Crochet Sugar Maple Leaf Pattern

Welcome fall with this iconic, crochet sugar maple leaf pattern! Make leaves of all different sizes and textures by switching up your yarn and hook.

Crochet Sugar Maple Leaf next to a real sugar maple leaf that's beginning to change colors

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Use Almost Any Yarn!

This sugar maple leaf pattern will work with almost any yarn or thread. Yarns that vary in thickness (i.e. thick-and-thin yarns) may affect the final shape and look of the leaf.

Use a hook that gives you a medium to firm gauge with the yarn or thread you choose. The size of your leaf and the yardage needed will vary depending on your yarn and hook choices.

Fall Leaf Collection

This pattern is part of what will soon be a collection of fall leaf crochet patterns. Once I have several leaf patterns published, I plan to put them together into a larger project and turn that into an e-book. It may be next fall before that’s completed, but when it is I will link it here!

About Sugar Maple Leaves

When I think of maple leaves, the first image that pops in my head is the sugar maple. Of the many types of maple trees, sugar maples have the sweetest sap for maple syrup.

Sugar maple leaves turn all different shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall. I particularly like the green centers and red edges when they’re just beginning to turn.

You can get a similar look by changing colors! In this sample, I used green for rnds 1 & 2, yellow for rnd 3, and orange for rnd 4 and the stem.

Sugar Maple Leaf Video Tutorial

Need a little help with the pattern? Follow along with the step-by-step, video tutorial!

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Materials

Yarn: Any yarn of your choice. Samples shown used 10-12 yds of worsted weight yarn.
Hook: Hook size that gives a medium to firm gauge with your chosen yarn. Samples shown with size H (5mm) crochet hook.
Notions:
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle

Project Level

Intermediate: Some complicated construction / shaping.

Size / Gauge

Exact gauge is not important. Size, gauge, and yardage needed will vary depending on yarn/hook choices. Samples shown are approximately 5″ long from top point to bottom of stem, and 5″ wide at widest point.

Abbreviations used

This pattern uses US terms.

ch = chain
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
rnd = round
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
sl st = slip stitch
sp = space
st(s) = stich(es)
RS = right side

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Instructions

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Rnd 1: Ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join with sl st in first st. (6 sc)

Rnd 2: Each lobe is worked entirely into one sc from Rnd 1 as follows.

1st lobe: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc from Rnd 1, ch 5, sc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, sc in same 1st sc from Rnd 1. (5 sc, 1 ch-2 sp)
2nd lobe: Sc in 2nd sc from Rnd 1, ch 8, sc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, hdc in same 2nd sc from Rnd 1. (7 sc, 1 hdc, 1 ch-2 sp)
3rd lobe: hdc in 3rd sc from Rnd 1, ch 9, sc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, hdc in same 3rd sc from Rnd 1. (7 sc, 2 hdc, 1 ch-2 sp)
4th lobe: Hdc in 4th sc from Rnd 1, ch 8, sc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, sc in same 4th sc from Rnd 1. (7 sc, 1 hdc, 1 ch-2 sp)
5th lobe: Sc in 5th sc from Rnd 1, ch 5, sc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across, sc in same 5th sc from Rnd 1. (5 sc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Sl st in last sc from Rnd 1.

Rnd 3: Work around each lobe, with decreases between lobes to pull them together, as follows:

1st lobe: Ch 1, sc in first sc, working into bottom of chs: 2 sc in next ch, sc in each of next 2 chs; (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 sp, sc in each of next 2 sc, sk next sc. (7 sc, 2 hdc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Sc2tog in last sc from 1st lobe and first sc from 2nd lobe. (1 st)
2nd lobe: Working into bottom of chs: sk first ch, sc in each of next 3 chs, (hdc, sc) in next ch, hdc in next ch; (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, hdc in next sc, sc in each of next 4 sc, sk next sc. (8 sc, 3 hdc, 2 dc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Sc2tog in last hdc from 2nd lobe and first hdc from 3rd lobe. (1 dec)
3rd lobe: Working into bottom of chs: sk first ch, sc in each of next 4 chs, (hdc, sc) in next ch, dc in next ch; (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, dc in next sc, (sc, hdc) in next sc, sc in each of next 4 sc, sk next sc. (10 sc, 2 hdc, 4 dc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Sc2tog in last hdc from 3rd lobe and first hdc from 4th lobe. (1 st)
4th lobe: Working into bottom of chs: sk first ch, sc in each of next 4 chs, hdc in next ch; (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, hdc in next sc, (sc, hdc) in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, sk next sc. (8 sc, 3 hdc, 2 dc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Sc2tog in last sc from 3rd lobe and first sc from 4th lobe. (1 st)
5th lobe: Working into bottom of chs: sk next ch, sc in each of next 2 chs; (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 sp, sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in last sc. (7 sc, 2 hdc, 1 ch-2 sp)
Ch 1, sl st in starting ch-1 of rnd.

Rnd 4 – Edging: Work around each lobe, with decreases between lobes to pull them together, as follows:

1st lobe: [Ch 1, sl st in next st] across to ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in ch-2 sp, [ch 1, sl st in next st] twice.
Sc3tog in (last sc from 1st lobe, dec between 1st and 2nd lobes, and first sc of 2nd lobe).
2nd lobe: [Sl st in next st, ch 1] twice, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, [ch 1, sl st in next st] across to ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in ch-2 sp, ch 1, sl st in next dc, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, ch 1, sc3tog in next 3 sts.
Sc3tog in (last sc from 2nd lobe, dec between 2nd and 3rd lobes, and first sc of 3rd lobe).
3rd lobe: Sc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, [ch 1, sl st in next st] across to ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in ch-2 sp, [ch 1, sl st in next st] 3 times, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, ch 1, sc3tog in next 3 sts.
Sc3tog in (last sc from 3rd lobe, dec between 3rd and 4th lobes, and first sc of 4th lobe).
4th lobe: Sc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, ch 1, sl st in next st, ch 1, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next ch-2 sp, [ch 1, sl st in next st] 3 times, ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in next hdc, [ch 1, sl st in next st] twice.
Sc3tog in (last sc from 4th lobe, dec between 4th and 5th lobes, and first sc of 5th lobe).
5th lobe: [Sl st in next st, ch 1] twice, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next ch-2 sp, [ch 1, sl st in next st] around, ch 1, sl st in first ch of rnd.

Row 5 – Stem: Ch 6, sl st in each ch across, sl st in joining sl st from rnd 4 (base of leaf).

Fasten off and weave in ends.

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