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
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.
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!
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