This crochet Bat applique is my next pattern for the Halloween series, which already includes a crochet Spider Web applique, heart-shaped Spider, Spooky Spider garland, and more!
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This Bat applique would be perfect for your handmade Halloween costume, as a home decoration, or as embellishment for your clothing! I used this applique in this cool crochet Halloween bunting.
You can use different yarns and hook sizes to obtain different sizes for this crochet Bat applique. As an example, I made my Bat applique in two sizes – Small and Large.
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Crochet Bat Applique – Crochet Pattern, Video Tutorial
The pattern for this Bat applique is also available as a print-friendly, styled, and advertisement-free PDF file. You can get it from my Etsy Shop. Free pattern is below.
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Abbreviations:
(See a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers HERE)
Ch – chain
DC – double crochet
DC2tog – double crochet two stitches together
DC3tog – double crochet three stitches together
HDC – half double crochet
HDC2tog – half double crochet two stitches together
Rnd – round
SC- single crochet
Sl St – slip stitch
St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)
Finished Size:
Small Bat is about 3.5” (9 cm) wide.
Large Bat is about 6” (15 cm) wide.
Materials:
Small Bat:
Large Bat:
- Worsted #4 weight yarn, color – black
- US Size H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
- Sticky-back googly eyes – optional
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Instructions:
Copyright: This pattern is an original design by GoldenLucyCrafts. You may not copy, rewrite, redistribute or resell this pattern in any form, this includes making video tutorials. You may not translate this pattern to another language and publish the pattern or any parts of it.
To make this Bat applique, you will need to crochet the head, wings, and then sew them together.
Head
Make a magic ring,
Rnd 1. Ch 3, 11 DC in the ring, join with Sl St,
Rnd 2. *Ch 3, Sl St in 2nd Ch, SC in next Ch, Sl St in next St of the Head*, Sl St in next 2 Sts, repeat from * to * one more time.
Fasten off.
Wings
Ch 26,
Row 1. HDC in 2nd Ch from the hook and in next 2 Chs, HDC2tog, HDC in next Ch, HDC2tog, HDC in each of next 4 Chs, 3 HDC in next Ch,
HDC in each of next 4 Chs, HDC2tog, HDC in next Ch, HDC2tog, HDC in each of next 3 Chs. Total – 23 Sts. Turn.
Row 2. Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a St), SC in first St and in next 10 Sts, 2 SC in next St, SC in next 11 Sts. Total – 24 Sts. Turn.
Row 3. Ch 2 (doesn’t count as a St), skip first St, DC2tog, HDC in next St, SC in next 2 Sts, HDC in next St, DC2tog, HDC into same St where last DC of DC2tog was worked in, Sl St in next St,
SC in next St, HDC in next St, DC2tog into same St and next St, HDC into same St where last DC of DC2tog was worked in, SC in next St, Sl St in next St,
HDC in next St, DC2tog into same St and next St, HDC in next St, SC in next 2 Sts, HDC in next St, DC3tog. Total – 21 Sts. Turn.
Row 4. Ch 2, SC in 2nd Ch from the hook, SC in top of next 5 Sts, Ch 2, SC in 2nd Ch, SC into same St where last SC was made, SC in next 4 Sts,
DC2tog, Ch 3, SC into same St where last DC of DC2tog was made, SC in next 4 Sts, Ch 2, SC in 2nd Ch, SC into same St where last SC was made,
SC in each of next 5 Sts, Ch 2, SC in 2nd Ch, SC in same St where last SC was made, Sl St in next St.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Sew Head to the Wings. Block and shape your crochet Bats as necessary. Attach eyes.
Crochet Bat Applique Video Tutorial
I hope you enjoyed this crochet Bat applique pattern!
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The bat pattern is super cute! The only thing I wish is that there was stitch counts at the end of each round, i’m having a hard time with rows 3 and 4, and I have no idea where I went wrong.
I just added stitch counts for the Rows 1-3. Row 4 has many different Sts, so I haven’t add number of stitches as it will be very confusing. Hope this will help!
This bat is sooo cute! A great tutorial, really easy to follow and it worked up so quickly. Thanks so much!
I am glad that you liked my bat! Thank you!
I´m really looking forward to making your Halloween bat applique, but the online pattern has only one size: the one whose wings have a foundation chain of 26. Could you send me the other pattern size? Halloween is approaching fast.
To make bat applique in two sizes I used different yarn weights and hooks. The pattern is the same for both sizes. Please refer to the materials list to find which yarn and hooks I used.
I love this pattern so much and was wondering if you’d ever be open to writing it bigger? I’d love to see a baby blanket size!
I am glad to hear that you like this pattern. I like to design appliques and occasionally amigurumi, so I don’t think that I will design a large-size bat.
How do you hdcto together when your working on the ch26 ?
You work like usual HDC2tog but insert your hook into chains. Step 1: Yarn over the crochet hook.
Step 2: Insert the crochet hook into the chain.
Step 3: Yarn over the crochet hook again.
Step 4: Pull the yarn through the chain. You should now have three stitches on your hook.
Step 5. Yarn over.
Step 6: Insert the crochet hook into the next chain.
Step 7: Yarn over the crochet hook again.
Step 8: Pull the yarn through the chain. You should now have five stitches on your hook.
Step 9: Yarn over the crochet hook one last time.
Step 10: Pull the yarn through all five stitches on your crochet hook.
This pattern is so so so so cute! I struggled a bit with the wings, but I just needed to trust the process and follow the pattern bc the more I went along the more it started making sense visually. I set the heads a bit lower into the wings bc I wanted a more silhouette kind of style (with no googly eyes) and chained 20 between wings to make the garland and I can’t get over how CUTE it is! Thank you for the pattern!!!
Thank you so much for your feedback! I am happy to hear that you like my bat pattern!
I’m having issues with the wings, specifically row 3. I’m getting much more than 21 stitches. What does the “ DC2tog (over 2nd and 3rd Sts) mean? Do I need to start in stitch 4? Or do I dc2tog in both stitches 2 & 3? Thank you!!
It means that you skip very first stitch and then do DC2tog.