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Add a wickedly whimsical touch to your Halloween décor with the Witch Legs & Spider Webs Wreath, a spooktacular crochet project that’s bursting with personality! 🧙‍♀️🧶 Featuring bold pumpkin-orange ruffles, a delicate black lace web border, and dangling witch legs with curled shoes, this wreath is a playful mix of creepy and cute. Whether it’s hanging on your front door or brightening up a party space, it’s sure to enchant trick-or-treaters and guests alike.

Perfect for crocheters who love dramatic textures and festive flair, this pattern invites you to get creative with color, embellishments, and spooky accents like creepy spiders and glittery yarn. Make it as a standalone statement piece or pair it with matching Halloween crafts for a full haunted-home vibe. The Witch Legs & Spider Webs Wreath is a thrilling way to stitch up seasonal charm, one loop at a time! 🎃🧵

A crocheted Halloween wreath with an orange knit design, adorned with black spider decorations. Hanging from the wreath are striped orange and black legs ending in black shoes with purple bows, resembling a witch's legs. The background is a wooden door or window frame.

🧙‍♀️ Halloween Witch Legs & Spider Webs Wreath Crochet Pattern

Transform your door into a spooky showstopper with this Halloween Witch Wreath! Featuring bold pumpkin-orange ruffles, a black lace web border, dangling witch legs with curled shoes, and creepy spiders, it’s the perfect handmade decoration for October.

✨ Skill Level

Intermediate – involves textured stitches (FPdc), color changes, shaping for shoes, and simple lacework.

📏 Finished Size

Wreath base: 30 cm (12 in) foam ring.
Lace adds: 5 cm (2 in) around.
Legs: 25–28 cm (10–11 in) long.
Shoes: 6–7 cm (2.5 in) each.
Total hanging length: ~50–55 cm (20–22 in).

🧶 Materials

Worsted weight yarn:
- Orange (base + ruffles)
- Black (lace, shoes, spiders, stripes)
- Purple (bows)
3.5–4 mm crochet hook
30 cm (12 in) foam wreath form
Polyfill stuffing (for legs & shoes)
Yarn needle
Scissors
Hot glue (optional for reinforcement)

🪡 Abbreviations (US Terms)

MR = Magic Ring
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
FPdc = front post double crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in same stitch)
dec = decrease (sc 2 together)
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
FO = fasten off

🎃 Wreath Base with Pumpkin Ruffles

With orange:

Make a rectangle long enough to wrap around wreath form (approx. 65–70 rows).
Each row: ch 1, sc across (width ~10–12 cm).
Every 3rd or 4th row: work 1 row FPdc into stitches 2 rows below → this creates the stacked puff ridges like pumpkin ribs.
Wrap piece snugly around foam ring and sew edges together at back.

🕸️ Black Lace Web Border

Attach black yarn to back edge of wreath cover.

Round 1: sc, ch 7, skip 3 sts, sc around.
Round 2: sc into ch-space, ch 9, sc into next ch-space around.
Round 3: sc into ch-space, ch 11, sc into next ch-space around.
→ Creates an airy spiderweb edge. FO.

🦵 Witch Legs (Make 2)

With orange:
MR, 6 sc.
Round 2: inc around [12].
Rounds 3–6: sc around [12].

Switch to black:
Rounds 7–10: sc around [12].

Continue stripes: 4 rounds orange / 4 rounds black until leg measures ~25–28 cm.
Stuff lightly so they dangle, not stiff. FO, leave long tail for sewing.

🥿 Witch Shoes (Make 2)

With black:
Ch 16.
Round 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across [15].
Round 2: sc around entire chain to form oval.
Rounds 3–5: sc around [24].
Round 6: dec at toe, sc around [20].
Round 7: sc around.
Round 8: dec at heel [16].
Round 9: sc around.

Curl toe:

Roll front tip into spiral and stitch in place.
Stuff shoe lightly. FO.

Bow (Purple, make 2):
Ch 10, hdc across, FO. Pinch center, wrap yarn around to form bow. Sew to outside edge of each shoe.

Attach shoes to legs.

🕷️ Spiders (Make 2–3)

Body (flat):
MR, 6 sc.
Round 2: inc around [12].
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 [18]. FO.

Legs (make 8 per spider):
Ch 7, sl st back along chain. FO.
Sew 4 legs to each side of body.

Attach spiders onto orange base using black yarn.

🧷 Assembly

Place wreath base flat.
Attach witch legs at bottom center of wreath with strong stitches.
Sew shoes to ends of legs.
Secure lace web border evenly around the back.
Sew spiders crawling across orange ruffles.
Shape shoes so toes curl outward with bows visible.

🌟 Finishing Touches

Lightly steam-block the lace web to make points crisp.
Adjust leg positioning so they dangle naturally.
Optional: add hanging loop at top with black yarn.

🎃✨ And your Witchy Halloween Wreath is ready! With its pumpkin-like ruffles, creepy spiders, and dangling witch legs, it’s sure to enchant (and spook!) your October visitors.