How To Crochet A Big Leaf - Darn Good Yarn

How To Crochet A Big Leaf

Written by Kate Curry

Are you a proud plant parent that needs a little more foliage in your life? Look no further! Follow along with this pattern and you’ll find yourself rolling in luscious green leaves that won’t care if you forget to water them! 

Materials 


3.75 mm crochet hook
1 skein of Darn Good Yarn Mulberry Silk Fingering Weight Yarn in Emerald Lane 

Abbreviations


CH(s): Chain(s)
SK: Skip
SLST: Slip stitch
TC: Triple crochet 
DC: Double crochet  
SC: Single crochet  
SC2TOG: Single crochet 2 together 
FO: Finish off  

Let’s Get Started!


Round 1: CH 60
Round 2: SK 1 CH, and SLST into the next 12 CHs
Round 3: In one loop of the CH, TC in each CH for 17 CHS, DC each CH for 15 CHS, SC each CH for 15 CHS. CH 2
A long green chain of yarn is resting on a wooden desk. The chain is filled with single, double, and triple crochets, creating an increasing row of green yarn.

Round 4: Starting down the other side of the leaf,  SC each CH for 15 CHS, DC each CH for 15 CHS, and TC in each CH for 17 CHS. Ch 1 and turn 
Round 5-6: Repeat rounds 3 & 4. CH 1 and turn 
Round 7:  x2 TC in each CH for 17 CHS, x2 DC each CH for 15 CHS, SC2TOG for each SC, CH and do 1 SC in the last CH. CH 4
Round 8: 1 SC,  SC2TOG for each SC CH, x2 DC each CH for 15 CHS,  x2 TC in each CH for 17 CHS. CH 1 
A pale hand is holding an unfinished crochet green leaf and an orange crochet hook.

Round 9:  x2 TC in each CH for 30 CHS, single TC in each CH for 40 CHS, SC2TOG at the tip of the leaf 
Round 10: Make a single TC in each CH for 40 CHS and  x2 TC in each CH for 30 CHS. FO 
A plant is sitting on a wooden desk in front of a row of windows lined with white plastic blinds. In the plant is a single dark green crochet leaf made of yarn.

Meet the Author

Profile picture of the author, Kate Curry, wearing a dark red Nanda Poncho sitting on concrete stairs in front of brick wall.

Kate has been on the Darn Good Yarn team since 2018.

They have their degree in Creative Art Therapy & Psychology - and like crafting and animals a little too much.