Crochet Maple Leaf – Free Pattern

As the seasons start to change for many with the arrival of Autumn, this month I am sharing with you my Free Crochet Maple Leaf pattern. Autumn is my favorite season, as I love to see the leaves turn golden yellow, rusty orange and deep red. To celebrate this wonderful array of seasonal colour, I have created a crochet maple leaf so you can make forever crochet leaf to add to you home in any colour of your choice.

For this pattern you can use any yarn size of your choice with the matching crochet hook. Make your crochet maple leaf into a garland or make a Autumnal wreath for your door or simply use your crochet leaves as seasonal coasters.

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Materials

• DK yarn – 20 meters
• Matching sized crochet hook for your yarn ( I have used a 3mm| D)
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Gauge: N/A

Size: With DK cotton yarn and a 3 mm crochet hook my Crochet Maple Leaf is 10 x 10cm height and length, with Fingering Weight yarn and a 2.2mm crochet hook my Crochet Maple Leaf is 7 x 7cm height and length.

Notes: The crochet Maple Leaf is made in the round, with one turn in row 3 to secure the tip of the leaf.

Stitches

Double Crochet (dr): Yarn over, insert hook into the stitch, pick up yarn, yarn over, pull through the first 2 loops, yarn over, pick up yarn, pull through the last 2 loops.

Treble Crochet (tr): Yarn over twice (3 on the hook), insert hook into the stitch, pick up the yarn (4 on your hook), yarn over pull through first two loops on the hook (3 on your hook), yarn over pull through next two loops on the hook (2 loops on the hook), yarn over pull through last two loops on the hook.

Double Treble Crochet (dtr): Yarn over three times (4 on the hook), insert hook into the stitch, pick up the yarn (5 on your hook), yarn over pull through first two loops on the hook (4 on your hook), yarn over pull through next two loops on the hook (3 loops on the hook), yarn over pull through next two loops on the hook (2 loops on the hook), yarn over pull through last two loops on the hook.

Picot Chain 2: Chain 2, sl st into the second chain from the hook.

Picot Chain 3: Chain 3, sl st into the chain from the hook.

Crochet Maple Leaf Pattern

Row 1: Make a magic circle, chain 3 (count as dc), 11dc into the centre of the magic circle, sl st into the first dc. Pull the tail to close the magic circle. Total: 12dc.

Row 2: Chain 1 (count as heightening stitch), sc inc. into the first stitch, sc inc., hdc inc., 3dc inc., triple tr inc. (total 3 tr into the same stitch), 3dc inc., hdc inc., sc inc., sl st into the first sc. Total: 25 stitches.

Row 3:Chain 1 (count as heightening stitch), sc into the first stitch, chain 5, sc into the 2^nd chain from the hook, 3sc (sc into each chain)., sc into the next st of round 2 (now your leaf stem will be formed),

(sc, hdc) in the next stitch, (dc, tr, 3 chain picot), (dc, hdc), this will create the first pointed tip,

(sc, hdc), (dc, tr), (dtr, 3 chain picot, tr), (dc, hdc), sc, this will create the 2^nd point of the leaf,

sc, (hdc, dc), (tr, dtr), (dtr, 2 chain picot, dtr),

TURN, insert your hook into the top twist of the last two dtr as shown in the photo below,

sl st this stitches together, TURN,

(dtr, tr), (dc, hdc), sc, now the 3^rd central tip of leaf is made,

sc, (hdc, dc), (tr, 3 chain picot, dtr), (tr, dc), (hdc, sc), now the 4^th leaf tip is made,

(hdc, dc), (3 chain picot, tr, dc), (hdc, sc), sl st into the first st sc. Fasten off and weave in your ends.

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

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