Secret the Pumpkitten – Crochet Pumpkin Cat – Free Pattern

Secret the Pumpkitten is a cute pumpkin with a kitten poking her head out of the pumpkin top. Use this adorable plushie as Halloween home decor, DIY fall decorations, or for gifting. Customize the cat to any color fur you want, or to match your own kitty at home!

Secret the Pumpkitten—an amigurumi cat in a pumpkin—is my newest Halloween-themed free crochet pattern!

Read on to learn more about my design process and inspiration, or scroll to the end to get the free pattern. If you’re in a hurry and need to take this pattern offline, grab the beautifully formatted, ad-free, PDF pattern from Etsy here.

The easiest pumpkin ever!

Secret the Pumpkitten began with my desire to make some cute fall or Halloween themed decoration. Pumpkins are really popular this time of year, and what with the endless deluge of them I was seeing on social media, I really wanted to try to make my own.

Long story short, I tried a few patterns, and miserably failed at making my pumpkin. After a while, I decided that I would try on my own to design a pattern that was more approachable for me, and ended up with the pumpkin base that you see here! This pumpkin pattern is truly simple and is created from a sphere shape. As long as you can make a ball, then you can make this pumpkin! After that, the way to create those signature pumpkin grooves is just some easy stitching that pulls the sides of the sphere tight.

Secret the pumpkin cat

I loved the pumpkin that I came up with, but I wanted to add something extra. My sister has the most adorable gray Siberian cat named Secret, and she insisted that I include her in the pattern somehow. Secret is gray with the cutest white tufts of fur, and here are a few pictures from her last outing! She will reluctantly take walks on a leash (read: sit down while you insistently tug on the leash and then inevitably give up).

For my amigurumi, I decided on a cute pose of Secret’s head poking out the top of the pumpkin, complete with tiny paws and the pumpkin top sitting on her head.

The final result is super cute and very on theme for Halloween given the prevalence of cats and pumpkins around this holiday! If you’re also a cat lover, you could definitely change the color of the fur to match your own feline, or any imaginary cat color you wish. I can also imagine this amigurumi sticking around past Halloween, since fall and pumpkins mesh together quite well!

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The Pattern

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Description

Secret the Pumpkitten is a cute pumpkin with a kitten poking her head out of the pumpkin top. Use this adorable plushie as Halloween home decor, DIY fall decorations, or for gifting. Customize the cat to any color fur you want, or to match your own kitty at home!

Yarn

  • Red Heart Super Saver
    • <1 skein of Burnt Orange (worsted weight)
  • Hobbii Tivoli
    • <1 skein of Gray (sport weight)
    • <1 skein of Green (sport weight)
  • Lion Brand DIYarn
    • <1 skein of Brown (worsted weight)

Notions

Abbreviations (US)

  • MR: Magic ring
  • Sc: Single crochet
  • Ch: Chain
  • Sl st: Slip stitch
  • Yo: Yarn over
  • Hdc: Half double crochet
  • Dc: Double crochet
  • Inc: Increase
  • Dec: Decrease
  • Sts: Stitches
  • FO: Fasten off
  • (…) x: repeat stitches within parentheses x times
  • Sk: skip one stitch
  • FSC: foundation single crochet (tutorial here)

Technical Notes:

  • Crochet in continuous rounds unless otherwise specified
  • When filling with polyester stuffing, pull apart each large chunk into many smaller chunks. This ensures an even distribution of firmness.
  • To avoid large holes in the crochet fabric, increase tension until the holes cannot be seen, or choose a crochet hook a size down.
  • Stuff the head and the body firmly at the openings so that the neck is stable upon completion.

Pumpkin (orange worsted weight yarn and 3.5mm hook)

  • Round 1 sc6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2 inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3 (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
  • Round 4 (sc2, inc) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 5 (sc3, inc) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 6 (sc4, inc) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 7 (sc5, inc) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 8 (sc6, inc) x6 (48 sts)
  • Round 9 (sc7, inc) x6 (54 sts)
  • Round 10 (sc8, inc) x6 (60 sts)
  • Round 11-19 (9 rnds) sc all around (60 sts)
  • Round 20 (sc8, dec) x6 (54 sts)
  • Round 21 (sc7, dec) x6 (48 sts)
  • Round 22 (sc6, dec) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 23 (sc5, dec) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 24 (sc4, dec) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 25 (sc3, dec) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 26 (sc2, dec) x6 (18 sts)
  • Stuff.
  • Round 27 (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
  • Invisible finish off, leaving a tail of around 2 feet. There will be a gap in the middle. Make a well in the center of the pumpkin by pushing your finger all the way to the bottom.
  • (Watch a video tutorial for this step here!) Using a tapestry needle, push the needle through the center of the pumpkin and out the bottom. Then, draw the needle up and over the outside of the pumpkin and push it through the middle again tightly, create a groove in the side of the pumpkin. Repeat 5 more times evenly around the pumpkin for a total of six grooves, or six stitches around the side. FO.

