Material:
2 mm crochet Hook
Purple, light blue, white, pink, yellow, brown and green yarn
Black yarn for sewing mouth
Needle for sewing
Stuff
Black felt
Glue
Scissor
Abbreviations:
sc: single crochet
ch: chain
st: stitch
inc : increase
dec: decrease
sl st : slip stitch
F/O: Fasten off
R: round
BLO: back loop only
Note: Work in continuous round
Head:
Use purple yarn
ch 6
R1: starting from 2nd chain from hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in last st, continue your work st around the other side of chain, 3 sc, 2 sc in last st. (12)
R2: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
R3: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
R4: 3 sc, inc, rep 6x (30)
R5: 4 sc, inc, rep 6x (36)
R6-7: sc around
R8: 5 sc, inc, rep 6x (42)
R9: sc around
R10: 6 sc, inc, rep 6x (48)
R11: sc around
R12: 7 sc, inc, rep 6x (54)
R13-15: sc around
R16: 7 sc, dec, rep 6x (48)
R17: 6 sc, dec, rep 6x (42)
R18: 5 sc, dec, rep 6x (36)
R19: 4 sc, dec, rep 6x (30)
R20: 3 sc, dec, rep 6x (24)
Stuff
R21: 2 sc, dec, rep 6x (18)
F/O
Body:
Use purple yarn
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
R3: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
R4: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
R5: 3 sc, inc, rep 6x (30)
R6-18: sc around
R19: 3 sc, dec, rep 6x (24)
R20: 10 sc, dec, rep 2x (22)
R21: 9 sc, dec, rep 2x (20)
Stuff
R22: 8 sc, dec, rep 2x (18)
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Hands (make 2):
Use purple yarn
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 5 sc
R2: inc, rep 5x (10)
R3: sc, inc, rep 5x (15)
R4-5: sc around
R6: sc, dec, rep 5x (10)
stuff
R7: 3 sc, dec, rep 2x (8)
R8-16: sc around
Stuff
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Legs (make 2):
Use purple yarn
ch 6
R1: starting from 2nd chain from hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in last st, continue your work st around the other side of chain, 4 sc, 2 sc in last st. (12)
R2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
R3: sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, sc, inc, sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, sc, inc (24)
R4: BLO, sc around
R5: sc around
R6: 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18)
R7: 3 sc, 6 dec, 3 sc (12)
Stuff
R8: 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
R9-16: sc around
Stuff
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Eyes (make 2):
Use white yarn
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 5 sc
R2: inc, rep 5x (10)
R3: sc, inc, rep 5x (15)
R4: sc around
Stuff
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Antenna (make 2):
Use purple yarn:
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 5 sc
R2: inc, rep 5x (10)
R3-4: sc around
stuff
R5: dec, rep 5x (5)
R6-10: sc around
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Blushes (make 2):
Use pink yarn
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Wings (make 2):
Use light blue yarn
Fore wing:
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
R3: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
R4: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
R5: 3 sc, inc, rep 6x (30)
R6-14: sc around
R15: 13 sc, dec, rep 2x (28)
R16: 12 sc, dec, rep 2x (26)
R17: 11 sc, dec, rep 2x (24)
F/O
Hind wing:
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
R3: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
R4: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
R5: 3 sc, inc, rep 6x (30)
R6: 4 sc, inc, rep 6x (36)
R7-12: sc around
R13: 4 sc, dec, rep 6x (30)
R14: 13 sc, dec, rep 2x (28)
R15: 12 sc, dec, rep 2x (26)
R16: 11 sc, dec, rep 2x (24)
In this part, both sides of wing will be crocheted together
R17: sc in all fore wing st (24), sc in all hind wing st (24) (48 st in total)
R18: sc around (48)
R19: 6 sc, dec, rep 6x (42)
R20: 5 sc, dec, rep 6x (36)
R21: sc around
R22: 4 sc, dec, rep 6x (30)
R23: sc around
R24 : 3 sc, dec, rep 6x (24)
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Wings Spots:
Spots for fore-wing (make 4):
Use yellow yarn:
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
R3: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
CC to brown
R4: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
F/O leave long tail
Spots for hindwing (make 4):
Use pink yan
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
R3: sc, inc, rep 6x (18)
R4: 2 sc, inc, rep 6x (24)
CC to white
R5: 3 sc, inc, rep 6x (30)
F/O leave long tail fo sewing
Small spots (make 4):
2 spots in white and 2 spots in green
R1: ch 2, starting from second chain from hook 6 sc
R2: inc, rep 6x (12)
F/O leave long tail for sewing
Bow (optional):
Use dark brown
ch 5
R1: sc in second chain from hook, 3 sc in next st (4)
R2: ch1, turn, dec, 2 sc (3)
R3: ch1, turn, dec, sc (2)
R4: ch1, turn, dec (1)
R5: ch1, turn,inc (2)
R6: ch1, turn, sc, inc (3)
R7: ch1, turn, 2 sc, inc (4)
F/O leave long tail, then put the yarn to R4, wrap the yarn several times, fasten off (don’t cut the yarn)
Finishing:
See the picture above for the position of each parts…
Sew body to head
Sew hands to body
Sew legs to bottom side of body
Cut black felt in small round shape then glue it on the eyes.
Sew the eyes to the head
Use black yarn, sew the mouth on the head
Sew or glue blushes near the mouth
Sew the antenna on the head
Sew or glue the wings spots on the front and back side of wings
Sew the wing on the back side of the body
Sew the bow to the body
Now you have finished your butterfly…