Use this intermediate free crochet pattern to make your very own crochet shamrock for St. Patrick's day. This easy crochet pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and an H hook.
Materials:
- 1 skein worsted weight (# 4) yarn in green
- Crochet hook size H/8/5.0 mm
Finished shamrock measures about 6 inches across and 5 inches tall
GAUGE
4 sts = 1 inch; 2 rows = 1 inch
Abbreviations
beg = beginning
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
RS = right side
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
st = stitch
WS = wrong side
EACH LEAF
Make 3 or 4 leaves. When starting one of the leaves, measure out about 40 or 50 yards (or 37 to 47 meters) of yarn as the “tail”, then make loop to start petal (or just attach yarn when ready to assemble leaves).
ROUND 1 • (RS): Ch 7, 4 dcs into the top loop of the third ch from the hook, 1 hdc into next ch, 1 sc into next 3 chs, ch 1, turn leaf while keeping on RS and 1 sc into bottom of last sc made (see second picture below), 1 sc in next 2 chs, 1 hdc in next ch, 3 dcs into last ch, ch 2, sl st to first ch at beginning, fasten off (see tip below).
Tip: To sl st to finish off, remove hook, turn leaf over to WS, put hook into first ch of round and pull through loop, cut yarn and pull through to finish off on WS of leaf (see fourth picture).
TO ASSEMBLE LEAVES
At the bottom of each leaf should basically be 3 sts to work into. Take the leaf with the long tail and, on the RS, pull through a loop into the first of those 3 sts.
Ch 1, 1 sc into next 2 sts, then 1 sc into first st of next leaf, 1 sc in next 2 sts of that next leaf, then 1 sc into first st of third leaf and 1 sc into next 2 sts, repeat one more time for a fourth leaf if applicable. Ch 2, remove hook and put hook through first sc of first leaf and pull through loop.
STEM AND TRIM
ROW 1 • (RS) Ch 1, 1 sc in same st and next 2 sts (3 sts), turn
ROWS 2 through 5 • Repeat Row 1
ROW 6 • Ch 1, 1 sc in same st and next st, 2 scs in last st (4 sts), turn
ROW 7 • (RS) Ch 1, 2 scs in same st, 1 sc in next 3 sts (5 sts).
Ch 1, sl st along side of stem, then 1 sc in next 4 sts of first leaf, 2 scs in next 3 or 4 sts (depending on where “dimple” in the top of the leaf is), sl st into dimple, 1 sc in next st, 2 scs in next 3 sts, 1 sc in next 4 sts, then 1 sc into first st of next leaf and repeat until all leaves trimmed. Sl st down the other side of stem, sl st to first st, fasten off.
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