Irish Crochet Shamrock Free Pattern
This would be useful as an applique, a decorative accent added to other projects. It could also be made into a pin or magnet.
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Pattern Directions -
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
ea = each
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
sp = space
st = stitch
sts = stitches
tr = treble crochet
How To Slip Stitch (sl st) = Insert hook in stitch, wrap thread or yarn over hook, pull thread or yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook, at the same time. A slip stitch does not add any height and is used to join a chain or stitch to another place in the crochet piece.
Materials: Use thread size of your choice or yarn weight of your choice. Some of the most
commonly used sizes are:
Size 10 cotton thread with a size 8 steel hook
Sport weight yarn with a size F hook
Worsted weight yarn with a size G hook
Examples of Finished Sizes - I made samples with the following materials; finished
sizes shown below (measured with stem curled slightly to one side, as in photo above):
Size 10 thread with a size 8 steel hook = about 1 1/2" tall x 1 5/8" wide.
Worsted weight yarn with a size G hook = about 4" tall x 4 1/4" wide.
Shamrock Starting Chain: Chain 18, sl st in the 10th ch, to form a circle with part of the chain.
First Leaf: work (3 sc, 3 dc, 6 tr, 3 dc, 3 sc) all in the ch-10 circle just made (first shamrock leaf formed).
Second Leaf: Ch 10, sl st in the 10th ch of the beginning shamrock chain (this is the same spot as the base of first leaf made),
for next leaf: work (3 sc, 3 dc, 6 tr, 3 dc, 3 sc) all in the ch-10 circle just made.
Third Leaf: Ch 10, sl st in the 10th ch of the beginning shamrock chain (same spot as base of last leaf made),
work (3 sc, 3 dc, 6 tr, 3 dc, 3 sc) all in the ch-10 circle just made.
Sl st in base of leaf. Do not end off - continue with stem.
Stem: To form shamrock stem: sc in ea of remaining 8 chains of the beginning ch-18.
To finish: End off. Weave in ends.
Click Here For Printer-Friendly PageBased on an antique pattern from the year 1917 (the original pattern instructions are now old enough to be in
the public domain). Originally published in the book Lady Duff-Gordon Book of
Irish and Cluny Crochet, Book No. 18, published in the year 1917 by the Richardson Silk Co.
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