A Fabric Covered Pumpkin

 After watching a few videos on YouTube, I thought I would have a go
at covering a polystyrene pumpkin which I bought on eBay with a
piece of fabric left over from a fat quarter.

It turned out to be quite simple, with the bonus of not using any glue.
I started by removing the stalk and making the centre hole bigger using scissors
and a chopstick!

Next, I placed the the pumpkin onto the fabric and started bringing the sides
up to the centre, using the chopstick to press the fabric into the hole.
Lastly, I placed the stalk back into the pumpkin to finish. 

I added it to my autumnal display, which includes the crochet pumpkin and
memory sock pumpkin which I made last year.

The details of how I made the pumpkins can be found HERE and HERE

The polysterene pumpkins came in a set of three, so I think I'll use some
different fabric to cover the other two.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Crocheted Pumpkins

 I taught myself to crochet just over 40 years ago when my sister was expecting my first nephew. I could already knit and thought it would be nice to crochet clothes for him as well. 

Sadly, I only managed a make one matinee jacket (do babies wear those anymore?) which seemed to take me ages to crochet, so I quickly decided it wasn’t for me and gave up. Knitting was certainly much quicker and easier for me, and would enable me to make all sorts of clothes for him.

Fast forward to this year, when I decided to give it another try. I found some pink wool I had from making pom-poms with my great nieces. I bought myself a crochet hook, watched Bella Coco Crochet tutorials on YouTube, and practiced the different stitches and made a couple of Granny squares.

I found a ball of green Aran wool in Aldi which I found much nicer to use.

just kept practising and I soon found it coming back to me and I was enjoying 

it this time round.

Next, using Sarah-Jayne’s pumpkin pattern HERE I decided to give it a try. 

Her instructions on are really easy to follow, especially when you can 

pause and re-wind the video numerous times.

I made the smaller one first which I was pleased with, then decided to make a 

larger one to go with it.

Here they are alongside the memory ones I made recently from

my husband’s socks which can be found HERE

I am just waiting for some wool to arrive to try making an Infinity scarf.

I am hoping this will keep me busy whilst we’re in our second lockdown

and through the winter months.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x