In this post you are going to find a free pattern on how to make this cute and stripy crochet butternut squash. This crochet butternut squash is very easy to make and great for a beginner.
I used DK yarn of two colours – burnt orange and golden, links for these colours and all materials used are available below. But you can pick any other colours and share with me your ideas and pictures 😊 Just put them in comments below or post on my Facebook page.
In addition to this pattern, you can find below my Youtube tutorial on how to make this stripy crochet butternut squash, I hope it will help you if you are stuck with this pattern.
By the way, do you like pumpkins on the picture next to this stripy crochet butternut squash? I have a free pattern for them on my blog as well 🎃🎃🎃😊 You can find pattern here – crochet pumpkin pattern.
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Materials and tools you will need:
- Approximately 15g of burnt orange DK yarn (link for this yarn on Amazon)
- Approximately 15g of golden DK yarn (link for this yarn on Amazon)
- Approximately 3-5g of green DK yarn for a stem (link for this yarn on Amazon)
- 2.5mm crochet hook (look at these cute hooks on Amazon 😊)
- Scissors (look at these Stork scissors on Amazon)
- Tapestry needle (look at this set on Amazon 😊)
- Toy filling (plenty of filling is available from Amazon here)
Abbreviations:
SC – single crochet
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
FLO – front loops only
CH – chain
INC – increase
DEC – decrease
Crochet butternut squash body
Start with burnt orange yarn (or your preferred colour) and make chain of 51 stitches.
Row 1 (starting in the 2nd ch from the hook): 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 2 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc , 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Our crochet squash after finishing 2 rows:
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 3 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 4 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Our crochet squash after finishing 4 rows in 2 different colours:
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 5 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 6 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 7 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 8 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 9 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 10 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 11 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 12 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 13 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]#
Row 14 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 15 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 16 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 17 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 18 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 19 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 20 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 21 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 22 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 23 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 24 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to burnt orange colour, or your choice colour.
Row 25 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 26 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Change yarn colour to golden colour, or your choice colour.
Row 27 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 24 hdc, 14 dc, 6 sc, turn [50]
Row 28 (FLO): ch 1, 6 sc, 14 dc, 24 hdc, 6 sc turn [50]
Finish off and leave long tail for sewing.
After finishing our row 28 you should end up with stripy rectangle similar to the photo below:
Crochet butternut squash stem
Round 1: 6 sc into magic circle [6]
Round 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Round 3-6 (4 rounds): sc in each st [12]
Round 7: (dec, sc in next 2 st) repeat 3 times [9]
Round 8-11 (4 rounds): sc in each st [9]
Round 12: (sc, inc in next st) repeat 4 times, sc [13]
Round 13: (inc) repeat 13 times [26]
Round 14: sc in each st [26]
Finish off and leave long tail for sewing.
Our finished butternut squash stem:
Assembly
Step 1: Fold the long sides together making sure that rows with front loops sticking out are 2 rows away from the joining stitch at each side. If you follow this, after stitching both sides together our stitch will look the same as the rows with front loops sticking out and it will be almost invisible. Get the tapestry needle and using long tail (what we’ve left after finishing off) sew sides together.
Step 2: If you still have yarn left on the needle, sew a running stitch along the bottom edge (bottom is where all our ends from yarn change are). Before closing make sure all yarn ends are inside of our crochet butternut squash. If you run out of tail yarn, just get more matching yarn.
Step 3: Without a doubt, our next step is stuffing. Now get some filling and stuff the pumpkin through the top opening. Stuff as much as you would like to, but try to stuff the bottom of our crochet squash more than the top.
Step 4: Next, get a tapestry needle with matching yarn and sew a running stitch along the top edge of our crochet squash. Make a few knots and pass needle through to another side. Furthermore, create some tension between the top and the bottom – that will give squished effect to our crochet butternut squash. Finally, weave the yarn and cut excess ends.
Step 5: Finally, attach a long tail of yarn from our stem to a tapestry needle and start sewing it to the top of our crochet butternut squash.
After you’ve finished – our crochet butternut squash is done 😊
