Friday, February 15, 2013

Crochet Shamrock Ornament, Pin or Embellishment

Here's a cute crochet clover leaf/shamrock that whips up in no time! This great video tutorial HERE teaches a four leaf clover, I only wanted one four leaf clover on my feather tree so I made a couple three leaf clovers too... I'll leave a little luck for someone else:@)
I live north of Philly and in my family St. Patrick's Day is when we plant peas and onions. Shortly after they're planted we expect what we call "the onion snow"... I think it's kind of good luck actually! That's why I added the button snowflake to my clover ornaments and always have beaded snowflakes on my St. Pat's feather tree. The shamrocks are adorable plain too.

I used Sugar'N Cream Dark Pine Yarn because say it with me now... that's what I had on-hand. I'd say this is one project where crocheting tight is ok, the only stitch you're going back into is the first one! As a point of reference the smaller clover is 1.5" (not counting stem) using an F hook and the bigger one is 1.75" using a G hook.

Clover Leaf Pattern-from Shopetsy
Chain 4, 2 triple crochet into first loop, chain 3, back into first loop, single crochet to anchor.
Chain 3, 2 triple crochet into first loop, chain 3, back into first loop, single crochet to anchor.
Repeat for third and (if using) fourth petal.
Chain a stem if desired.
I just fed my beginning tail up through the stitches of the middle petal, made a knot at the top and split the threads for hanging.
For a pin: Sew it to a jewelry pin backing or simply sew a safety pin to the back.

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