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Butterfly crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 88 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineAnimals

Difficulty
2/3
Time
~3 h
Size
13 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

A free crochet butterfly pattern for a chubby amigurumi butterfly with a big round head, a lilac body and four padded wings. The wings fade from lemon to peach to pink and carry little white embroidered dots, and this butterfly plushie has ball-tipped antennae, shiny embroidered eyes and pink cheeks. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook and stands about 13 cm (5 in) tall; the wings are stuffed lightly and pressed flat, and the face is embroidered. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes, a sweet spring gift.

How to crochet the Butterfly

Intermediate · 13 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 14 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Upper wing ×2, Lower wing ×2, Antenna ×2, Antenna ball ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2 (88 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 8 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

What you'll need

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Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 68 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 17 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. Size before assembly: about 7.4 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 24 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 4.7 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 17 rounds.
  2. Change to peach (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  3. Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
  4. → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  5. Press the piece flat to about 1.4 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 70 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 15 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 12 rounds.
  2. Change to peach (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  3. Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
  4. → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  5. Press the piece flat to about 10 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 70 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 9 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 0.5 cm at the widest, 2.7 cm long; 8 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 40° around round 4<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 4, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 0.89 left -->). It is a slight bend: tilt the piece as you sew it on; optionally tack the inner side with 1–2 stitches drawing rounds 4 and 5 together. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 4 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

  • Embroidered eyes (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in black thread, a oval about 10 mm wide and 12 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 13 and 14, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
  • Eye glint (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in white thread over the embroidered eye, a oval about 3 mm wide and 3 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 13 and 14, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left , then moved 1.6 mm to the right and 2.2 mm up (looking at the toy's face).
  • Embroidery in cocoa thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, on the centre front line) → (in round 17, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
  • Satin stitch (on the upper wing) (2: one on each upper wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 6 mm wide and 6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 6, on the centre front line.
  • Satin stitch (on the upper wing) (2: one on each upper wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 10, 2 st from the centre front line, downward .
  • Satin stitch (on the upper wing) (2: one on each upper wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 10, 2 st from the centre front line, upward .
  • Satin stitch (on the upper wing) (2: one on each upper wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 4.5 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 13 and 14, on the centre front line.
  • Satin stitch (on the lower wing) (2: one on each lower wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 4 and 5, on the centre front line.
  • Satin stitch (on the lower wing) (2: one on each lower wing; the left one is described, the right is its mirror): in white thread, a oval about 4 mm wide and 4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, on the centre front line.

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done