costumes & spooky makes
14 free patterns by real designers: 7 costume pieces and 7 original makes. Each card shows the exact yarn the designer used, with links to those shades.
S/M and L/XL (61 or 66cm long)
An adult cape with a stand-up collar; the collar is crocheted twice, with black as the lining.
CrochetEasy5mm and 6mm hooks
Pattern by Sharon Mann for Red Heart. Free at Yarnspirations ↗
Red Heart Super Saver · about £18.80–£23.50
One size
Two small stuffed horns, worked flat, folded and sewn onto a shop-bought headband.
CrochetEasy5.5mm hook
Pattern by Julie Farmer for Red Heart. Free at Yarnspirations ↗
Red Heart Super Saver · about £4.70
Also: a plain plastic headband, toy stuffing.
42 × 11.5cm
A black eye mask shaped like bat wings, with wire along the top so the wings flare out.
CrochetEasy8mm hook
Pattern by Cristina Mershon for Red Heart. Free at Yarnspirations ↗
Baby, child, adult and large adult
A pumpkin hat with a green stalk, worked from the stalk down, with raised ribs.
CrochetEasy5.5mm hook
Pattern by Kathleen Sams for Red Heart. Free at Yarnspirations ↗
Red Heart Super Saver · about £9.40
One size
Black cat ears with a little pink bow, sewn onto a plain headband.
CrochetBeginner3.5mm hook
Pattern by The Crocheting. Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗
Child, women’s and men’s
A pointed hat with a brim, knitted in the round from the tip down, with an optional ribbon eyelet row.
KnittingGood for learning to knit in the round5mm needles
Pattern by Gemma Gilani (Bitter Yttrium Designs). Free on Ravelry ↗
Paintbox Simply Aran · 130–200m
Small and large (45.5 or 51cm round)
A striped beanie with a crochet spider and googly eyes: Halloween without a full costume.
CrochetEasy5.5mm hook
Pattern by Salena Baca for Red Heart. Free at Yarnspirations ↗
Red Heart With Love
Red Heart With Love isn’t sold at LoveCrafts UK. Any aran-weight acrylic in four colours works; our yarn substitution calculator can check the metres.
Also: two 5.7cm (2¼in) googly eyes.
15cm
A soft lilac and pink bat toy with wings, ears and tiny fangs, 15cm tall.
CrochetIntermediate4mm hook
Pattern by Irene Strange for Paintbox Yarns. Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗
Paintbox Cotton Aran · 120–170m in total
Also: toy stuffing.
10cm long
A 10cm 3D skull in white and black, or decorated as a colourful Day of the Dead skull.
CrochetWritten in UK terms3mm hook
Pattern by Irene Strange for Gathered. Free at Gathered ↗
Paintbox Cotton DK · 100–125m in total · about £3.58
Also: toy stuffing.
45cm across
A crochet spider web stretched inside a 45cm hoop, to hang on a door or wall.
CrochetEasy to intermediate4mm hook
Pattern by MadeByAsya (Asya Zaslavska). Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗
Paintbox Cotton DK, or any light DK · 85m
Also: a 45cm metal or wooden hoop.
4.5cm tall
A tiny ghost with a frilly skirt that slips over a round lollipop: a quick party-bag make.
CrochetStep-by-step photos3mm hook
Pattern by Ilaria Caliri and Irene Strange. Free on Ravelry ↗
Paintbox Cotton DK · 12–15m each, so one 125m ball covers at least eight
Also: round lollipops.
One size each
Ghost, cat, monster and pumpkin cosies that button on, plus a pumpkin teapot cosy, with embroidered faces.
Knitting4mm needles
Pattern by Stylecraft (free pattern F004). Free PDF at Stylecraft ↗
Stylecraft Special DK
Stylecraft lists one ball of each colour per cosy, and 2 balls of Spice with 1 of Lime for the teapot cosy.
Also: 2 buttons per cosy.
One size
Little knitted eyeballs, each in one piece, to pile in a bowl. No purling at all.
KnittingGood colour-change practice3.5mm double-pointed needles
Pattern by Gemma Gilani (Bitter Yttrium Designs). Free on Ravelry ↗
Any DK scraps · 5–10m each
Also: toy stuffing.
To fit bust 81–107cm
A women’s chunky jumper with a swappable colourwork panel, a pumpkin or a Halloween motif.
KnittingIntermediate5mm and 6mm needles
Pattern by Paintbox Yarns. Free at LoveCrafts (free account to download) ↗
Paintbox Simply Chunky · about £13.52–£16.90
Shades for the Halloween motif version; the pumpkin version swaps the three contrasts.
Every pattern here is free and belongs to its designer: follow the link for the instructions. We haven’t made these ourselves; the quantities are the ones each designer gives, checked on their pages on 4 October 2026. Several of the costume patterns come from Red Heart, an American brand; LoveCrafts sells Red Heart Super Saver in the UK.
Want more? See yarn per Halloween project, pumpkins by size and Halloween colours in Stylecraft Special DK. Designer with a Halloween pattern of your own? Share it on HazelLoop.
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