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Crochet Butterfly Applique

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Crochet butterfly applique in yellow and brown color with heart-shaped wings.

Crochet Butterfly applique is a very popular motif that can be used in so many different ways. I love to crochet butterflies and this applique is my third Butterfly design.

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 The wings of this Butterfly are made from crochet hearts and this applique is part of my heart-shaped designs. If you like Butterflies, check out this Butterfly Crochet Pattern Collection.

You may also like my two other Butterfly patterns: 

Crochet Heart Butterfly, which is one of my most popular motifs.

Crochet butterfly applique made from hearts, small hearts and beads around it.

and Mini Heart Butterfly.

Crochet small butterflies in rainbow colors.

Butterfly Applique  –  Crochet Pattern

The pattern for this crochet Butterfly applique is also available as a print-friendly, styled and advertisement-free PDF file. You can get it from my Etsy Shop.

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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

HDC – half double crochet

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

Three crochet butterfly appliques.

Finished Size:

Crochet Butterfly is about 3” (7.5 cm) long.

Materials:

Patons Grace cotton yarn (100% mercerized cotton; 136 yds/124 m per 1.7 oz/50 g skein)

Crochet hook 1/2.75 mm

Beads, buttons

Embroidery floss – red and black

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Instructions:

This crochet Butterfly applique consists of three parts: a small heart and a large heart for the wing, and head with the body.

Parts of crochet butterfly applique.

Small Heart

Ch 10,

Rnd 1.Working under 2 loops: 3 TR in 5th Ch, DC in each of next 2 Chs, HDC in next, SC in next, 5 SC in last.

Continue working on opposite side of Chain: SC in next, HDC in next, DC in each of next 2 Chs, 3 TR in last, Ch 4, Sl St in last. 

Fasten off.

Large Heart

Rnd 1. The same as Rnd 1 for Small Heart.

Rnd 2. Ch 4, 2 HDC in top of first St of previous Rnd, 2 HDC in each of next 2 Sts, SC in each of next 6 Sts, 3 SC in next St, SC in each of next 6 Sts, 2 HDC in each of next 3 Sts, Ch 4, Sl St in same St where you started Ch 4 at the beginning of this Rnd.

Fasten off.

Head and Body

Head:

Make an adjustable ring, Ch 3, 2 DC in ring,

First Antenna – *Ch 7, working in the 2nd and 3rd Ch from the hook – SC2tog, Sl St into each of next 4 Ch*;

DC in ring,

Second Antenna – repeat from * to *,

8 DC in ring, draw the loop closed. To make it easier to do, first untwist the tail. Then pull the tail to draw the loop tightly closed.

Join with Sl St into top of the Ch-3 at beginning of the Rnd.

Continue working on Body:

Ch 15,

Row 1. SC in 2nd Ch from the hook and in next Ch, HDC in each of next 2 Chs, DC in each of next 6 Chs, HDC in each of next 2 Chs, SC in each of next 2 Chs, Sl St in next St of the Head, turn.

Row 2. Skip first St, SC in each of next 11 Sts, Sl St in each of next 2 Sts.

Fasten off.

Finishing:

Sew together hearts and body, embellish wings with buttons or beads, then embroider eye and smile.

Crochet butterfly applique in pink and red color with heart-shaped wings.

I hope you enjoyed this crochet Butterfly applique!

Happy Crocheting!

 

See more:

Butterfly and Mushrooms. Pattern for the Mushrooms is HERE.

Crochet butterfly and mushrooms applique.

Butterfly and Heart Flowers. Pattern for the Heart Flowers is HERE.

Crochet butterfly and flowers applique.

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