Crocheting leaves is the crochet equivalent of eating candy. They are quick, easy, instantly gratifying, and you can go through a bunch without even realizing it. Just as we don’t create our meals out of candy (not many of them, anyway), we can’t create whole projects out of crochet leaves. They embellish and decorate items beautifully, but don’t make up a sweater, scarf, afghan, or slippers on their own. I certainly don’t want a life without candy, literal and metaphorical, so I present crochet leaf patterns with variations and some information on how to create your own variations.
You can find many patterns for leaves available online. I knew the basic idea of what to do to make a leaf. However, I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for in my leaves until I started playing around with them. After diving in and trying out different stitches and sequences, I hit upon the basic size and shape of the leaf I wanted. But it wasn’t behaving the way I thought it should. It was curling and puckering.
Turns out, even though you are making leaves, you still have to follow some crochet rules. Working around to the other side of the chain is a little like working in the round and if you don’t add stitches somewhere, your work will pucker. I made several puckery leaves before realizing this.
Honestly, leaves are so quick, you can just use these patterns as a starting point and play around with them. Play around with how long and how wide you want the leaf to be. Use some treble crochet instead of double crochet if you want it to be wider. Make a longer chain and do each stitch type twice. Play around with where to add your stitches to keep it from puckering. You can also achieve different shapes if you add 3 stitches at the middle of the leaf instead of 2 on either side of the middle. (The leaf will be rounder with a little bit of a hole in the middle.)
If you want a more prominent center vein, slip stitch along the chain once before making your sc, hdc, and dc stitches. There are so many possibilities. Have fun!
Crochet Leaves Pattern 1
Chain 8.
Sc in 2nd ch from hook. hdc in next ch. 2 dc in next ch. 1 dc in next ch. 2 dc in next ch. Hdc in next ch. Sc in last ch.
Ch 1. Sl St to the back bump of that last ch where you just made an sc.
Sc in same stitch you slip stitched into. Working along with back bump now, hdc in next stitch. 2 dc in next stitch. 1 dc in next stitch. 2 dc in next stitch. Hdc in next stitch. Sc in last back bump.
Slip stitch in turning chain at the top of the leaf. Finish off. Weave in ends.
Crochet Leaves Pattern 2
This is variation number one. This one starts with a slip stitch instead of a single crochet, so it makes a pointier leaf with a tiny bit of a whimsical curve to it.
Chain 9.
Slip stitch in 2nd ch from hook. Sc in next ch. Hdc in next ch. 2 dc in next ch. 1 dc in next ch. 2 dc in next ch. Hdc in next ch. Sc in last ch.
Ch 1. Sl St to the back bump of that last ch where you just made an sc. Sc in same stitch you slip stitched into. Working along with back bump now, hdc in next stitch. 2 dc in next stitch. 1 dc in next stitch. 2 dc in next stitch. Hdc in next stitch. Sc in next stitch back bump. Slip stitch last back bump. Slip stitch in turning chain at the top of the leaf. Finish off. Weave in ends.
Crochet Leaves Pattern 3
This variation makes a smaller version of the first leaf pattern.
Chain 6
Sc in 2nd ch from hook. 2 hdc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 2 hdc in next ch. 1 sc in last ch.
Ch 1. Sl St to the back bump of the last ch where you just made an sc. Sc in same stitch you slip stitched into. Working along the back bump of the chain now, 2 hdc in next stitch. 1 hdc in next stitch. 2 hdc in next stitch. Sc in last back bump stitch. Slip stitch in turning chain at to the top of the leaf. Finish off. Weave in ends.
Crochet Leaves Pattern 4
This variation makes a smaller version of the second leaf pattern.
Chain 7
Slip Stitch in 2nd ch from hook. Sc in next ch. 2 hdc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 2 hdc in next ch. 1 sc in last ch.
Ch 1. Sl St to the back bump of the last ch where you just made an sc. Sc in same stitch you slip stitched into. Working along the back bump of the chain now, 2 hdc in next stitch. 1 hdc in next stitch. 2 hdc in next stitch. Sc in next stitch. Slip stitch in last back bump stitch. Slip stitch in turning chain at to the top of the leaf. Finish off. Weave in ends.
What are your favorite leaves to make? Do you have a go-to pattern that you love to use? Let me know in the comments!
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