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Crochet patterns, Free patterns, Spring and Summer

Large Crochet Butterfly

by saraphir
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Spring has arrived (with a few days in between that don’t quite know what they are doing!) and it won’t be long till the plant world starts to spring properly into life. With it will come birds and bees – and butterflies. I love decorating my home according to the seasons and summer definitely calls for butterflies, so here is a pattern for a Large Crochet Butterfly I made last year. It works well as a garland or together with smaller butterflies on a string.

Large crochet butterfly

The pattern is written out below in UK terms – you can find a guide to abbreviations here. You are welcome to sell what you make with this pattern, but please credit me as the designer or, if you sell online, post a link to my pattern. You may not sell or redistribute this pattern in any way or pass it off as your own work.

Large Butterfly – UK terms

Foundation chain: ch 15

Round 1: skip 1 ch, 1 dc in next 2 ch, 1 htr in next 10 ch, 1 dc in 1 ch, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in end ch, 1 htr in 10 ch, 1 dc in 2 ch, ch 1, ss in first dc.

Round 2: ss in 1 st, ch 15, skip next 2 sts, ss in next 4 st, ch 18, skip next 4 st, ss in next 2 sts and ch sp, ch 5, ss in next 3 st, ch 18, skip next 4 sts, ss in next 4 sts, ch 15, skip next 2 sts, ss in next st, ch 3, ss in 1st ss.

Round 3: In ch15 sp: (1 dc, ch 2, 1 tr, (ch 4, 1 dtr) x 3, ch 3, 1 tr, ch 1, 4 dc), skip next ss, ss in next 2 ss, skip next ss, in ch18sp: (4 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr, ch 3, 1 dtr, (ch 4, 1 trtr) x 2, ch 4, 1 dtr, ch 3, 1 tr, ch 2, 1 dc), Head: skip next ss, ss in next 2 sts, 6 dc in ch5sp, ss in next 2 sts, skip next ss, in ch18sp: (1 dc, ch 2, 1 tr, ch 3, 1 dtr, ch 4, (1 trtr, ch 4) x 2, 1 dtr, ch 3, 1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr, ch 1, 4 dc), skip next ss, ss in next 2 sts, skip next ss, in ch15sp: (4 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 3, (1 dtr, ch 4) x 3, 1 tr, ch 2, 1 dc), tail: ss in next ss, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch3sp, ss in next ss.

Round 4: Lower wing: 1 dc in next st, 3 tr in ch2sp, (2 tr, 4 dtr) in ch4sp, ch 2, (3 trtr, ch 2, 3 trtr) in ch4sp, ch 2, (3 dtr, ch 2, 3 dtr) in ch4sp, ch 2, (2 tr, 1 htr, 1 dc) in ch3sp, ss in next chsp, skip (4 dc, 2 ss, 4 dc), upper wing: ss in chsp, (3 dc, 1 htr) in next ch2sp, (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in ch3sp, (1 tr, 2 dtr, ch 2, 3 dtr) in ch4sp, (1 dtr, 2 trtr, ch 2, 3 trtr) in ch4sp, (3 trtr, ch 2, 3 dtr) in ch4sp, (2 tr, ch 1, 2 tr) in ch3sp, ch 1, 1 dc in ch2sp, 1 dc in next dc, head: skip next ss, ss in next ss, 1 dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next 2 dc, 1 ss in next ss, skip next ss, Upper wing: 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next ch2sp, ch 1, (2 tr, ch 1, 2 tr) in ch3sp, (3 dtr, ch 2, 3 trtr) in ch4sp, (3 trtr, ch 2, 2 trtr, 1 dtr) in ch4sp, (3 dtr, ch 2, 2 dtr, 1 tr) in ch4sp, (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in ch3sp, ( 1htr, 3 dc) in ch2sp, 1 ss in  next chsp, skip: (next 4 dc, 2 ss, 4 dc), Lower wing: 1 ss in next chsp, (1 dc, 1 htr, 2 tr) in ch3sp, ch 2, (3 dtr, ch 2, 3 dtr) in ch4sp, ch 2, (3 trtr, ch 2, 3 trtr) in ch4sp, ch 2, (4 dtr, 2 tr) in ch4sp, 3 tr in ch2sp, dc in next dc, Tail: ss in next ss, 1 dc in next 2 dc, (1 dc, ch 3, ss in 3rd ch from hook, 1 dc) in ch2sp, 1 dc in next 2 dc, ss in next ss. Fasten off and sew in ends.

Have fun crocheting – comments welcome and please show your results!

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  • Free pattern for butterfly garland | saraphir
    April 8, 2016

    […] I designed two (the pattern for the larger one is available here) and kept the smaller one going, but have abandoned the larger one – certainly for sales […]

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