How to Crochet Small Easy Maple Leaf for Autumn
Learn how to crochet a small maple leaf, using an easy Tunisian crochet technique, following this tutorial. For now, there won’t be any written pattern but a tutorial in the end. I hope, soon, I will be able to share with you the free crochet Tunisian maple leaf pattern in written form, as well. Similar to the crochet orange maple pattern I shared last year, this will be worked in the rounds.
You can crochet this small leaf as a keychain, an addition to a fall bunting and the fall table decoration. This crochet small maple leaf will be much easier to crochet for beginners and it is also no-sew. So, continue reading for the full crochet leaf tutorial in the end.
About designer: The designer of this autumn maple leaf is @Knittinglov – I always call her “Quality and Vibrancy” queen in crochet and knitting. Her crochet ideas include tons of crochet fall patterns from pumpkin to leaf and fall baskets. We will provide many of her pumpkin tutorials, here.
Crochet Mini Leaf for Fall Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner – Level 5.
Why: Making a magic ring, chain stitch and crocheting the -2-1-1 Tunisian stitch. Normally, most crocheters never try the Tunisian. That’s why, I have leveled it beginner 5.
Supplies Used
- Cotton yarn 4ply or 5ply in green (you can use the Milk Cotton yarn).
- 2.20 mm Crochet hook (normal crochet hook will work fine as we are only gathering few loops on the crochet hook).
- Sewing Needle
- Keyring
Techniques
The tutorial is definitely to follow along. You can learn the techniques and abbreviations used in the tutorial below:
- ch – Chain. Make a slip knot on your hook. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the loop on your hook.
BLO Slst (Slip a stitch): Insert your hook into the stitch. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch and through the loop on your hook at the same time.
- sc single crochet. Insert in the MR, Yarn over, pull up a loop. Over pull through the 2 loops on the crochet hook.
Note that, slip stitch is not used as an abbreviation in the tutorial but it is used for sure!
- -2-1-1 Tunisian Stitch: The absolute sum of the numbers is 4 which means we had 4 chains and we pulled up 1 loop through each of the chain. Now, the number describes the pulling method. That is to YO, pull through 2, yarn over and pull through 2 again, yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops on the hook. Don’t confuse 1 with 1 loop as it would never remove loops from the hook!
- -2-1-1-1-1 Tunisian Stitch: You have gathered 6 loops on the crochet hook. Now, remove, 2 loops per yarn over 5 times.
I hope this will help you a lot while following this crochet tutorial below! I have described all the complicated stuff so you never blame me for suggesting this tutorial to you!
Learn with Tutorial
Pattern!
Finding the tutorial instructions insufficient, I watched the tutorial carefully and present the following pattern to crochet this Tunisian leaf”
1 ch, 1 sc in the MR, 3ch, skip 2, 2 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 4, make -2-1-1 Tunisian Stitch, 3ch, skip 2 or 3 (I am not sure!), 4 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 5, make -2-1-1-1-1 Tunisian Stitch, ch 1, make -2-1-1-1-1 Tunisian Stitch, 3ch, sk 2, 7 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 6, make a -2-1-1-1-1-1-1 Tunsian stitch,
ch 1, make a -2-1-1-1-1-1-1 Tunsian stitch, ch 1, make a -2-1-1-1-1-1-1 Tunsian stitch, 3ch, skip 3, (BLO) 9 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 5, make -2-1-1-1-1 Tunisian Stitch, ch 1, make -2-1-1-1-1 Tunisian Stitch,
3ch, skip 3, 6 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 4, make -2-1-1 Tunsian Stitch, ch 3, skip 3, 5 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 3, sk 1, 2 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 8, skip 2, 1 sc, 4 sl st, 1 sc in the MR, ch 1, secure!
