Pumpkin Crochet Vent Clip Air Freshener

The crochet pumpkin pouch holds an essential oil pad or scented aroma beads, allowing your favorite scents to diffuse throughout the car as air flows through the vent.

This cute, reusable auto air freshener not only enhances the seasonal décor but also keeps your vehicle smelling fresh and inviting.

And if you’re looking for ideas for craft fairs, crochet car accessories are popular, especially an auto car air freshener! It’s a quick crochet project that uses a very small amount of yarn and can be made in less than 30 minutes.

What Are Crochet Vent Clip Air Fresheners?

Crochet vent clip air fresheners are handmade decorations that attach to your car’s air vents, designed to hold fragrance pads, scented aroma beads, or essential oil-infused cotton balls.

You can blend your own scents, making them a customizable, reusable option to traditional store-bought air fresheners.

The crochet exterior adds a soft, cozy aesthetic, while the clip securely fastens to any air vent in your vehicle.

Benefits of Crochet Vent Clip Air Fresheners

1. Eco-Friendly and Reusable
   Traditional air fresheners are often disposable, creating unnecessary waste. Crochet vent clips offer a sustainable alternative. By simply replacing the fragrance pads or refreshing the essential oils, you can reuse your crochet air freshener for months, even years.
2. Customizable Fragrances
   Unlike pre-scented air fresheners, crochet vent clips allow you to customize your car’s scent. Choose essential oils that match your mood, whether it’s calming lavender, energizing peppermint, or uplifting citrus. This flexibility lets you switch scents as often as you like, keeping your car smelling exactly how you want it to.
3. Handmade Craftsmanship
   Each crochet vent clip air freshener is a unique piece that brings charm to your car and is also a great project to make and sell at craft fairs!
4. Decorative Appeal
   These air fresheners aren’t just about function; they add a personal decorative touch to your car. There’s a crochet vent clip air freshener to fit every personality and style.

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Experience Level

• Beginner-Friendly / Easy

Gauge

• Measurements are given throughout the pattern.

Size

• 2-1/4″ diameter x 2″ H (without hanging loop)

Abbreviations (U.S. Terms)

• ch(s): chain(s)
• st(s): stitch(es)
• sl st: slip stitch
• sc: single crochet
• dc: double crochet
• invsc2tog: invisible single crochet decrease
• yo: yarn over
• Rnd: round
• Rep: repeat
• RS: right side
• MC: Main Color
• CC: Contrasting Color

Special Stitch

• Invisible Single Crochet Decrease (invsc2tog): Insert hook into the FLO of stitch indicated, insert hook into FLO of next stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull thru all loops on hook.

Pattern Notes

• Gauge is not crucial for this project.
• Yarn Notes: Lion Brand Yarns Vanna’s Choice and Lion Brand Pound of Love were used for the sample. Other comparable yarns may be used.
• Lion Brand Yarns Vanna’s Choice, worsted weight / 4 yarn, 100% Acrylic (170 yards / 156 m / 100 g / 3.5 oz).
• Lion Brand Yarns Pound of Love, worsted weight yarn, 100% Premium Acrylic, (solids: 1,020 yards / 454 g / 16 oz / 932 m).
• Yardage
  • Vanna’s Choice Terracotta – Orange (MC): 18 yards
  • Pound of Love & Vanna’s Choice- Green (CC): 3 yards
• Scent Options
  • Aroma beads scented with fragrance oils.
  • Cotton balls with essential oils on them.
• Construction Notes: This crochet pumpkin pouch is worked in continuous rounds (a spiral) from the bottom of the pumpkin to the top opening. During the last round of the pumpkin, holes are created with chains. A hanging loop is also created for the hanging car charm option. After crocheting the pumpkin leaf and tendril, weave the tendril in and out of the holes in the top of the pumpkin. Lastly, insert the end of the tendril through the center of the leaf and pull to cinch the top of the pumpkin closed.

Pumpkin Crochet Vent Clip Air Freshener – Free Pattern

Continuous Rounds: The rounds of single crochet in this crochet pumpkin are worked in continuous rounds (also known as crocheting in a spiral) to keep from having an unsightly seam. Do not join at the end of each round, instead use a scrap piece of yarn to keep track of the beginning of each round. Move the scrap of yarn up as you complete each round.

Rnd 1: With orange yarn & a 4.00mm crochet hook, leave an 8″ tail of yarn, then ch 2, work 8 sc into the 2nd ch from your hook. Do not join. (8 sts)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (16 sts)

Rnd 3: (2 sc in the next st, sc in the next st) rep around. (24 sts)

Rnd 4: (2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 2 sts) rep around. (32 sts) Your circle should be approximately 2″ in diameter at this point.

Rnds 5 – 10: Sc in each st around. (32 sts) Your pumpkin should be approximately 1.5″ H at this point.

Rnd 11: (FLO invsc2tog, sc in each of the next 2 sts) rep around. (24 sts)

Rnd 12: (FLO invsc2tog, sc in the next st) rep around. (16 sts)

Rnd 13: (sc in each of the next 2 sts, ch 2, skip each of the next 2 sts) 4 times. Join with a sl st to th e 1st st. (16 sts)

Continue on to the instructions for the option you’ve chosen for your auto air freshener: Hanging Car Charm Air Freshener, or Car Vent Clip Air Freshener.

Hanging Car Charm Air Freshener

Last Step: Chain until you have a 12″ long chain, skip 8 sts along the top of Rnd 13, sl st into the 9th st.

Fasten off. With a yarn needle and the tail of yarn from round 1 of the crochet pumpkin pouch, sew closed any small gap at the bottom of the pumpkin. Weave in ends. Continue on to the Crochet Pumpkin Leaf & Tendril.

Car Vent Clip Air Freshener

Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Position a vent clip so that it is at least half way up the side of the pumpkin sachet. With a yarn needle and 12″ length of MC yarn, attach a vent clip to the pumpkin sachet as shown in the photos below. Weave in ends.

With a yarn needle and the tail of yarn from round 1 of the crochet pumpkin pouch, sew closed any small gap at the bottom of the pumpkin. Weave in ends. Continue on to the Crochet Pumpkin Leaf & Tendril.

Crochet Pumpkin Leaf & Tendril

Rnd 1: With CC yarn & a 4.00mm crochet hook, ch 15, working into the back humps of the ch, 2 sc in the 2nd ch from your hook, 2 sc in each of the next 11 chs, sl st in the next ch, then work all of the following into the last ch: 2 dc, ch 2, sl st into the 2nd ch from your hook, (dc, ch 2, sl st into the 2nd ch from your hook) 2 times, 2 dc, ch 1, sl st into the last ch.

Fill Your Pouch with Scent Beads or Cotton Balls with Essential Oils

Alternative: If you do not want to make your sachet scented, you can stuff it with scraps or yarn or fiber fill and you’ll have a crochet car decoration!

Fill your mini crochet pumpkin with scent beads, or cotton balls scented with essential oils. Make sure to stuff it so that it’s pretty firm. This will help it keep its shape.

I purchased unscented aroma beads and a fragrance oil to scent them off Amazon. These are pretty easy to make and last quite a while.

How Do I Freshen up the Scent?

Need to freshen up the scent? Simply remove the tendril from the center of the pumpkin leaf and open up the top of the sachet to swap out the scented filling.