Luck of the Irish
St Patty’s Days Bunting
Three and Four Leaf Clover Appliques
Top of the morning to ya… hope you have a great St. Patricks day… here is a cute, quick little pattern to bring you some good ol’ Irish Luck!
This method of creating three and four leaf clovers was inspired by my Triple Threat Crochet Flower pattern and uses the same technique.
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Materials
- Small amounts of any acrylic, cotton or cotton/acrylic blend yarn
- I used Red Heart With Love, Jiffy by Lion Brand, Bernat Cotton Tots, Effervescence by Hobby Lobby and Peaches & Cream cotton
- Appropriate hook size for your desired finished size- I used 5.0mm (H) and 6.0mm (J) hooks
- Embroidery needle- to weave in ends
Special Stitches
dtr– Double Triple Crochet Stitch (US) or Treble Treble (UK)
YO three times. Insert hook in stitch. YO and pull up loop (5 loops on hook). YO and draw through first two loops (4 loops remaining on hook). YO and draw through two loops (3 loops left on hook). YO and draw through two loops (2 loops left on hook). YO and draw through two remaining loops on hook.
Three Leaf Clover
1. *Ch6. 4dtr in the first ch. Ch5 and sl st into the same chain as the double triple crochets. This will make your first leaf. Repeat from* two more times for a total of 3 leafs.
2. Sl st into the base of the previous (2nd) leaf. Ch10. 1 sl st in every Ch. Sl st into the base of the same (2nd) leaf, sl st into last (3rd) leaf. Fasten off. pull tail through center hole to back of finished piece and tie tails together, weave in ends. Since this was a quick bunting that you will only see the front of, I just cut mine, because I was feeling lazy.
Four Leaf Clover
1. *Ch6. 4dtr in the first ch. Ch5 and sl st into the same chain as the double triple crochets. This will make your first leaf. Repeat from* three more times.
2. Sl st into the base of the previous (2nd) leaf. Ch10. 1 sl st in every Ch. Sl st into the base of the next (3rd) leaf. Sl st into last (4th) leaf. Fasten off. pull tail through center hole to back of finished piece and tie tails together, weave in ends. Since this was a quick bunting that you will only see the front of, I just cut mine, because I was feeling lazy.
Your clover leafs will be curled at this point. They need to be blocked or “killed” in order to lie flat and look pretty.
Killing your acrylic is a form of blocking, since regular blocking methods will not work on acrylic. Check out this great tutorial from Moogly on how to kill your acrylic pieces. This same method works for your cotton appliques as well.
*Helpful Hint- Kill your pieces from the back. Some yarns take less time than others (1-2 seconds literally) so be sure to start with the shortest time. You can always add a few more seconds, but if you do it too long you have ruined the piece and will need to make another.
Chain your finished clovers together. I used…. a chain of 10 chains for each clover.
You may also like the Triple Threat Flower Pattern
Or the Fiona Hipster Crochet Hat
uses this method to make this sweet little bow