This crochet Leaves Branch pattern combines green wool leaf centers with a lighter cotton edging and wire support. The supplied design includes three graduated leaf sizes, each shaped around a foundation chain and finished with small chain loops and a pointed tip. It appears on PDF pages 147 and 148 of the collection. This guide keeps all three complete patterns and includes their original charts and the actual photographs for inserting, bending and joining the wire. The finished reference uses three leaves, one in each size, on a slender branch.
Key Takeaways
- Use green wool with a 3.50 mm hook and light-green cotton with a 1.90 mm hook.
- The source specifies green 0.8 mm wire for the leaf supports and joined branch.
- The three foundations have ten, twelve and fourteen working chains, each plus one height chain.
- The larger sizes use MD, shown by two-bar chart symbols and expressed here as US treble crochet.
- The contrasting edging repeats single crochet and chain two along both sides, with a small pointed extension at the tip.
- Pass wire through each leaf center, bend and lock it at the base, then twist the leaf supports together.
CROCHET LEAVES BRANCH PATTERN
Project: A wire-supported branch of pointed green leaves in three sizes, with wool centers and a contrasting light-green cotton loop edge.
| Skill level | No difficulty rating is printed. Uses two-sided chain-foundation shaping, taller stitches, loop edging and wire assembly. |
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| Materials and hooks | Green wool with a 3.50 mm hook; light-green cotton yarn with a 1.90 mm hook; green 0.8 mm wire. Yarn weights, quantities and wire-cut lengths are not stated. |
| Gauge and dimensions | No gauge, finished leaf measurements or branch length is supplied. Three sizes are provided through their different stitch sequences. |
| US terms | ch = chain; sc = single crochet; dc = double crochet; tr = treble crochet, the source MD symbol with two slash bars; ss = slip stitch, source ST. |
| Chart route | Work the first round around both sides of each foundation chain as shown. The consecutive six-sc section comprises three sc along one side near the tip and three along the return side, following the chart. |
| Leaf 1 foundation | Ch10 plus 1 height chain. |
| Leaf 1 round 1 | Sc, 6 dc, 6 sc, 6 dc, sc, following the two-sided foundation path. 20 worked stitches. |
| Leaf 1 round 2, first side | 9 times, then sc. |
| Leaf 1 tip | Ch2 plus 1 height chain; work ss, sc along that short extension as charted. |
| Leaf 1 round 2, return side | 9 times, then sc. Ss to join, ch2 to lock, cut the yarn and tie the knot. |
| Leaf 2 foundation | Ch12 plus 1 height chain. |
| Leaf 2 round 1 | Sc, dc, 4 tr, 3 dc, 6 sc, 3 dc, 4 tr, dc, sc, following the two-sided foundation path. 24 worked stitches. |
| Leaf 2 round 2, first side | 11 times, then sc. |
| Leaf 2 tip | Ch2 plus 1 height chain; work ss, sc along the short extension. |
| Leaf 2 round 2, return side | 11 times, then sc. Ss to join, ch2 to lock, cut the yarn and tie the knot. |
| Leaf 3 foundation | Ch14 plus 1 height chain. |
| Leaf 3 round 1 | Sc, dc, 6 tr, 3 dc, 6 sc, 3 dc, 6 tr, dc, sc, following the two-sided foundation path. 28 worked stitches. |
| Leaf 3 round 2, first side | 13 times, then sc. |
| Leaf 3 tip | Ch2 plus 1 height chain; work ss, sc along the short extension. |
| Leaf 3 round 2, return side | 13 times, then sc. Ss to join, ch2 to lock, cut the yarn and tie the knot. |
| Wire each leaf | Insert wire into the center, passing up and down as shown. Bend the wire and lock it at the base. |
| Join the branch | Arrange the leaf supports together and twist the wire. The reference shows one leaf of each size; no additional leaf count or measured spacing is specified. |
Recognize the Three Graduated Leaves
Each size follows the same overall construction: a chain-centered leaf, a contrasting looped border and a small pointed extension. The smallest uses double crochet for its broad area. The medium and large leaves add taller central stitches and longer foundations, creating more fabric while preserving the pointed outline.
Keep the size labels beside your components. A medium leaf is not simply the small leaf with two extra ordinary chains: its stitch-height sequence also changes. The large version lengthens the treble section further. Retain each complete first round and the matching edging repeat count rather than mixing sections from different sizes.
