Pumpkin needlepoint patterns

Pumpkins, among them a round ribbed pumpkin with its stalk, a jack-o-lantern with a cut face and an uncarved one wearing a first-place ribbon.

The plain pumpkin and the jack-o-lantern are both drawn in several styles. The preppy prize pumpkin wears a dark blue and white first-place ribbon marked 1; the pumpkin sits on a green and white checked cloth, under a string of green and orange pennants. Most can be made as a round ornament as well as a four-inch square on 18 mesh. A pumpkin is a fair subject for a first try at shading, since in several of these the ribs are made with a few shades from light to dark. Each page gives its level and its thread list; levels run from beginner to advanced.