Little Boo

🎃 Meet Little Boo: a small knitted pumpkin with a sleepy smile and plenty of autumn charm. Knit the orange body flat on straight needles, sew it into a soft pumpkin, then add six sculpted lobes, a brown stem and an optional green leaf. Finish with a little embroidered face or leave Boo plain for a classic autumn look. 🧶 Inside your 8-page A4 pattern ✓ Materials, gauge and knitting abbreviations ✓ A simple 60-stitch body with 36 knit-and-purl rows ✓ A printable row tracker ✓ Seaming, gathering, stuffing and six-lobe shaping guidance ✓ Knitted stem and row-by-row optional leaf instructions ✓ Sleepy-face embroidery and finishing guidance ✓ Troubleshooting, quick reference and project notes ✓ Design illustrations and construction diagrams 🍂 Skill level Confident beginner. You should be comfortable casting on, knitting, purling, casting off and sewing a seam. The optional leaf introduces kfb increases and k2tog decreases. Every piece is worked flat and turned after each row. 🧵 Materials Smooth DK yarn in orange, small amounts of brown and green, black embroidery yarn, filling, a tapestry needle and six removable markers. Start with 3.5 mm straight needles and adjust to obtain a firm fabric. Full yarn allowances are included in the pattern. 📏 Gauge and size Target gauge: 22 stitches and 30 rows per 10 cm in stocking stitch. One small pumpkin design. The body rectangle measures approximately 27.3 x 12 cm at gauge before seaming, excluding the edge rows. Finished size varies with gauge, filling and sculpting. 📄 Format One 8-page A4 PDF in English, with standard English knitting terminology. Fixed-layout pages with space to tick rows and record project notes. Cosy shelf styling, a handmade autumn gift or a cheerful addition to your Halloween decorations — give your Little Boo its own personality.