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Vampire Bat in a Cape crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 53 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

Free crochet bat pattern: a Vampire Bat in a Cape amigurumi, about 13 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A round black bat with tall pink-lined ears, tiny white fangs, pink cheeks and spiky wings wears a scalloped red cape with a dark red standing collar. You need about 95 m of yarn: 50 m black, 20 m red, 10 m dark grey, 5 m dark red, 5 m dark pink and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 3 hours. It is a cute Halloween decoration and a fun gift for anyone who loves bats or vampire stories. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Vampire Bat in a Cape

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

  1. Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Body, Ear ×2, Wing ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2, Cape, Standing collar ×2 (79 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 7 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

Tick things off as you gather them.

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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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  26. Size before assembly: about 8.4 cm at the widest, 8.1 cm long; 30 rounds.
  27. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  28. 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.

  17. Size before assembly: about 4.4 cm at the widest, 5.9 cm long; 17 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  18. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 4.2 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 44 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.<!-- (spoon 45 %) -->

  10. Flat motif — half circle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 4.4 × 8.5 cm; 9 rows.
  11. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  6. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  7. 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.

  2. A flat circle about 0.9 cm across; 1 rounds.
  3. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  8. Size before assembly: about 10.6 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 8 rounds.
  9. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  10. Flat motif — triangle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 3.2 × 6.4 cm; 9 rows.
  11. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 14 mm (on the body): between rounds 19 and 20, 8 st apart (count along round 19: about 4.2 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the body), straight stitches through: (between rounds 16 and 17, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, on the centre front line ) → (in round 16, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
  • Satin stitch (on the body): in white thread, a triangle about 3.8 mm wide and 4.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 180° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred in round 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right .
  • Satin stitch (on the body): in white thread, a triangle about 3.8 mm wide and 4.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 180° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred in round 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .

Body · R1–R5

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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