{"title":"How to Make a Fall Leaf Garland","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-make-a-fall-leaf-garland","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"Jess Nicole Handmade","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC10UQM6-oe5fkocYKHsCX6A","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp45EAmoDPU"},"tldr":"Make a fall leaf garland from crochet leaves: steam block, plan the colours, chain a cord and attach the leaves in clusters.","totalDurationSeconds":310,"videoDurationSeconds":310,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":null,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":null,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":null},"tools":["3.5 mm crochet hook","yarn snips","tapestry needle","steam iron","wool pressing mat","felting needle and foam pad"],"materials":["crochet leaves in autumn colours","worsted weight wool yarn for the cord"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Steam Block the Crochet Leaves Flat","text":"This step is optional. Crochet leaves curl at the edges, which looks a bit like real dry leaves, but you can control it with steam. Set a steam iron to its steam setting and lay a leaf on a wool pressing mat. Hover the iron over the leaf and steam both sides without pressing down. Drape it over a clip to dry with a soft curve, or let it dry flat."},{"number":2,"title":"Lay Out the Crochet Leaves for the Garland","text":"Before you pick up the hook, lay all your leaves in a line on the table in the order you want them. Jess calls it leaf organizing. It is how you avoid two leaves of the same colour or shape sitting side by side. Spread the darkest colours out, and swap leaves around until the row looks balanced. Her 22 leaves made a 2 foot garland."},{"number":3,"title":"Chain the Hanging Loop for the Leaf Garland","text":"Make a slip knot with your cord yarn on a 3.5 mm hook. Chain 10, then slip stitch into the first chain to close a small loop. That loop is how the garland hangs. Then chain 20 to make a short bare length of cord before the first leaves. Jess uses a dark brown worsted wool so the cord looks like a twig."},{"number":4,"title":"Single Crochet Through Each Leaf to Attach It","text":"Pick up the first leaf from your layout and push the hook through the stem or the top of the leaf. Single crochet to fix it to the cord. Pick up the next leaf and single crochet through it the same way. When a leaf has a stem, go through the stem twice. Two stitches hold it more firmly. Jess starts with a cluster of two leaves."},{"number":5,"title":"Chain 10 Between Leaf Clusters on the Garland","text":"After each cluster, chain 10 to leave a gap of bare cord. Then pick up the next two or three leaves in order and single crochet through each one. Keep going: a cluster, 10 chains, a cluster. Work from left to right along your layout so the colours land the way you planned them."},{"number":6,"title":"Make the End Loop and Slip Stitch Back Along the Garland","text":"Once the last leaf is on, chain 30. Count back 10 chains and slip stitch into that stitch to close a second hanging loop. Then slip stitch back along the whole cord, through every chain and past each cluster, until you reach the first loop. This second pass makes the cord firmer and stops it stretching. Cut the yarn and leave a long tail."},{"number":7,"title":"Weave In and Felt the Garland Yarn Ends","text":"Thread each tail onto a tapestry needle and weave it back through the cord for a few inches. Do both ends. For extra security, Jess needle felts the ends. She lays the cord on a foam pad and stabs a barbed felting needle through the woven tail so the wool fibres lock together. The garland is then ready to hang."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-12T14:05:55.657Z","published":"2026-10-12T14:05:55.294Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}