Leaf Garland

About this project

This pattern is a great one to have under your belt,
because from the same basic design, you can work a
great variety of things!
You can make a lovely long decorative garland in
colours to suit the seasons, or work short lengths to
make napkin rings. You can work in a thick woollen
yarn to make a warm leafy scarf, or with fine cotton or
cobweb yarn to make a necklace with an organic vibe.
Use a metallic yarn for a perfect Christmas garland, or
household string for an unusual washing line! One of
my customers has used this as an edging to a table
runner. There really are endless permutations!

Materials & Tools

Anything goes, depending on what you are aiming to
create!
Note that if you’re making a long garland, or something
you are going to hang something else from, it’s best to
choose a non-stretchy yarn – cotton, linen, hemp, etc
are perfect.
In my example in the pictures below, I am using a
lovely organic cotton double-knitting (DK, Category 3,
light worsted weight) yarn, and a 3.5mm hook.

Tension and Size

Size and tension are not critical in this project! Just
choose the hook that feels right for you with the yarn
you are using, or for the look you want to create.

Patterns Notes & Abbreviations

This pattern uses UK crochet terminology and standard
crochet abbreviations as follows:
sl st slip stitch
ch chain
dc double crochet
htr half treble
tr treble crochet
BLO back loop only
Unless otherwise stated, work through both loops of
any given stitch.
The whole piece is worked with right-side facing
throughout.

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The pattern
* Make 9ch.
Make a Small Leaf as follows:
6ch, sl st in the back loop only (BLO) of the second
ch from the hook and the next 4 ch -5 sl st.
Rotate your work (do not turn over, keep the right-
side facing) and now work in the unworked loops of
the 5 ch you just worked into: 1dc, 3htr, 1dc
(first side of leaf formed).
2ch, sl st into the BLO of the second chain from hook
(point of leaf formed).
Now working into the BLO of the slip stitches, work:
1dc, 3htr, 1 sl st (second side of leaf formed).
Sl st again where the base of the leaf meets the long
chain.

Make 3ch.
Make a Nodule as follows:
2ch, sl st in BLO of second chain from hook.
**

Repeat this whole pattern from * to ** (beginning with

the 9ch) until the garland is the length you require.

Make 14ch.
Make a Large Leaf as follows:
8ch, sl st in BLO of second ch from hook and next
6 ch -7 sl st.
Working in unworked loops: 1dc, 1htr, 2tr, 2htr, 1dc.
2ch, sl st in BLO of second chain from hook.
Working into BLO of slip stitches: 1dc, 2htr, 2tr, 1dc,
sl st.
Sl st again where base of leaf meets chain.

Instead of repeating the pattern identically, however,

you can vary the spacing of the leaves by working
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In my example, I have worked 5 identical repeats + 10ch,
and my garland is about 65cm long.

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Now you can choose EITHER to fasten off at this point
OR to start working back along the length of the vine as My Notes
given below. Working slip stitches back along the
length of the chain creates a thicker vine, and you can
work more leaves and nodules (or none) as you wish.

Make 5ch.
In the BLO of the chain, starting in the second ch from
hook, work as follows:
12 sl st.
❖
Make a Small Leaf.
Continuing in the next chain of the main vine, 12 sl st.
Make a Large Leaf.
Continuing in the next chain of the main vine, 10 sl st.
Make a Nodule.
Continuing in the next chain of the main vine, 4 sl st.
❖❖

As before, you can now choose whether to work

identical repeats of the pattern from ❖ to ❖❖, or to
improvise with different leaf spacing.

In my example I have worked 5 identical repeats on the

way back along the chain.

About this Pattern

Now continue slip-stitching to the end of your vine as
necessary. This pattern uses British crochet conventions and metric
measurements and prints on A4: a version with US crochet
Cut your yarn, fasten off and weave in the ends. conventions and imperial measurements which prints on US
Letter paper is available.
All done! If you have any difficulties with this pattern, please contact me so
I can help you and improve the pattern for others.
This pattern remains the copyright of Clare Trowbridge and Little
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