Cute Alert: Last-Minute Knitted Halloween Pumpkin Costume

Knitting may seem like a slow way to make a Halloween costume, but with chunky wool it is very possible to pull of something like this pumpkin in a day (if you are willing to pull an all-nighter!) Having only a couple of days left to complete the task, I found some very chunky orange wool, and with a large circular needle I cast on around 100 stitches, ribbed for 8 rows, then increased in every stitch to make it balloon out. After knitting to his measurements I worked armholes by splitting the circle in two, casting off a few stitches on either end of each panel, knitting and then rejoining in the round to make a neck hole (which I also did in ribbing). The top was a simple beanie with a brown top and some green, spool (French) knit pieces on top of twisted pipe cleaners to look like vines. I knit a matching costume for his sloth toy, for good measure : ) Using such chunky wool it really didn’t take too long to make the costume. To avoid an all-night knitting session like I had to pull, give yourself a week to complete the task. Happy Halloween knitting!

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Karla Courtney / Via karlacourtney.com

Karla Courtney / Via karlacourtney.com