• Irish Greeting

Irish Greeting

Design by Jocelyn Sass

Welcome your guests into your home with this cheery sign hung on your door. Tell them it's a leprechaun's hat -- the only thing you saved from your trip to the end of the rainbow -- and watch them wonder at your tale!

Skill Level

Intermediate

Finished Size

9 1/2 x 11 inches, excluding hanger

Materials

• Medium (worsted) weight yarn:
    3 oz/150 yds/85g green
    1/2 oz/25 yds/14g each black and gold
• Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• 3/4-inch-wide green/white shamrock ribbon: 30 inches
• 1 x 6 1/2-inch wooden "welcome" cutout sign
• Small amount each green and white acrylic paint
• Small paintbrush
• 19-gauge wire: 1 yd
• Pencil
• 1/2 sheet stiff plastic canvas
• Craft glue

Gauge

4 sc = 1 inch; 4 sc rows = 1 inch

Special Stitch

To change color: yo with new color and pull through last loop of last stitch worked in current color.

Instructions

HAT
Side
Make 2.
Row 1: Starting at bottom, with green, ch 39, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch across, turn. (38 sc)
Rows 2–8: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. At end of last row, do not turn. Fasten off.
Row 9: Sk first 7 sts, join black with sc in next st, sc in each of next 23 sts, leaving rem sts unworked, turn. (24 sc)
Rows 10–14: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. At end of last row, fasten off.
Row 15: Join green with sc in first st, sc in same st, sc in each st across with 2 sc in last st, turn. (26 sc)
Rows 16–18: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Rows 19–35: Rep rows 15–18 consecutively, ending with row 15. (36 sc at end of last row)
Rnd 36: Working around outer edge, ch 1, sc in each st and in end of each row around with 2 sc in each corner changing colors (see Special Stitch) in last st as needed to match piece, join with sl st in beg sc.
Fasten off.
Using 1 Hat Side as pattern, cut 1 piece from plastic canvas slightly smaller.
Holding Hat Sides WS tog with plastic canvas between, matching sts, working through both thicknesses in back lps only, join green with sl st in any green st, sl st in each st around changing colors as needed to match, join with sl st in beg sl st. Fasten off.

Buckle

Front of sts are WS of work, with gold, ch 34, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 1, 3 sc in first ch, sc in each of next 6 chs, 3 sc in next ch, sc in each of next 9 chs, 3 sc in next ch, sc in each of next 6 chs, 3 sc in next ch, sc in each of last 9 chs, join with sl st in beg sc. Leaving long end for sewing, fasten off. Sew Buckle to front of Hat centered over rows 7–16.

Finishing

1. Paint wooden "welcome" sign with white paint, let dry. Paint green dots on sign as desired, let dry. Glue sign over rows 23–31 on center front of Hat.
2. For hanger, wrap wire around pencil 4 times at random. Insert 4 inches of 1 end from back to front through 1 top corner of Hat, twist once to secure. Wrap rem of end around pencil. Rep on opposite end.
3. Tie ribbon into a bow around wire on 1 corner of Hat.

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