DIFFICULTY RATING
COMPETENT

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Yarn: Red Heart Soft Touch (discontinued, can be replaced with Red Heart Soft & Red Heart Unforgettable.

Hook: US H8/5.00mm

Size: The blog contains a sample size of the crochet butterfly flower garden afghan, full pattern, sizing and math can be purchased on Ravelry.

Special Stitches:

• v-st – (dc, ch1, dc) in same st.
• shell – 3 dc in same st.
• cl-st – yo, insert hook into st, yo, draw up a loop, yo, draw through 2 loops on hook, (yo, insert hook into same st, yo, draw up a loop, yo, draw through
  2 loops on hook) 2 times, yo, draw through all 4 loops on hook.
• hdc3tog – (yo, insert hook into next st, yo, draw up a loop) 3 times, with 7 loops on hook, yo and draw through all 7 loops on hook.
• dc3tog – (yo, insert hook into next st, yo, draw up a loop, yo draw through 2 loops on hook) 3 times, with 4 loops on hook, yo and draw through all 4
  loops on hook.

Gauge: 3 dc x 2 rows = 1 inch

Notes:

**The Crochet Butterfly Flower Garden Afghan Pattern below is a for a sample size of my Butterfly Flower Garden Afghan pattern, it is free to view on my blog. A clean copy of the pattern with multiple sizing and math can be purchased in my Ravelry Shop.**

Starting with MC ch 81, hdc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. (80 hdc)

Row 2: ch 1, turn work, hdc in beg hdc, *2 hdc in next hdc, hdc in next 17 hdc, hdc3tog, hdc in next 17 hdc, 2 hdc in next hdc, rep from * across until 1 hdc remains, hdc in last hdc. (80 hdc)

Row 3 – 6: rep row 2 four times, fasten off MC.

Flowers..

Row 7: looking at right side of work, insert hook into 1st hdc on the right (on the left for lefties), draw up AC1, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), sk 1 hdc, v-st in next hdc, *sk 2 hdc, v-st in next hdc, rep from * across until 2 hdc remain, sk 1 hdc, dc in last hdc, fasten off AC1. (14 v-sts, 2 dc)

Row 8: looking at right side of work, insert hook into 1st dc on the right (on the left for lefties), draw up AC2, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), shell in each v-st across, dc in last dc, fasten off AC2. (14 shells, 2 dc)

Row 9: looking at right side of work, insert hook into 1st dc on the right (on the left for lefties), draw up MC, ch 1, sc in beg dc, hdc in sp between dc and v-st from Row 7, *ch 1, sk shell, sc in sp between shells, hdc in sp between v-st from Row 7, rep from * across until there’s 1 shell remaining, ch 1, sk shell, hdc in space between v-st and last dc from Row 7, sc in last dc. (80 sts)

Row 10: rep row 2.

Dragonflies..

Row 11: turn work, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), *2 dc in next hdc, dc in next 6 hdc, ch 1, sk 1 hdc, dc in next 10 hdc, dc3tog, dc in next 10 hdc, ch 1, sk 1 hdc, dc in next 6 hdc, 2 dc in next hdc, rep from * across until 1 st remains, dc in last hdc. (80 sts)

Row 12: turn work, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), *2 dc in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, dc in next 7 dc, dc3tog, dc in next 7 dc, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * across until 1 st remains, dc in last dc. (80 sts)

Row 13: turn work, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), *2 dc in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, ch 3, sk next dc, dc in ch1 sp from row 9, ch 3, sk next dc, dc in next 5 dc, dc3tog, dc in next 5 dc, ch 3, dc in ch1 sp from row 9, ch 3, sk next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * across until 1 st remains, dc in last dc. (80 sts)

Row 14: ch 1, turn work, hdc in beg hdc, *2 hdc in next dc, hdc in next 6 dc, 3 hdc in ch3 sp, hdc in dc, 3 hdc in ch3 sp, hdc in next 4 dc, hdc3tog, hdc in next 4 dc, 3 hdc in ch3 sp, hdc in dc, 3 hdc in ch3 sp, hdc in next 6 dc, 2 hdc in next dc, rep from * across until 1 sts remains, hdc in last dc.

