Crochet Fern Pattern

Inspired from the woodland area in our garden today I am sharing with you a crochet fern pattern. We are very lucky to have a large collection of native ferns in our garden of all shapes and sizes. I love watching these amazing plants grow and unfurl their frongs creating a bursting display of greenery.

In this pattern I am sharing two variations of the crochet leaf. First one is designed to create the long trailing full grown leaf, while the second version is to create the young unfurling frongs. You can use your leaves to create a forever plant for your home, or create a small selection as I have and attched them to some fabric to create a beautiful delicate crochet motif.

Make your own Crochet Fern in any yarn of your choice with smallest crochet hook you can to macth your yarn. This will ensure you leaf is more sturdy to create the curves of the leaf.

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Materials

• 20 meters of green yarn of your choice
• Smallest matching crochet hook to your yarn (this will ensure your leaf will not flop)
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Gauge: N/A

Size: With thread cotton yarn and a 1.25 mm crochet hook my Fern motif is 1.5cm width and 15 – 25 cm long. With DK cotton and a 2.2mm crochet hook my fern is 4cm wide and 30 – 35 cm long.

Notes: The leaf is made in steps worked along a growing foundation chain which is worked along both sides.

Stitches

Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook into the stitch, pick up yarn, pull through the loop.

Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into the stitch, pick up yarn, yarn over, pick up yarn, pull through the 2 loops.

Crochet Fern Pattern

Step 1 – Chain 15, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st in the next 3 stitches.

Step 2: *Chain 6, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, 3sl st* repeat * to * to 13 (18, 20) more times.

Step 3: *Chain 5, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, 2sl st* repeat * to * 1 more time.

Step 4: Chain 4, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, 2sl st. This is the tip of the leaf.

Step 5: Chain 4, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, 2sl st, sl st into the next st (which is the last point on the oppsoite side of leaf as shown in the photo below).

Step 6: Sl st into the next stitch, ch 4, sl st into the 2nd from the hook, 2sl st.

Step 7: *Sl st into the next stitch, ch 5, sl st into the 2nd from the hook, 3sl st* repeat * to * 14 (19, 21) more times.

Step 8: Sl st into the final 10 stitches. Fasten off leaving a long tail (this will be used to tie your ferns together).

REPEAT STEPS 1 – 8 UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE THE AMOUNT OF LEAVES YOU WISH.

Crochet Curled Fern Leaf

Step 1 – Chain 12, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st in the next 2 stitches.

Step 2: *Chain 6, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st, sl st* repeat * to * 8 (10, 13) more times.

Step 3: *Chain 5, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st* repeat * to * 1 more time.

Step 4: Chain 3, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st. This is the tip of the leaf.

Step 5: Chain 3, sl st in the 2nd from the hook, sl st, sl st into the next st (which is the last point on the oppsoite side of leaf as shown in the photo below).

Step 6: Sl st into the next stitch, sl st, ch 3, sl st into the 2nd from the hook, sl st.

Step 7: *Sl st into the next stitch, sl st, ch 4, sl st into the 2nd from the hook, sl st, sl st* repeat * to * 9 (11, 14) more times.

Step 8: Sl st into the final 8 stitches. Fasten off leaving a long tail (this will be used to tie your ferns together).

To create the curled frond simply curl the tip over into a spiral (if you have used a hook which created very tight stitches your leaf will remain in the required position, if not you can add a little stitch to keep it in place).

Congratulations, you have made your Crochet Fern Pattern. I would love to see your crochet creations, please tag me on @moara_crochet on Instagram to share your work.

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