www.freepatterns.com/fp_pdfs/pre-database/crochet/ghost_windsock.pdf)

:bad Naida:computer

[jennmwalsh]

Renee...those are so cute! I could tell it was a bat before you said so...where are you planning to put them all?

[Nay65]

Jenn, I'll probably donate them to the library. There's a fish net hanging from the ceiling in the children's room where they'd look really cute.

[jennmwalsh]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/findingher/pumpkin.jpg

Finished my pumpkin...pattern came from Marlo (<a href="http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/stuffed%20pumpkin.html" target="_blank">Stuffed Pumpkin</a>). I used Red Heart in an orange color, and a green called Green Sage or medium sage (too lazy to get up and look...lol)

Yay!

[Nay65]

Cute pumpkin.

[Tiffany]

I :pump your pumpkin, Jenn! :) Very cute. :))

[PaisleyAngel]

I'm making the same pumpkin, Jenn! :) (www.marloscrochetcorner.c...pkin.html) (http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/stuffed%20pumpkin.html))

I am using Aunt Lydia's craft yarn in Pumpkin and Christmas Green. I am using an I hook, but the yarn is breaking apart. :( One question... I'm having trouble with the slip stitches. I have to be really careful or I lose stitches. Has anyone else who has tried this pattern run into that problem? I'm not giving up, though, just counting carefully!! :lol

[jennmwalsh]

Thanks :)

I only had a problem with the stitches, bc I attempted to do the pattern with a head cold...my head was too foggy to comprehend what I was doing, and I had to frog once or twice...blah. lol

[luvtocraft]

Okay, okay! My arm has been twisted! After seeing everyone's projects here, I have decided to join the fun!

So, count me in!

[luvtocraft]

Renee,
Your ghost, pumpkin ghost and bat are so cute!!! :cheer2 Great job!

[luvtocraft]

Jenn,
I love your pumpkin! It looks wonderful! Great job! :cheer2

[PaisleyAngel]

I finally finished my pumpkin! :D That little pain in the tushie!!!!! :evil I used the Marlo's Crochet Corner pattern and found the slip stitches very hard to deal with. Probably because I was using Aunt Lydia's craft yarn and that just plain stinks. :bad It kept breaking on me. Now I know why it was on clearance!!!! Oh well. :) It's done. And here it is!!!

us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/4...BBKTn3J3mN (http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/407706f3_8fc5/dc98/__sr_/b691.jpg?php1_aBBKTn3J3mN)

I'll be making more, too, this time with Red Heart and Mainstays yarn. I learned my lesson!!! :lol

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/407706f3_8fc5/dc98/__sr_/b691.jpg

[rebeccav]

what a cute round little fella!!:)h

[PaisleyAngel]

Thanks, Rebeccca!!! :D I also learned that the little guy is soft and squishy. I made it for my husband and I tossed him at him as soon as I was done sewing it - hitting him in the head - which prompted him to throw it right back and it nailed me as well. hehehe. I told him, only soft fluffy gifts for you!!!!! :lol

[luvtocraft]

Paisley,
I can't get the link to work. It looks like there is a picture in the message too, but, all there is a little box where it should be.

I did go to your yahoo photo album, and saw some of the Halloween/fall things you made. You did a great job on the pumpkins. I really like your candy corn guy, he is really cute!! :cheer2

[PaisleyAngel]

Dang!! My work computer is acting up (it's not showing any photos right now on this board) :( So I thought I would give it a try and I thought it was just me. I think it's because I use Yahoo photos and I tried to do a link to just the photo.

Here's the exact link of the pumpkin:

pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/br...m=b691.jpg (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/brit022700/detail?.dir=dc98&.dnm=b691.jpg)

Thanks Luv2craft!! :D That candy corn huggy is a free pattern I found through MarthaC's site. That little guy is going to my goddaughter, if she'll ever be home long enough for me to go see her!!! She's not even 3 and she has a more active life than me!! hehehe :lol

[jennmwalsh]

Very nice! I attempted that pattern with a head cold, and frogged it twice...blah. It was fun to finish though!

[PaisleyAngel]

I finished another pumpkin last night! YAY!! :clap This one is a JPFun pattern suggested by PrincssTrish. It came out great! I'm making another one now, with a smaller hook. I love pumpkins!! hee hee :lol

pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/br...pg&.src=ph (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/brit022700/detail?.dir=/dc98&.dnm=c7f2.jpg&.src=ph)

[luvtocraft]

That is really cute!! :cheer2

[luvtocraft]

I finally made something for the pumpkin hook. It can be a fridgie or a lapel pin. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/luvtocraft/pumpkin1.jpg

I have a halloween towel topper I need to make as a gift. So, that is next on my list for this pumpkin hook. :danc

[luvtocraft]

I finished the Halloween Towel Topper.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/luvtocraft/th_halltop1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/luvtocraft/halltop1.jpg)

[rebeccav]

well.... isn't that TOOOO cute!:cheer2

[luvtocraft]

Thanks Rebecca! :))

[jennmwalsh]

That is a great towel!

[luvtocraft]

Thanks Jenn! :))

[Nay65]

Cute towel.

I finally took pictures of my ghosts hanging in the library. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to post them later today.

[luvtocraft]

Thanks Renee! :))

[rebeccav]

i'm not sure if this has already been posted or not:

spider (http://crochet.about.com/library/blspider4.htm?nl=1)

[rebeccav]

multiple links (http://crochet.about.com/od/halloween/index.htm?nl=1)

[Nay65]

Here is the photo (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/Nay65/finished%20projects/ghosts.jpg) of the ghosts and bats hanging at the library.

[rebeccav]

they look great!!

i bet the kiddos love them.:sheepjump

[Nay65]

Thanx. The kiddies do seem to enjoy them.

[luvtocraft]

Renee,
The decorations are awesome! Great job! :cheer2

[jennmwalsh]

I love the picture of the decorations in the library! That's very cute, and such a good idea...crochet just to crochet, with a good cause :)

[PaisleyAngel]

Such great projects and photos, everyone! I love them! The library one is wonderful. One of my favorite places combined with my favorite hobby and holiday. hee hee :)

Anyone remember the old nursery rhyme about "five little pumpkins?" (for those who think I am nuts, here it is - www.dltk-teach.com/minibo.../felt.htm) (http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/halloween/felt.htm)) It was my favorite as a little girl, so I decided to make my own little set. So it's not a fence, but it's close!!! :lol

pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/br...pg&.src=ph (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/brit022700/detail?.dir=dc98&.dnm=8124.jpg&.src=ph)

[luvtocraft]

Paisley,
Cute pumpkins!!

[PaisleyAngel]

Thanks, Luvtocraft!!! :D I loved your fridgie and towel topper! Just fantastic! :cheer

[luvtocraft]

Thanks Paisley! :)h

[adultramblings]

I'm already making a fall afghan & a Halloween afghan, so I guess I need to join this CAL too! I'm addicted & half crazy, I Know!!

[Nay65]

Thanx, ladies. My children are older and not so much into Halloween anymore, but those ghost guys were soooo cute I had to make them for somebody. :lol :lol

[rebeccav]

ghost chart (http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa101604.htm?nl=1)

buttonhole spider (http://crochet.about.com/library/nspider5.htm?nl=1)


got these in my email today, thought i'd pass along. :hug2

[ladywyntir]

You guys are doing a great job!

the pumpkins, ghosts, bats and spiders are very cute :cloud9

Gotta :heart halloween!

~Marj :rock