Any shape of pumpkin wears this argyle-pattern twine decoration well. Wrap a fabric tape measure around the top of the pumpkin and, with a pencil, make marks an inch apart. Offset the marks on a second row slightly below the first. Repeat these steps at the bottom of the pumpkin. Using a hammer, tap in small brads on the marks; let the nail heads protrude a bit from the pumpkin. Thread a dark-color twine around the nails in the inner rows. Then, thread a light-color twine around nails in the outer rows.

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Once the nails are in place, you can play around with the pattern to get something you like. For the light-color twine, Matthew skipped every other nail to form large diamonds distinct from the darker twine underneath.