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Crochet Shamrock Pattern for a Charming Pillow Cover

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by crafting your own festive decor with this easy-to-follow C2C crochet shamrock pattern! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crocheter, this pattern is designed to be enjoyable and straightforward. The free crochet pattern is below.

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St patricks day crochet ideas

With this free pattern you can create a charming pillow cover or a beautiful piece of wall art to add a touch of Irish charm to any space. Alternatively, you can incorporate the shamrock design into larger projects like a cozy blanket to keep you warm during the chilly March evenings.

This versatile pattern offers endless possibilities, allowing you to bring a little luck of the Irish into your home or give a handmade gift to someone special. So grab your crochet hooks and your favorite shade of green yarn, and let’s start stitching some shamrocks!

Free crochet shamrock pattern information

Project materials needed

  • Crochet hook: G-6 (4 mm) hok size
  • Yarn: worsted weight (#4). I used Red Heart Super Saver in minty, white & dusty grey (7 oz/198g skeins: 1 x minty, 1 x white, 2 x gray)
  • Pillow insert: to make a pillow you will need a 20″ square pillow insert or fiber fill stuffing
  • Yarn needle for weaving in the yarn tails
  • Locking stitch markers for keeping track of your stitches
  • Scissors

PDF version

You can purchase an ad-free PDF version of this pattern in my Etsy shop: crochet shamrock pattern PDF

Finished measurements

19″ wide by 19″ tall (48 cm by 48 cm)

Gauge

4 squares (ch 3 + 3 dc) = 2 inches

Abbreviations

  • dc = double crochet
  • sc = single crochet
  • hdc = half double crochet
  • ch/chs = chain/chains
  • st/sts = stitch/stitches
  • sl st = slip stitch

C2C crochet technique

  • The pattern is made using the c2c technique of making “squares” in diagonal rows starting in the bottom right corner and ending in the top left corner.
  • Each square is made of a chain 3 + 3 double crochet.
  • Chain 6 to start a new row and chain 3 to start a new square.
  • You can follow the picture graph or the written instructions.
  • The written pattern tells you how many squares to make of each color and in what order.

C2C video tutorial

Need C2C help? I have a step by step C2C tutorial for my mini heart square on my YouTube channel.

Crochet shamrock pattern notes

  • ↙ You are working on the “right side”.
  • ↗ You are working on the “wrong side”. 
  • The pattern is written in US terms. 

Crochet shamrock pattern instructions

Make the shamrock following the graph or the written instructions.

Shamrock graph

Download the crochet shamrock pattern graph.

