Halloween Pumpkin Basket - Crochet Rag

A more complete version of the classic autumn basket pattern, with an integrated lid and green tail. This version provides a decorative finish, perfect for use as a box, candy dish, or natural Halloween decoration 🍂

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✨ Level

Beginner – Intermediate

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Materials

• Trapillo Terra : 2 beige bobbins (or the one you like best) + 1 dark green bobbin (for the pumpkin stem)
• Crochet hook 8 mm
• Scoreboard
• Scissors
• Wool needle

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📏 Final measures

• Diameter: 22 cm
• Total height (with lid): 16 cm

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Points used

• Chain (ch)
• Single crochet (sc)
• Centered single crochet (csc) → insert the needle into the center of the “V” of the previous stitch.
• Increase (inc): 2 sc or 2 sc in the same stitch
• Slip stitch (slst)

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Step-by-step instructions

Base (beige color)

• Make a magic ring .
• Round 1: 6 sc inside the ring. Close with sl st. (6)
• Round 2: 1 inc in each stitch. (12)
• Round 3: [ 1 sc, 1 inc] , repeat sequence. (18)
• Round 4: [ 1 inc , [2 sc], repeat. (24)
• Round 5: 2 sc, 1 inc, [ 3 sc, 1 inc] , repeat sequence [3 sc, 1 inc] until finishing with 1 sc after the last increase (30)
• Round 6: [ 1 inc , 4 bp], repeat sequence. (36)
• Round 7: 3 sc, 1 inc , [ 5 sc, 1 inc], repeat sequence [ 5 sc, 1 inc] and finish with 2 sc after the last increase. (42)

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🎃 Walls

• Round 8: Work 1 sc only in the back loop of each stitch → form the border between the base and the wall. (42)
• Rounds 9–17: Change to the centered single crochet (csc) . Crochet 1 csc in each stitch without increasing. (42)

(It will be firm, with a braided texture and the appearance of pumpkin wedges.)

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🍂 Top edge

• Knit 1 round in normal sc .
• Close with 1 row in slip stitch (sl st) to reinforce.
  Cut and hide the thread.

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🧡 Lid (beige)

• Magic ring with 6 bp.
• Round 2: 1 inc in each stitch. (12)
• Round 3: [ 1 sc, 1 inc] , repeat sequence. (18)
• Round 4: [ 1 inc , [2 sc], repeat. (24)
• Round 5: 2 sc, 1 inc, [ 3 sc, 1 inc] , repeat sequence [3 sc, 1 inc] until finishing with 1 sc after the last increase (30)
• Round 6: [ 1 inc , 4 bp], repeat sequence. (36)
• Round 7: 3 sc, 1 inc , [ 5 sc, 1 inc], repeat sequence [ 5 sc, 1 inc] and finish with 2 sc after the last increase. (42)

👉 Check that the diameter matches the top of the basket.

• Round 8 (edge): Work 1 sc only into the back loop to form the small edge of the lid.
  Cut the thread and leave a long tail for sewing.

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🌿 Little tail (moss green color)

• Make a magic ring with 6 sc.
• Rounds 2–6: Work 1 sc in each stitch (6 sc).
• Close and leave a long strand.
• Sew the tail to the center of the lid , just above the magic ring.

(Optional: add a small leaf with 5 ch + 1 sc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 sc, turn and close.)

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✨ Final assembly

• Place the lid on the basket.
• Fit the edge of the lid slightly inside, so that it fits well.
• If you prefer, you can attach it at a single point to the back edge of the basket, so that it can be “folded” like a fixed lid.

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💗 Idealium Tips

• Use beige for a natural and elegant look.
• You can vary the size by increasing or decreasing the number of turns on the base.
• For a more decorative finish, thread a thin string around the edge or add a faux leather label.

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🌸 Final result

A pumpkin woven with trapillo, firm, warm and very decorative.
Perfect for Halloween or fall, while maintaining a natural aesthetic.