Cat Head (in gray sport weight yarn, using a 2.5mm hook. Note that thicker yarn will result in a larger cat head)

  • Round 1 sc6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2 inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3 (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
  • Round 4 (sc2, inc) x6 (24 sts)
  • Round 5 (sc3, inc) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 6 (sc4, inc) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 7 (sc5, inc) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 8 (sc6, inc) x6 (48 sts)
  • Round 9-19 (11 rnds) sc all around (48 sts)
  • Insert 4.0mm safety eyes between the 15th and 16th rounds, 6 stitches apart.
  • Round 20 (sc6, dec) x6 (42 sts)
  • Round 21 (sc5, dec) x6 (36 sts)
  • Round 22 (sc4, dec) x6 (30 sts)
  • Round 23 (sc3, dec) x6 (24 sts)
  • Begin stuffing.
  • Round 24 (sc2, dec) x6 (18 sts)
  • Round 25 (sc, dec) x6 (12 sts)
  • Finish stuffing.
  • Round 26 dec x6 (6 sts)
  • Finish off, leaving a short tail for sewing.

Ears (in gray sport weight yarn, using a 2.5mm hook)

  • Round 1 sc6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2 (sc2, inc) x2 (8 sts)
  • Round 3 (sc3, inc) x2 (10 sts)
  • Round 4 (sc4, inc) x2 (12 sts)
  • Round 5 (sc5, inc) x2 (14 sts)
  • Do not stuff. Sew across the opening to seam closed, and leave a short tail for sewing.

Cat Paws (in gray sport weight yarn, using a 2.5mm hook)

  • Round 1 sc6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2 inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3 (sc2, inc) x4 (16 sts)
  • Round 4-5 (2 rnds) sc all around (16 sts)
  • Round 6 (sc2, dec) x4 (12 sts)
  • Stuff lightly, and invisible finish off, leaving a short tail for sewing.

Pumpkin Top (in orange worsted weight yarn, using a 3.5mm hook)

  • Round 1 sc6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2 inc x6 (12 sts)
  • Round 3 (sc, inc) x6 (18 sts)
  • Invisible finish off, leaving a short tail for sewing.

Pumpkin Stem (in brown worsted weight yarn, using a 3.5mm hook)

  • Round 1 sc 6 in MR (6 sts)
  • Round 2-3 (2 rnds) sc all around (6 sts)
  • Stuff lightly. Finish off, leaving a short tail for sewing.

Pumpkin Leaf (in green sport weight yarn, using a 2.5mm hook)

Chain 6, then beginning from the second chain from the hook, sc, hdc, dc2, then dc6 in the last chain. On the way back, dc2, hdc, and sc. Finish off, leaving a short tail for sewing.

Assembly

1. Embroider a triangular nose on the muzzle using pink embroidery thread between rounds 16-17 (counting from the top). Begin from the bottom round and outline out a small pie slice shape extending one rounds using vertical stitches. Fill in the outline and make one single horizontal stitch across the top for a cleaner look.
2. Place eyes just above the nose between the 15th and 16th rounds (counting from the top), with 6 stitches between them.
3. Embroider two whiskers on each side of the head using black embroidery thread. The top whiskers begin on round 17 (counting from the top) and are 3 stitches long, ending on round 15, while the bottom whiskers begin on round 18 and are 3 stitches long, ending on round 19.
4. Sew the ears between the 5th and 9th rounds (counting from the top), off to the left and right.
5.Sew the cat head onto the middle of the pumpkin.
6.Sew the cat paws directly in front of the cat head, with each one resting in a pumpkin groove.
7.Sew the stem onto the middle of the pumpkin top, and then sew the leaf to
the left of the stem. Sew the pumpkin top onto the cat’s head.

I hope you enjoyed making Secret the Pumpkitten! If you run into any problems feel free to ask me a question in the comments section below or through email at littleworldofwhimsy@gmail.com.

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