Winnie’s final collection • The last batch she’ll ever knit • Selling this fall to fight for her home
Winnie's Hand-Knit Harvest Pumpkins
Winnie's Hand-Knit Harvest Pumpkins
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Winnie's Hand-Knit Harvest Pumpkins
Hand-Knit in a Maine Farmhouse Since 1988
Made by Winnie Calder, 73, of Bethel, Maine — who gave every one of these away for thirty-five years, and is parting with the last of them now.
“I never charged a soul for one of these in thirty-five years. I’m not about to start gouging people now that it’s the last of them. Price it so a young family can have one — that’s who I always made them for anyway.”
— Winnie Calder, Bethel, MaineWhat’s in the Collection
Why They Look & Last Like Nothing From the Seasonal Aisle
Knit in a deep vertical rib by hand — the ridges are real stitches you can run a thumb down. It sits and slumps like a real gourd instead of holding the stiff, dead round of a foam one.
An actual dried maple or birch twig, hand-stitched onto every pumpkin. No two stems are identical, and none look like the plastic nub on a store pumpkin.
Soft fill hand-packed and cinched from the top, so each pumpkin is plump and self-standing, holds its shape year after year, and squishes without creasing.
A heathered fall range — burnt orange, goldenrod, sage, oxblood, cream — chosen to be piled together on a mantel. The colors are the decor; no loud print required.
Doesn’t rot, mold, or collapse like a real pumpkin, and doesn’t crack like resin. Winnie has knit ones from the early ’90s still on neighbors’ mantels today.
The same little ribbed pumpkins strung on natural jute — the piece that turns a mantel or stair rail into autumn in one motion.
“Machine-made seasonal decor is built to be thrown out by December — molded foam, printed fabric, a plastic stem. A hand-knit pumpkin is a different object entirely: real ribbing, a natural fiber body, a wood stem. Cared for, it easily outlasts twenty seasons. This is the kind of piece that gets handed down, not tossed.”
— Eleanor Voss, Textile & Fiber-Arts Instructor, New England Craft GuildThe Harvest Palette
Perfect For
Winnie’s only wish is that each one lands somewhere it’ll be looked at. If it isn’t right for your home, send it back within 90 days and it goes to someone whose home it is.
| Material | Hand-knit cotton/acrylic yarn, soft poly fill |
| Stem | Real dried maple or birch twig (hand-stitched) |
| Set contents | Six hand-knit pumpkins (six hues) & a knit pumpkin garland |
| Colors | Burnt orange, goldenrod, sage, oxblood, cream, chestnut |
| Display | Self-standing; garland hangs on jute twine |
| Care | Spot-clean; store flat when not in season |
| Origin | Hand-knit — Bethel, Maine tradition since 1988 |
| Availability | Final collection — no restock |
The Last Collection
The Last Collection
A note from Winnie:
For thirty-five autumns I knit these pumpkins by hand in the front room of my farmhouse in Bethel, Maine — and gave every single one away. This spring a developer bought the ground my house stands on, and I have until the first snow to be gone. For the first time in my life I’m selling them, and every dollar goes toward the lawyer fighting to save the house. Each pumpkin is knit in a deep rib by hand, hand-stuffed, and finished with a real dried-twig stem. When they are gone, there is no next batch.
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- Delivery time: 3–5 business days
- Each set is hand-packed and ships from the US
- Hand-knit wool with real twig stems — boxed gift-ready to arrive safe
- 90-day money-back guarantee — just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm ET, and a real person writes back — usually within one business day.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Of course. 90-day money-back guarantee. Live with them for a season — and if they simply aren’t right, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 90 days for a full refund. No questions, and US shipping is free.
How are they made?
How are they made?
Each pumpkin is knit entirely by hand by Winnie Calder in Bethel, Maine: a deep vertical rib worked stitch by stitch, hand-stuffed and cinched, and finished with a real dried maple or birch twig stem. The garland is the same little pumpkins strung on natural jute. No two are exactly alike.