Griddle Stitch Pumpkin

How to Assemble

1. Fold the rectangle so the two row-end edges meet, right side out. Thread the long tail you left on a tapestry needle and whip stitch the edges together — 13 row-ends — to make a tube open at both ends.
2. Thread a long tail on a tapestry needle and run it through all 54 stitches around one opening. Pull tight and secure with a knot — this is the base.
3. Stuff through the open end: firm enough to hold a round shape, soft enough that you can still squeeze it, so the segments can pull in later.
4. Run a tail through all 54 stitches around the remaining opening the same way. Pull tight and secure.
5. Cinch 7 segments: pass a long tail through the pumpkin from base to top, wrap it around the outside, pass it back through the center and pull snug so the wrap sinks into a deep groove. Repeat evenly around, then knot and hide the tail inside.
6. Stem (make 1): with brown or green yarn, work 5 sc in a magic ring, then 5 sc in each round for 10 rounds — a straight little tube, no shaping. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.
7. Sew Stem to the center top of the pumpkin.
8. Fasten off and weave in all yarn ends with a tapestry needle.