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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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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