Perfect 🌿 beginner-friendly crochet tutorial for the 3-leaf cluster you showed. I’ll explain every motion, stitch, and connection step so you can follow easily.
🧶 Crochet 3-Leaf Cluster (like the picture)
🪡 Materials
- Yarn: Green medium-weight cotton or acrylic yarn
- Hook: 2.5 mm – 3.5 mm (use size matching your yarn label)
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle for weaving ends
🌱 STEP 1: Make the First Leaf
- Start with a slip knot and place it on your hook.
- Chain 9. (Each chain = 1 small “V” shape.)
- Now we will work back along the chain.
Starting in the 2nd chain from hook (skip the first one): Stitch Where to Work Description Slip Stitch (sl st) 2nd ch from hook Insert hook, yarn over, pull through all loops (makes tip of leaf) Single Crochet (sc) next ch Small stitch for rounding the bottom Half Double Crochet (hdc) next ch Slightly taller stitch Double Crochet (dc) next 3 ch This forms the widest part of leaf Half Double Crochet (hdc) next ch Begin tapering the top Single Crochet (sc) last ch Tip of the leaf - Now we’ll crochet on the other side of the same chain (this makes the other half of the leaf):
- 1 sc in the same stitch as last sc
- 1 hdc in next
- 3 dc in next 3
- 1 hdc
- 1 sc
- Slip stitch to the very first stitch (the base of the leaf).
✅ You now have one full leaf shape!
🌿 STEP 2: Make the Second Leaf (joined)
- Chain 8 from where you are.
(You’re starting the next leaf directly connected to the first one.) - Work exactly the same stitch pattern:
- In 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st
- Next ch: 1 sc
- Next: 1 hdc
- Next 3: 1 dc in each
- Next: 1 hdc
- Last: 1 sc
- Work on the opposite side of the chain:
- 1 sc, 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc
- Slip stitch back into the same center stitch where first leaf joined.
✅ Now you have two leaves attached in the center!
🍃 STEP 3: Make the Third Leaf
Repeat the exact same process:
- Chain 8
- Work sl st, sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc on one side
- Work same pattern on the other side
- Slip stitch to the same center point.
Now you have three leaves all joined together — just like the image! 🌼
🧵 STEP 4: Finish & Shape
- Cut your yarn, leaving a short tail (about 10 cm).
- Pull the tail through the loop to fasten off.
- Use your tapestry needle to weave in loose ends.
- You can gently steam or finger-shape each leaf to make it smooth and curved naturally.
Optional:
If you want a four-leaf clover, just repeat the same process one more time (add another chain-8 leaf to the same center).