The Luck of the Irish

Hi there my friends...

This is the month to celebrate GREEN, Lucky day and the Irish in each one of us ... and I thought I start with wishing a little luck to each one of you...

And what best to bring good luck than a cute, easy and quick pattern for you to make your own charming SHAMROCK?

I looked everywhere and I found many different shamrocks, but I couldn't find just the right one for what I was looking for...

Just the right size and the way I envisioned...

I wanted to make some book markers for my friends and little pins to wear on St. Patrick's Day ... and if you know me when I cannot find exactly what I wish...

I just make it ... 

when I finished making them I loved it so much I thought I would share it with you ...

I feel so LUCKY to have you here with me and hope you enjoy this tutorial.

LUCKY SHAMROCK TUTORIAL

Here is a pattern to make a shamrock pin which can also be used as a book mark with an extended chain added to it.

They make great gifts and you will be protected from being pinched if you have it pined on your clothes on St. Patrick's day :) :) :)

Materials:

Cotton yarn in Dark green and a contrasting/lighter 

 green of the same or a little thiner cotton yarn.

Crochet thread on a contrasting/lighter color of green (optional)

Hooks: 

4.00 mm (US G-6) 

5.00 MM (US H-8)

Abbreviations:

(please note that I'm using American Terms to write this pattern)

ch   chain

rep   repeat

sc   single crochet 

sl st   slip stitch 

hdc   half double crochet

tr   treble crochet

mc   main color

cc   contrasting color

With size 5.00 (US H) and 2 strands of cotton mc  start by doing 5 ch and close to make a circle

Then make *4 ch, 3 tr and 4 ch and sl st into the circle *

 Repeat from * to * 2 more times ...

  

Now get ready to make the stem...

Ch 5, 1 hdc in the 2nd ch from the needle, sc in the next 3 ch, sl st in the last ch

 Leave a 12" tail to sew the pin in the back

Now get ready to make the 2nd row 

With thiner yarn (if you chose to use the crochet thread) or only 1 strand of  cc and smaller (4.00 mm/ US G) hook

sl st 

ch1, 1 sc in each of the 3 ch, 2 sc in each tr, 1 sc in each of the next 4 ch, sl st in the previous row sl st

2 sc in each tr

 1 sc in each of the next 4 ch

 sl st in the previous row sl st

 repeat from * to * 2 more times 

Cut the yarn and tie the 2 ends together in the back side of your work.

Hand sew (or hot glue) with the 12 '' left over yarn, the pin in the back side of the shamrock and ... 

Voila...

You are done...

Isn't this The Luck of the Irish ???

As always I'M SO HAPPY you came to visit me and I hope you have a wonderful, marvelous, LUCKY month.

All photos shown here belong to taciStudio.blogspot.com. I will be happy to share with you as long as you email me to request and  you link back to taciStudio.blogspot.com.

 I appreciate your kindness. 

I love my backyard...

Yes, it is starting to look a bit like summer in our backyard...

I love my house and I love our backyard even more.

It is peaceful, serene and so very green. A beautiful sight of nature...

It inspires me... all the trees, flowers and vegetables give me a peaceful feeling that is hard to describe...

and I owe it all to my husband and all the hard work he puts in place to make this little piece of heaven all our own.

I love when we wake up in the weekends and it is sunny... I can seat outside to have my breakfast and just enjoy all this beauty God have created...

Look at this flowers and all this vegetables growing as the sun hits them... 

I feel so lucky, so privileged and thankful for all that we have.

Aren't these flowers just gorgeous ??? I had never noticed how perfectly well purple and red goes together ... Nature is just so perfect!

My husband and my son built this great steps with reclaimed wood and he puts all the herbs and a few vegetables in there...it looks so great and the herbs are doing wonderful...they love their new home :)

More Flowers... more colors... more inspiration...

And here is where we sit on those nice, warm summer days and enjoy our coffee and each others company and where I do my knitting and crocheting...

Oh...how I love our backyard :)

Thanks for stopping by to see my backyard.

Hope to see you soon again. Tchau :) (oh yeah...this means ciao in Portuguese)  

PS: I have been working on this "scarf" for a month and now that I thought I was almost done my daughter told me she thinks it's too wide... which I agree...

So, now I'm thinking about trying to make it into a table runner...

Granny squares in the edge???

Just a simple edge with double crochet???

Or Japanese flowers in the edge???

What do you think???


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