Aren’t these Upcycled Shamrocks so cute!?

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I never know what to do with those pesky rings that sometimes pop off my water bottles when I open them. I don’t like to throw them away and if I throw them in our recycling container, they just collect at the bottom and become a mess of stickiness!

Thank goodness our little town has a recycling center because my family goes through a ton of plastic bottles.

So what can you do with those little plastic rings?

Why craft with them of course!

The Upcycled Hearts can be found here.

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So I came up with the holiday garlands shaped like shamrocks. They were so fast to make and super easy. I even made a few extra to put on my year-round tree for ornaments. Yes, I am one of those people who keeps an artificial tree up year-round to decorate for every holiday. It fits in well with my country rustic decor. I love it! It’s smaller than a Christmas tree and not nearly as full with branches. Maybe one day I will do a blog post on it if anyone would be interested in seeing it. I enjoy crocheting ornaments for it.

Anyway…back to what I was saying…

You can make these garlands as long or as short as you want and change the colors if you wish. Don’t limit the garland to strictly a holiday decoration. You could use them for weddings, baby showers, anniversary parties, a child’s birthday party and photo props. Just change the colors and hang them everywhere!

So, don’t throw away those little annoying plastic rings. Get crafty and upcycle them into a fun garland!

Here is a pin for your Pinterest board…

For more upcycled fun, there are stars, sunflowers, hearts, poinsettias and pumpkins!

Upcycled Shamrocks

Materials Used:

* Small amount of Red Heart – Tea Leaf 7 oz / 198 g – 364 yds / 333 m
* Small amount of Red Heart – Medium Thyme 7 oz / 198 g – 364 yds / 333 m
* Small amount of Red Heart – Aran 7 oz / 198 g – 364 yds / 333 m
Or any worsted weight yarn you choose.
* 5.00 (H/8) hook
* 14 – 1” plastic rings from water bottle lids or any 1” ring
You can use any number of rings to change the length of your garland.
* Scissors

Finished Size Approximately:

38” in length

Individual Shamrocks – 3 1/2” x 2 3/4”

Gauge:

Not Important

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch

Notes:

• For a photo tutorial on how to crochet around a plastic ring, click here.
• To crochet around a plastic ring, create a slip knot and place it on your hook. Insert hook into the center of the ring (like you normally would if you were inserting your hook into a regular stitch) with your slip knot on your side. YO and draw yarn back through the hoop toward you. YO, and pull through the 2 loops on hook.

*** American crochet terms used throughout.

Instructions:

Make 14 (7 tea leaf, 7 medium thyme)

Round 1: 15 sc around plastic ring. Join with a sl st in 1st sc; ch 1.

Round 2: *(Hdc, 2 dc, hdc) in same sp as ch-1 from Round 1; (hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sl st) in next sp; sl st in next 2 sp; ch 1* Repeat from * to * four times. Add 5 ch only to last ch 1 for a total of 6 ch (for stem). Working only in bottom loops of the chain, in 2nd ch from hook, dc; in next ch, hdc; in next 3 ch, sc; sl st in next 2 sts. Finish off. Weave in end.

Assembly:

Cut 13 – 11” long pieces of Aran yarn. Alternating shamrock colors, loosely tie shamrocks together with a simple bow.

Cut 2 – 10” long pieces of Aran yarn. Using your tapestry needle, thread one piece of yarn through the last shamrock on garland and tie to itself creating a loop for hanging. Repeat with second piece of yarn on opposite side of garland.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the Upcycled Shamrocks pattern!

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