Written instructions

↙ Row 1: minty x 1
↗ Row 2: minty x 2
↙ Row 3: minty x 3
↗ Row 4: minty x 4
↙ Row 5: minty x 5
↗ Row 6: minty x 6
↙ Row 7: minty x 7
↗ Row 8: minty x 8
↙ Row 9: minty x 9
↗ Row 10: minty x 10
↙ Row 11: minty x 11
↗ Row 12: minty x 12
↙ Row 13: minty x 13
↗ Row 14: minty x 14
↙ Row 15: minty x 15
↗ Row 16: minty x 16
↙ Row 17: minty x 10, white x 1, minty x 6
↗ Row 18: minty x 5, white x 3, minty x 2, white x 3, minty x 5
↙ Row 19: minty x 5, white x 4, minty x 1, white x 4, minty x 5
↗ Row 20: minty x 6, white x 8, minty x 6
↙ Row 21: minty x 6, white x 9, minty x 6
↗ Row 22: minty x 6, white x 10, minty x 6
↙ Row 23: minty x 7, white x 9, minty x 7
↗ Row 24: minty x 7, white x 10, minty x 7
↙ Row 25: minty x 8, white x 9, minty x 8
↗ Row 26: minty x 9, white x 8, minty x 9
↙ Row 27: minty x 10, white x 7, minty x 10
↗ Row 28: minty x 11, white x 6, minty x 11
↙ Row 29: minty x 7, white x 2, minty x 3, white x 5, minty x 12
↗ Row 30: minty x 13, white x 4, minty x 2, white x 4, minty x 7
↙ Row 31: minty x 7, white x 5, minty x 2, white x 3, minty x 2, white x 7, minty x 5
↗ Row 32: minty x 5, white x 9, minty x 1, white x 2, minty x 1, white x 7, minty x 7
↙ Row 33: minty x 7, white x 8, minty x 1, white x 4, minty x 5, white x 2, minty x 6
↗ Row 34: minty x 16, white x 10, minty x 8
↙ Row 35: minty x 8, white x 13, minty x 14
Corner
↗ Row 36: minty x 11, white x 15, minty x 8
↙ Row 37: minty x 8, white x 15, minty x 10
↗ Row 38: minty x 9, white x 7, minty x 1, white x 7, minty x 8
↙ Row 39: minty x 8, white x 6, minty x 1, white x 8, minty x 8
↗ Row 40: minty x 7, white x 16, minty x 7
↙ Row 41: minty x 7, white x 6, minty x 1, white x 8, minty x 7
↗ Row 42: minty x 6, white x 9, minty x 1, white x 6, minty x 6
↙ Row 43: minty x 6, white x 5, minty x 2, white x 8, minty x 6
↗ Row 44: minty x 5, white x 9, minty x 1, white x 6, minty x 5
↙ Row 45: minty x 5, white x 5, minty x 2, white x 8, minty x 5
↗ Row 46: minty x 5, white x 8, minty x 2, white x 4, minty x 5
↙ Row 47: minty x 5, white x 2, minty x 4, white x 5, minty x 7
↗ Row 48: minty x 7, white x 5, minty x 10
↙ Row 49: minty x 10, white x 5, minty x 6
↗ Row 50: minty x 6, white x 4, minty x 10
↙ Row 51: minty x 10, white x 3, minty x 6
↗ Row 52: minty x 18
↙ Row 53: minty x 17
↗ Row 54: minty x 16
↙ Row 55: minty x 15
↗ Row 56: minty x 14
↙ Row 57: minty x 13
↗ Row 58: minty x 12
↙ Row 59: minty x 11
↗ Row 60: minty x 10
↙ Row 61: minty x 9
↗ Row 62: minty x 8
↙ Row 63: minty x 7
↗ Row 64: minty x 6
↙ Row 65: minty x 5
↗ Row 66: minty x 4
↙ Row 67: minty x 3
↗ Row 68: minty x 2
↙ Row 69: minty x 1

After you finish the last square you are going to continue crocheting around the border.

Border for the pillow covers

Chain 1, in the side of each square you will make 2 sc and in each corner you will sc-ch 2-sc.

Back cover

Make a back using the same pattern as the front of the pillow but without the color changes.

Pillow assembly

Lay the pillow covers together so the “right” sides are facing out. The “wrong” sides will be touching. Using a tapestry needle and minty yarn, sew around the edges through the borders.

After sewing three sides, put in a pillow insert or stuff with fiber fill. Then, sew up the last side.

image of a Crochet Shamrock Pattern for a Charming Pillow Cover with the text overlay “free crochet pattern” and “lovable loops designs”

Exploring pixel art in crochet

When I design my corner to corner (C2C) crochet designs, I create pixel charts. These charts are super helpful and are also known as “graphs”, “alpha patterns”, and “grids”.

What’s cool is that you can use these pixel crochet pdf pattern free downloads not just for crochet but also for knitting, cross-stitch, needlepoint, weaving, tapestry, beadwork, and even pixel art.

They make creating beautiful crafts easier, especially if you’re using easy pixel art templates or looking for pixel drawing grid art ideas. Whether you want a big project or something smaller, my small pixel art grid easy and pix art pixel grid crochet pattern are perfect for all craft lovers!

More free crochet patterns

You may also like my tooth fairy pillow, shamrock rainbow blanket, leprechaun hat patterns, four leaf clover square, and my shamrock hat patterns!

Let’s Connect!

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