Happy St. Patrick's Day

And to celebrate: a loom knit shamrock!

Created on the pink knifty knitter loom using red heart green yarn, 1 over 2 stitch flat panel. It is created by making 3 green hearts and sewing them together at the bottom of the hearts to create the shamrock, and then adding a stem. It measures 9 inches long and 7.75 inches height.

Instructions on how to create:

For the leaves you will be using 8 pegs altogether, but start as follows:

First, cut one 24" piece of the green yarn and set aside.

Cast on pegs 1-4 and 5-8. You will cast on pegs 1-4 with the working yarn and knit off 4 rows. Then with the separate piece of yarn you cut earlier, cast on pegs 5-8 and knit off 4 rows.

Next, take the working yarn and knit off pegs 1-8 for 27 rows. Decrease by putting yarn from peg 1 onto peg 2 and yarn from peg 8 onto peg 7. Knit off 4 rows.
Decrease by putting yarn from peg 2 onto peg 3 and yarn from peg 7 onto peg 6. Knit off 4 rows.

Decrease by putting yarn from peg 3 onto peg 4 and yarn from peg 6 onto peg 5. Knit off 2 rows.

Bind off. Knot and sew in loose yarn near top of shamrock leaf. And you have completed the first leaf! Repeat the process for two more leaves.

Stem:

Stem is a flat panel 1 over 2 stitch on 6 pegs.

Cast on 6 pegs and knit off 8 rows.

Decrease by putting yarn from peg 1 onto peg 2 and yarn from peg 6 onto peg 5. Knit off 18 rows.

Decrease by putting yarn from peg 2 onto peg 3 and yarn from peg 5 onto peg 4. Knit off 2 rows and bind off. Sew leaves together, sewing stem on last. And there you have it!