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A Hand Crocheted Leprechaun and Pot of Gold
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Crochet a Leprechaun &
a Pot O'Gold

This is a unique and cute idea that I created and it was a lot of fun to make
too.

I made up my own pattern for the Leprechaun too!!!

Materials needed: 1 three litre pop bottle bottom only. a hand held hole
puncher, a small crochet hook, any regular size crochet hook, green, black,
beige, or tan coloured yarn and white too. Darning needle, bright orange thin
yarn, fibre fill and lots of gold and silver wrapped chocolate coins and a pair
of scissors.

To make the purse/pot of gold.

Cut a 3 litre pop just under the half way point. You will have to trim it around
to make sure it is even. I usually draw an even line going around and just
follow it. It will still require some trim work when done with the initial cut of the
bottle.

Next, mark little dots evenly spaced out around the top edge of the bottom
of bottle.

Now you are ready to cast on your yarn. Using the green yarn, and the small
crochet hook, cast the yarn onto the bottle bottom through a hole you have
punched in the pop bottle.

Once you have cast on the first row with the smaller crochet hook, now you
can build up to the next row. chain 2 and then do a double crochet and keep
on double crocheting around until you get the desired size of your bag. (It
should be enough that you can take and fold it down over the pop bottle
bottom when done.

In doing the last row on the top, Do a chain up and then do two double
crochets in the same hole. Then do 3 double crochets all the way around and
then tie off. Chain two equal size strands of yarn about 70 chains per each
strand. These will be your draw strings for the purse.

Weave the strings in and out of the top part of the bag. Then tie them off.
Each string will pull separate from opposite sides which creates the close and
open of the purse.

When you open the bag wide, you can then fold the crocheted part of the
bag down over the pop bottle. Viola!!! You now have a pot for your gold
coins. (place a heaping amount of foil wrapped gold and silver coins in the
bottom of the pot.

To make the Leprechaun:

I made two equal squares for the legs and two equal smaller squares for the
arms. (Using green yarn of course.)

For the face: I used a beige yarn and crocheted in the round two equal
circles.