Paulette

Dave I., a friend & co-worker of mine, got me interested in carving pumpkins. These aren’t the usual triangle eyes & nose and crooked mouth kind of pumpkins. These ones involve a pattern and hours of work. You carve completely through in some areas, peel off the skin in others. It looks like a mess until you add a candle and turn out the lights.

I picked Nemo for my first try. It wasn’t as complicated as the other patterns.

I followed the instructions given at:

http://www.carvingpumpkins.com/