Introduction A checkerboard pumpkin fails immediately if the squares distort around the crown. This buffalo plaid crochet pumpkin pattern solves...

Introduction A pumpkin has no neck or limbs, so its silhouette depends almost entirely on how strongly the ribs compress...

Introduction An elephant can lose its identity quickly when the ears shrink or the trunk becomes a straight tube. This...

Introduction A fox cannot hold a pumpkin against its belly unless the front paws clear the pumpkin’s widest ridge without...

Introduction An otter’s flattened tail, broad whiskered muzzle, and compact ears must still read correctly when the animal is posed...

Introduction A sheep this round stops looking like a sheep if the white fleece creeps across the beige muzzle. This...

Introduction Eight pumpkins cannot sit evenly around one wreath unless the leaves first create a second, wider silhouette behind them....

Introduction A candy corn pumpkin only works if the yellow base, orange middle, and white crown stay readable after six...

Jack-o’-lanterns need a face that stays readable even when the pumpkin wall curves around a load of candy. This jack...