Budding Leaves Crochet Pattern Photo Tutorial

The Budding Leaves Crochet Pattern plays with front post and back post double crochets to create a beautiful leaves shaped texture.

Learn how to crochet the Budding Leaves Pattern with this photo tutorial.

Materials

• 4.5 mm / US H – 8 hook.
• Worsted weight yarn: WeCrochet Comfy Worsted (75% pima cotton, 25% acrylic, 50g/1.75oz, 100m/109yd):
• You will need about 80g/193m/211yd.
• Tapestry needle

Size

• The Sample is approximately 12.5 cm / 5 inches tall and 127 cm / 50 inches wide.
• The Budding Leaf Stitch requires a stitch multiple of 30 st.

Gauge

• The gauge for this pattern, in dc, is 14.5 st by 10 rows for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square.

Abbreviations

• st = stitch
• ch = chain
• dc = double crochet
• dc2tog = double crochet 2 stitches together
• fpdc = front post double crochet
• bpdc = back post double crochet
• fpdc2tog = front post double crochet 2 stitches together
• bpdc2tog = back post double crochet 2 stitches together

Special Stitches

Front post double crochet (fpdc): Yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front behind the double crochet post below, yarn over, and pull up a long loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over, and pull through the remaining loops.

Back post double crochet (bpdc): Yarn over, insert hook from back to front to back behind the double crochet post below, yarn over, and pull up a long loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over, and pull through the remaining loops.

Notes

• Work instructions between [] the indicated number of times or until the end of the row / round.
• The final number of stitches is indicated at the end of the row / round between < >.
• The turning ch 1, ch 2 don’t count as stitches throughout the pattern except if mentioned otherwise.
• The pattern is written in crochet shorthand. For example: “dc 1” means to double crochet in the next stitch, “dc 2” means to double crochet in each of the next 2 stitches, and “2 dc” means to double crochet twice in the next st.

Instructions

Start with ch 180 + 2 and start working row 1 in 3rd ch from hook.

Row 1: [Dc 3, dc2tog, dc 3, dc2tog, dc 10, dc2tog, dc 3, dc2tog, dc 3] across, turn. < 156 st>

Row 2: Ch 2, [dc 9, bpdc, dc 6, bpdc, dc 9] across, turn.

Row 3: Ch 2, [dc 7, dc2tog, fpdc, 2 dc, dc 4, 2 dc, fpdc, dc2tog, dc 7] across, turn.

Row 4: Ch 2, [dc 6, dc2tog, (bpdc, ch 1, bpdc) on next st, dc 8, (bpdc, ch 1, bpdc) on next st, dc2tog, dc 6] across, turn.

Row 5: Ch 2, [dc 5, dc2tog, fpdc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, fpdc, dc 8, fpdc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, fpdc, dc2tog, dc 5], turn.

Row 6: Ch 2, [dc 4, dc2tog, bpdc 2, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, bpdc 2, dc 8, bpdc 2, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, bpdc 2, dc2tog, dc 4] across, turn.

Row 7: Ch 2, [dc 5, fpdc 3, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, fpdc 3, dc 8, fpdc 3, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space below, fpdc 3, dc 5] across, turn.

Row 8: Ch 2, [dc 5, bpdc2tog, bpdc 2, skip ch space, bpdc 2, bpdc2tog, dc 8, bpdc2tog, bpdc 2, skip ch space, bpdc 2, bpdc2tog, dc 5] across, turn.

Row 9: Ch 2, [dc 4, 2 dc, fpdc2tog, fpdc 2, fpdc2tog, dc 8, fpdc2tog, fpdc 2, fpdc2tog, 2 dc, dc 4] across, turn.

Row 10: Ch 2, [dc 5, 2 dc, bpdc2tog twice, dc 8, bpdc2tog twice, 2 dc, dc 5] across, turn.

Row 11: Ch 2, [dc 6, 2 dc, fpdc2tog, dc 8, fpdc2tog, 2 dc, dc 6] across, turn.

Row 12: Ch 2, [dc 3, 2 dc, dc 3, 2 dc, dc 10, 2 dc, dc 3, 2 dc, dc 3] across, turn.

Fasten off and weave in ends.