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Leaf: Filet Crochet Chart Generator

This leaf is a picture inside rectangular filet fabric, not a separately shaped leaf applique. The design goal is a botanical window with a tapered tip, a short stem and two small open marks suggesting a central vein. Its surrounding mesh remains intact so the piece can be planned as an insert in a larger rectangular sampler.

Record the picture before working

In the Filet Crochet Chart Generator, choose eleven columns and thirteen rows with US terms. Use ivory #F4F0E8 for open mesh and blue #243BCE for solid mesh; crochet in one actual yarn color. The top-to-bottom binary record is 00000000000, 00000100000, 00001110000, 00011111000, 00111011100, 00111111100, 00111011100, 00111111100, 00011111000, 00001110000, 00000100000, 00000100000, 00000000000. Reverse the list for working order because row one is at the graph's bottom. Keep the column order unchanged. A zero is open; a one is solid.

Materials and scale decisions

Select a smooth yarn with clear stitch definition and a matching hook as suggested by its label. Avoid fuzzy novelty yarn for this first sample because the two one-cell vein openings need visible edges. Keep a paper copy of the binary record, a row marker, edge markers, scissors and a tapestry needle nearby. The leaf's physical proportions depend on the relationship between mesh width and row height; measure both in a washed trial before treating the drawing as a finished-size specification.

Work the generated sequence

Symbol Chart · filet USAdjacent cells share a boundary. Open mesh = ch2 + one boundary post;solid mesh = three posts.Ch3 counts as the first boundary post;blue box marks it. Dashed brown box = final boundary.Row 1 ← · 34 posRow 2 → · 34 posRow 3 ← · 34 posRow 4 → · 34 posRow 5 ← · 34 posRow 6 → · 34 posRow 7 ← · 34 posRow 8 → · 34 posRow 9 ← · 34 posRow 10 → · 34 posRow 11 ← · 34 posRow 12 → · 34 posRow 13 ← · 34 posSTART: 34 base chains + ch3 lift = 37 total chains. Initial lift is drawn at the right edge of Row1.Begin processing foundation at chain5 from the original hook position;an open mesh first skips two of those bases.Turn with ch3 on later rows,counting it as one boundary post. Every row: 11 cells and 34 positions including mesh chains;the three height chains count as one post.END after Row 13;fasten off and weave ends. Barred T = US dc / UK tr;oval = chain. Fill shows solid mesh,not a second yarn.Working yarn #F4F0E8;background mesh is open space.Working order · USSTART Row 1 ← · 34 positions (includingchains)Row 2 → · 34 positions (including chains)Row 3 ← · 34 positions (including chains)Row 4 → · 34 positions (including chains)Row 5 ← · 34 positions (including chains)Row 6 → · 34 positions (including chains)Row 7 ← · 34 positions (including chains)Row 8 → · 34 positions (including chains)Row 9 ← · 34 positions (including chains)Row 10 → · 34 positions (including chains)Row 11 ← · 34 positions (including chains)Row 12 → · 34 positions (including chains)END Row 13 ← · 34 positions (includingchains)Blue marker = first group; dashed = last group.Read chain / join / repeat details in linked steps.
  1. Ch 34 foundation chains, then ch 3 (counts as first boundary dc). Work the listed cells into the next unused foundation chains, starting at the fifth chain from hook before any mesh chains are added. ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  2. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  3. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  4. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  5. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  6. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  7. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  8. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  9. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  10. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  11. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  12. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; 3 dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.
  13. Ch 3, turn (counts as first dc). ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc; ch 2, skip 2, dc. 11 cells; 34 stitch positions including chains. Count 34.

Verify the leaf's distinguishing features

The first worked row is an empty margin. Above it, two narrow stem positions lead into the broader blade. The upper tip is a single central filled cell, followed by another empty margin. Two blade rows contain an open center cell surrounded by three solid cells on each side. Those openings are intentional vein marks; filling them changes the design and raises the solid-cell budget.

The graph contains 143 cells, of which 45 are solid. Every worked row has thirty-four positions. The starting chain record is thirty-seven chains including the initial counted boundary. Across thirteen rows there are 246 counted post positions and 196 mesh chains; thirteen of the post positions use counted boundary chains, so 233 posts are worked double crochets. Their combined position budget is 442. Both the side-to-side symmetry and the stem location can be checked without relying on the preview's colors.

Repair orientation and tension errors

If the stem points upward, you entered the picture list as working order. Reverse the row list and regenerate. If the leaf appears unusually wide, compare your mesh width with row height before removing cells; the stitch budget can be correct while the gauge changes the silhouette. If the vein gaps disappear after finishing, check whether a solid-cell instruction was used in those specific center positions or whether tight chains closed the openings.

Use, save and FAQ

Mount this trial in a design notebook or compare it with other botanical density maps before planning a larger curtain or cushion insert. It does not include hanging hardware or an added outer border. Export the JSON and SVG together, and consult Understanding Crochet Gauge. Can the stem be cut free? No; it is connected mesh imagery. Are the blue cells separate yarn? No. Has the leaf been crocheted for verification? No; this is an original algorithm-checked study.

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