Free and Easy Shamrock Knitting Patterns

Knitting a flat shamrock is a great way to practice this fun shape. You can add it as an applique to another project (like a placemat, tea cozy, hat or scarf) or make a bunch and turn them into a garland or scatter them across a flat surface to add some festive decor. These easy shamrock patterns are a great way to get started.

Studio Knit’s pattern uses three clover leaf shapes knit separately, then sewn together and attached to an I-cord stem. These pieces are really quick and easy to knit because they are basically heart shapes, and if you know how to slip, slip, knit and knit 2 together you know all the skills you need to make them.

The knit shamrock pattern from Natural Suburbia also uses heart-shaped clover pieces worked separately and stitched together. On these the center stitches are worked in stockinette while the outer edges are garter stitch, which adds a fun contrast in texture. The stem for hers is a I-cord picked up and knitted after the shamrock pieces are sewn together.

Fitting in Knitting has a design that uses more of a teardrop shape leaf. These are still worked flat and in pieces, but the pattern gives the option for working the petals in stockinette or garter stitch and making a three-leaf clover (aka a shamrock) or a four-leaf clover if you’d rather. If worked in Stockinette you’ll want to knit two body pieces for each leaf and sew them together so they don’t curl.

This one might not be quite as simple but it is a pretty little clover, and there’s a video tutorial to help you along. Samuele Scomparin’s little shamrock knitting pattern is perfect to wear in a lapel and is worked in the round. You can get the written pattern from Ravelry or follow along on the video tutorial on YouTube (I think it will help with the setup to watch the video, especially if you’re new to magic loop knitting.

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I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: saskie&co]

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