Row 15: rep row 2, fasten off MC.

Butterflies..

Row 16: looking at right side of work, insert hook into hdc on the right drawing up AC3, ch 4 (counts as beg dc & ch 1), *sk next hdc, (cl-st in next hdc, ch 3, sk next hdc, cl-st in next hdc, ch 5, sk next 3 hdc) 2 times, cl-st in next hdc, ch 3, sk next hdc, cl-st in next hdc, ch7, sk next 7 hdc, (cl-st in next hdc, ch 3, sk next hdc, cl-st in next hdc, ch 5, sk next 3 hdc) 2 times, cl-st in next hdc, ch 3, sk next hdc, cl-st in next hdc, ch 4, sk next hdc, rep from * until 2 stitches remain making sure not to work the ch4 on last rep, ch 1, dc in last hdc, fasten off AC3. (24 cl-sts, 12 ch3 sps, 8 ch 5 sps, 3 ch7 sps, 2 ch1 sps, 2 dc)

Row 17: (for this row, hdc sts are worked in skipped hdc from row 15 making sure to work over ch’s from row 16) looking at right side of work, insert hook into dc on right side, draw up MC, ch 1, sc in same dc, *2 hdc in next hdc, (ch 5, hdc in next 3 hdc) 2 times, ch 5, hdc in next 2 hdc, hdc3tog, hdc in next 2 hdc, (ch 5, hdc in next 3 hdc) 2 times, ch 5, 2 hdc in next hdc, rep from * across until 1 dc remains, sc in last dc, fasten off MC. (12 ch5 sps, 42 hdc, 2 sc)

Row 18: looking at right side of work, insert hook into beg sc on right side drawing up AC3, ch 5 (counts as beg dc & ch2), *[shell in next ch3 sp from row 16 (make sure not to work over ch5’s from row 17 for this row), ch 2, shell in same ch3 sp, ch 2] 2 times, shell in next ch3 sp, ch 2, shell in same ch3 sp, ch 5, rep from * across until 4 hdc remain making sure not to work the ch5 on last rep, ch 2, dc in last sc, fasten off AC3. (74 dc, 10 ch2 sps, 3 ch5 sps)

Row 19: looking at the right side of work, insert hook into beg dc on right side, draw up MC, ch 1, sc in same dc, *2 hdc in next sk hdc from row 17 (for this row when working hdc in row 17 make sure to work over ch’s from row 18), hdc in next sk hdc from row 17, (ch 1, sc in ch2 sp between shells, ch 1, hdc in next 3 sk hdc from row 17) 2 times, ch 1, sc in ch2 sp between shells, ch 1, hdc in next sk hdc from row 17, hdc3tog in the next 3 sk hdc from row 17, hdc in next sk hdc from row 17, (ch 1, sc in ch2 sp between shells, ch 1, hdc in next 3 sk hdc from row 17) 2 times, ch 1, sc in ch2 sp between shells, ch 1, hdc in next sk hdc from row 17, 2 hdc in next sk hdc from row 17, rep from * across until 1 dc remains, sc in last dc. (80 sts)

Row 20: rep row 2.

Row 21 – 24: consecutively rep row 11 through 14.

Row 25: rep row 2, fasten off MC.

Row 26 +: consecutively rep rows 7 through 25. (when finished work a row of single crochet along edges to hide tails)

Butterflies..

Cut strips 12” long. With F5/3.75mm hook, insert into st between cl-st from the front, ch 4, push beg tail to back of work, insert hook into sp between 3dc’s, work a sl st using the beg tail, fasten off, tie ends in 2 knots. Check out how to make butterfly bodies on YouTube.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTyNrIne-K0