Fifteen free Halloween patterns from fifteen different sources, mostly small projects. You will find three costume cats, candy corn, two cauldrons, two candy bowls, a trick or treat bag, a cup cozy, a pocket scarf, a garland, a wreath, a skull and a blanket.
I left the classic spiders, ghosts, bats and witch hats out of this one, because each has its own roundup: spiders, ghosts and bats and witch hats. A few patterns need extras beyond yarn: plastic canvas for the Frankenstein bowl, wooden dowels for the bag handles and puffy paint instead of safety eyes on the cauldron toy. Every link goes to the designer’s own page, where the full pattern lives.
Halloween crochet patterns to explore
1. Cobweb the Cat
Designer Nicole Chase at thenicolechase.com. A black cat in a tiny witch hat with a mini broom, about 5.5 inches tall when sitting. It is worked in worsted weight acrylic with a 4 mm hook, and the page calls it beginner friendly. The body and head are one piece, and the legs, arms and tail are worked in place, so only the snout and ears need sewing. Swap the 12 mm safety eyes for embroidery if the toy is for a baby.
2. Kiki the Mummy Cat
Designer Mariska Vos-Bolman at DIY Fluffies. Kiki is a cat dressed as a mummy, 6 inches tall in sport weight cotton with a 2.5 mm hook. Mariska calls it an easy, large pattern that suits beginners, and a thicker yarn simply gives you a bigger cat. It is written in US terms with 12 mm safety eyes. The same blog has a pumpkin friend pattern if you want a pair.
3. Fran-Cat-Stein Amigurumi
Designer Ana at Little Crochet Farm. A Frankenstein cat, 4.3 inches tall, worked in sport weight yarn with a 2 mm hook. The detachable wig is made from chain loops, the scars are embroidered, and a small brown jacket finishes the look. It belongs to her Halloween Cats in Costume collection, so you can add more cats later. Safety eyes are optional and she gives a placement guide.
4. Crochet Candy Corn (2 Sizes)
Designer Rachel at Desert Blossom Crafts. Two sizes in one post: a mini at 2 inches tall and a regular at 3.5 inches. Each piece is single crochet from the wide end to the tip, using a G/4 mm hook, worsted yarn, an invisible decrease and color changes made on the last stitch of the old color. She suggests stitching several together into a garland and calls it a good way to practice amigurumi as a beginner.
5. Mini Halloween Cauldron
Designer Amy Ramnarine at The Stitchin Mommy. A tiny cauldron, about 2.5 inches across and 2 inches tall, made from roughly 34 yards of worsted weight cotton with an H 5 mm hook. It is worked in the round from a magic circle and rated intermediate. You fill it with fiberfill or poly pellets and glue on green pom poms. Check your gauge first if you want the same size.
6. Halloween Cauldron Toy
Designer Megan Meyer at Left in Knots. A cauldron about 10 inches tall that holds a jack o’lantern, a ghost and a spider, all worked in Bernat Blanket yarn with a 9 mm hook. Megan paints the faces with non-toxic puffy paint instead of using safety eyes, which she says makes the toy baby friendly. The cauldron edge uses a reverse single crochet finish.
7. Frankenstein’s Monster Candy Bowl
Designer Jennifer Renaud at A Crocheted Simplicity. A bowl with a Frankenstein face, 8 inches across and 7.5 inches high, rated easy. It uses about 270 yards of green worsted yarn plus black, with an H and a G hook. Plastic canvas inside keeps the walls firm, and two 15 mm black eyes finish the face. Lily Sugar ‘n Cream cotton and Caron Simply Soft are the yarns she used.
8. Halloween Tentacle Candy Bowl
Designer Tamara Kelly at Moogly. A bowl with tentacles, 10 inches across not counting the tentacles, worked in super bulky Bernat Blanket with a 7 mm hook. It is made in three pieces that are assembled at the end, and Tamara says you could finish it in an evening or two. It takes about 400 yards, and she suggests buttons for suckers or a face to make it your own.
9. Pumpkin Trick or Treat Bag
Designer Nicole Riley at Nicki’s Homemade Crafts. A pumpkin bag where the mouth is the opening for the candy and the crocheted arms are the handles. It measures 12.5 by 10.5 inches in linked single crochet with a 5 mm hook. Seven wooden dowels support the shape, so add them to your shopping list. Nicole also sells an ad free PDF if you prefer to print it.
10. Halloween Moon Cup Cozy
Designer Crystal Marin at ChristaCoDesign. A moon and bat cup cozy, 3.5 by 4.5 inches when flat, sized for a 9 inch travel cup. It takes about 32 yards of worsted weight yarn in black, yellow and purple with a 5 mm hook. It is worked flat and seamed, rated easy, and Crystal includes a video tutorial. You can add a button and chain loop to use it on a mug.
11. Halloween Pocket Scarf
Designer Marie Segares at Underground Crafter. An orange and black scarf with a pocket at each end, decorated with a jack o’lantern and a black cat. It comes in child (4.25 by 44 inches) and teen or adult (8 by 60 inches) sizes, worked in medium weight acrylic with a 5 mm hook. It is the first pattern in the 8th annual Halloween Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet.
12. Halloween Crochet Garland
Designer Carmen at Annie Design Crochet. Seven half double crochet triangles in different colors, each 6 by 7.5 inches, with a 3 inch crochet cobweb sewn onto each one. It uses 4 ply or sport weight cotton with 3.5 mm and 3 mm hooks, and chain loops hold it up. Carmen suggests draping it over a mantle or hanging it in a window.
13. Spiderweb Halloween Wreath
Pattern from Red Heart at Yarnspirations. A web and spider wreath for greeting trick or treaters or decorating a party, made in orange and black Red Heart Sashay Team Spirit. The page rates it easy and says the web and spider are simple to crochet. It is a free download that needs no sign up, so check the materials list on the page before you shop.
14. Halloween Skull Embellishment
Designer Rhondda Mol at Oombawka Design Crochet. A skull about 3.5 inches wide and tall, worked in unjoined rounds with a 4 mm hook and Bernat Handicrafter Cotton in white and black. It is rated easy to intermediate and uses less than one skein of each color. The pattern includes a band that wraps around a Mason jar for a glowing Halloween decoration.
15. Easy Halloween Blanket
Designer Maria Weaber at Maria’s Blue Crayon. A 54 by 54 inch blanket in four colored squares, worked in griddle stitch, which alternates single and double crochet. The faces of a vampire, a pumpkin, a cat and Frankenstein are crocheted separately and attached afterward with fabric glue or yarn. Maria uses worsted acrylic with a 6 mm hook and includes a video tutorial for the whole blanket.