Prepare the Two Fiber Types and Hooks
The material list separately names green wool with a 3.50 mm crochet hook and light-green cotton yarn with a 1.90 mm hook. The finished source photograph shows the darker leaf face and the finer brighter border. These are useful material distinctions, not an instruction to replace all yarn with one identical thread.
The source gives no wool weight, cotton thread number, brand, yardage or gauge. Choose workable materials within those listed descriptions and assess your own fabric. Do not derive a guaranteed leaf length from a hook size or assign an invented yardage to the three-piece branch. The written sizes are established by the supplied foundations and stitch sequences.
Follow Both Sides of the Foundation Chain
The charts show the first round traveling along one side of the chain and returning along the other. Their center chains remain visible as a vein-like line. The written six-single-crochet section crosses the pointed end, with three singles before the turn and three on the return side as drawn.
This is different from placing six singles as a fan in one chain. No shared insertion-point instruction is given for that group. Read the continuous written sequence with its actual chart, keeping ordinary stitches in their corresponding positions along the two foundation sides. That preserves both the count and the elongated leaf shape.
Foundation checkpoint: Ten, twelve and fourteen are working-chain counts. Each size also includes one starting height chain. Their first rounds produce twenty, twenty-four and twenty-eight worked stitches respectively.
Leaf 1: Start with Ten Working Chains
For the smallest leaf, chain ten plus one height chain. Work one single, six doubles, six singles across the end and return path, six doubles and one final single. The two-sided circuit produces twenty worked stitches, matching ten positions along each foundation side.
The short stitches near the end make the narrower point, while the six-double runs create the fuller middle. Keep both runs equal rather than adding a taller stitch group from Leaf 2. Count the entire circuit before adding the lighter border, since its two sets of ten single-crochet anchors depend on that twenty-stitch outline.
Leaf 1: Add the First Nine Border Loops
For the second round, repeat one single crochet and chain two nine times, then work one single. This first side has ten single-crochet anchors and nine chain-two spaces. The chain loops create the small raised points visible around the leaf edge rather than increasing the first-round stitch count.
Keep the anchors and chain spaces distinct when counting. Nine repeats do not mean nine singles total, because the final separate single completes the side. Work around the existing leaf outline without turning this border into a new flat ten-stitch row or closing every chain-two space as an additional separate picot.
Leaf 1: Form the Tip and Return Edge
At the tip, chain two plus one height chain and work one slip stitch and one single along that short extension, following the chart. Continue down the return side with nine single-and-chain-two repeats and one final single. Join with a slip stitch, chain two to lock, cut the yarn and tie the knot.
The little extension is a distinct feature at the narrow tip, while the two sets of chain loops lie along the sides. Keep its three-chain foundation separate from the ordinary chain-two border spaces. The chart shows their relationship clearly, allowing the final point to remain centered between the two matching edges.
Leaf 2: Use Twelve Chains and Four Trebles per Side
For the medium leaf, chain twelve plus one height chain. Work a single, a double, four trebles, three doubles, six singles across the pointed end and return path, three doubles, four trebles, one double and one single. The complete circuit produces twenty-four worked stitches.
The source abbreviates the taller stitches MD. Its chart uses the two-slash-bar symbol, rendered here as US treble crochet. Keep that mapping explicit rather than assuming MD means half double. The surrounding doubles have a different chart symbol and a different height, so substituting them throughout would change the medium leaf’s profile.
Leaf 2: Match Eleven Border Repeats to Each Side
Repeat one single and chain two eleven times, then work one single. Add the same short tip extension: chain two plus one height chain, then slip stitch and single along it. Work eleven single-and-chain-two repeats on the return side, followed by one single.
Join with a slip stitch, chain two to lock, cut the yarn and tie the knot. Each side has twelve single-crochet anchors, matching the twenty-four-position outline in two halves. Preserve this count rather than using the smaller leaf’s nine repeats, which would leave the border allocation short for the medium component.
Size Construction Note
The three sizes grow through both foundation length and stitch height. Their border anchors stay matched to the first-round outline: ten per side for Leaf 1, twelve for Leaf 2 and fourteen for Leaf 3. The chain-two spaces sit between those anchors.
