Autumn has finally arrived in Germany. The temperatures have dropped, days get shorter and the trees have coloured their leaves in shades of yellow, orange and red.
I love this time of the year!
The beautiful colours of nature just have inspired me to make some autumn decorations. Just to bring a bit of autumn indoors.
At first I had the idea to browse Ravelry and look for some patterns there. Maybe little leaves or pumpkins. But then I remembered a book that I got a while ago: Crochet Collage Garden by Chris Norrington.
Do you know her work? She creates beautiful collages of flowers and leaves – all in crochet. You can find her under the name @chris.made.this on Instagram.
In 2023 she published a book with some of her beautiful collages. Of course there are corresponding patterns for each flower, each stem and each leaf. Both in written instructions and as a crochet diagram.
I assume the book is available in many places.
I bought my version – the Kindle edition – on Amazon.
As you may know, I prefer to work according to English pattern. So of course I got the English version. But there is also a German translation available, as well as many other languages.
As I said, I got this book a while ago. And although I have leafed through it many times, I have never found the time to work through it. Until now!
I didn’t even remember how many different leaves are in it!
Finally, I managed to crochet some of them!
My collection of leaves
Here’s an overview of the patterns I’ve made so far. However, there are still many in the book that are waiting to be reworked.
All of these leaves were quick and easy to make. However, I had to be quite careful: Since Chris lives in the UK, the book is written in UK terms. Personally, I’m more used to US terms. Therefore, I often had to think twice before crocheting a stitch. The diagrams were really helpful to me!
My yarn and colours
I used some yarn from my stash. A mixture of Limone from Schneller + Stahl and Catania from Schachenmayr. Both are 100 % mercerised cotton and have a yardage of 125 m / 50 g. I used a 2.5 mm hook for both.
A few autumnal impressions
Have you ever tried crocheting leaves or autumn decorations? I’d love to see your creations – feel free to share them in the comments or tag me on Instagram!
Have a lovely time 💕
Ein kleiner Nachtrag in meiner Muttersprache:
Der Herbst ist endlich da – und ich liebe diese gemütliche Jahreszeit! 🍂 Die bunten Blätter draußen haben mich inspiriert, ein paar kleine Häkelblätter und Dekorationen für mein Zuhause zu machen. Schnell gemacht, farbenfroh und einfach herbstlich schön – perfekt, um ein bisschen Gemütlichkeit ins Wohnzimmer zu zaubern. Das Buch, aus dem ich die Anleitungen für diese hübschen Blätter habe, gibt es auch in einer deutschen Übersetzung!
Hooked on Häkelmaschen 