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Pumpkin Trick or Treat Bag

Here’s what you need:

• Orange worsted weight acrylic or cotton yarn
• H hook / 5 mm
• tapestry needle

Click here to reference the Crochet Abbreviations Chart.

Special Stitches:

hdc2tog: yarn over, insert hook into designated st and pull up a loop, yarn over again and insert hook into next stitch and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all 5 loops on hook.

FPdc: yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front round post of  specified st and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over again and pull through remaining 2 loops.

Finished bag measures approx. 7 in. high and 11 in. wide.

Pumpkin Bag

Make a magic ring.

Foundation Round: Ch 2 (counts as st here and throughout), work 5 hdc in ring, join — 6 sts.

Round 1: Ch 2, work 1 hdc in same stitch as join, 2 hdc in each st around, join — 12 sts.

Round 2: Ch 2, work 1 hdc in same stitch as join, 1 hdc in next st, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next, rep from * around, join — 18 sts.

Round 3: Ch 2, work 1 hdc in same stitch as join, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * around, join — 24 sts.

Round 4: Ch 2, work 1 hdc in same stitch as join, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around, join  — 30 sts.

Round 5: Ch 2, work 1 hdc in same stitch as join, 1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts, rep from * around, join — 36 sts.

Round 6: Ch 2, working in back loops only, 1 hdc in each st around, join — 36 sts.

Round 7: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around, join — 42 sts.

Round 8: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 7 sts, rep from * around, join — 42 sts.

Round 9: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around, join — 48 sts.

Round 10: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 8 sts, rep from * around, join — 48 sts.

Round 11: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next, 1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts, rep from * around, join — 54 sts.

Rounds 12 through 14: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 9 sts, rep from * around, join — 54 sts.

Round 15: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts, hdc2tog, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around, join — 48 sts.

Round 16: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 8 sts, rep from * around, join — 48 sts.

Round 17: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around, join — 42 sts.

Round 18: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 7 sts, rep from * around, join — 42 sts.

Round 19: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * around, join — 36 sts.

Round 20: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 6 sts, rep from * around, join — 36 sts.

Round 21: Ch 2, *work 1 FPdc in hdc directly below, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc2tog, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * around, join — 30 sts.

Round 22: Ch 1 (does not count as st), working back across stitches just made, work 1 rev sc in each st around, join — 30 sts.