The butterfly blossom garden square uses the Flower Garden Hexagon I recently hooked up. I have been making butterflies in some of my pieces but they have all used pop stitches so this time I decided to try to work up some butterflies that lay flat with the work.

I was really please with how these butterflies turned out I worked up a second square which I will be publishing soon and a Butterfly Kiss Headband that I published not to long ago. These butterflies are worked in the round, if you have a circle worked in multiples of 6 you could add this to any piece with the correct number of stitches.

Butterfly Blossom Garden Square Pattern Notes..

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Yarn: #4 Red Heart Super Saver in 4 colours. (MC – White, AC1 – Green Tones, AC2 – Grape Fizz, AC3 – Butterfly)

Hook: US I9/5.50mm

Size: 9.5 inches

Special Stitches:

• v-st – dc, ch 1, dc in same st.
• scv-st – sc, ch 1, sc in same st.
• Shell – 5 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.
• Invisible join.. dearestdebi.com/crochet-invisible-join

Gauge: 3.5 dc x 2 rows = 1 inch

Notes:

• If you don’t know how to work a magic ring, work a ch3, then work 11 hdc in beg ch.
• Do not fasten off yarn unless otherwise specified.

Butterfly Blossom Garden Square Pattern..

Start with MC and a magic ring, ch 1, work 12 hdc in ring, tighten ring, join with sl st to beg hdc. (12 hdc)

**Remove hook and insert a stitch marker in loop so yarn can be picked up again in Rnd 3.**

Rnd 2: insert hook into dc left of MC loop (to the right for lefties), draw up AC1, ch 4 (counts as beg dc & ch 1), dc in same stitch (first v-st created), (ch 1, sk 1 dc, v-st in next dc) 5 times, ch 1, sk 1 dc, (before joining push MC to the front of your work so it can be worked with next rnd) join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch4, fasten off AC1. (6 v-sts, 6 ch1 sps, total of 24 sts)

Rnd 3: insert hook back into MC, ch 6, counts as beg hdc & ch 4, (hdc in next sk dc from rnd 1, ch 4) 5 times, join with sl st to beg hdc (the 2nd ch of beg ch6) making sure to work join in ch1 sp from rnd 2.

**Remove hook and insert a stitch marker in loop so yarn can be picked up again in Rnd 5. Make sure that you bring the working yarn to the front of your work before working the next round so that you can continue to work with it.**

Rnd 4: insert hook into a v-st ch1 sp from rnd 2 (work sts in ch1 sp and over the ch4 sp from rnd 3), draw up AC2, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), 4 dc in same ch1 sp, ch 2, (shell in next ch1 sp, ch 2) 5 times, join with a sl st to beg dc, fasten off AC2. (6 shells, 6 ch2 sps, total of 42 sts)

Rnd 5: insert hook back into MC, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), sc in next 5 dc from rnd 4, (2 dc in next hdc from rnd 3 making sure not to work over ch2 from rnd 4, sc in next 5 dc from rnd 4) 5 times, dc in same hdc as beg dc (make sure not to work over the ch2 from rnd 4), join with sl st to beg dc. (12 dc, 30 sc, total of 42 sts)

Rnd 6: ch 1, sc in each st around, join with sl st to beg sc. (42 sc)

Rnd 7: ch 1, sc in beg sc and next 5 sc, 2 sc in next sc, (sc in next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc) 5 times, join with sl st to beg sc. (48 sc)

**Remove hook and insert a stitch marker in loop so yarn can be picked up again in Rnd 9. Make sure that you bring the working yarn to the front of your work before working the next round so that you can continue to work with it.**

Rnd 8: insert hook into st to the left of your MC (to the right for lefties), draw up AC3, ch 1, cl-st in same sc, ch 2, sk 1 sc, cl-st in next sc, ch 5, sk next 3 sc, (cl-st in next sc, ch 2, sk 1 sc, cl-st in next sc, ch 5, sk next 3 sc) 7 times, join with a sl st to beg cl-st, fasten off AC3. (16 cl-sts, 8 ch2 sps, 8 ch5 sps, total of 72 sts)

Rnd 9: insert hook back into MC, ch 9 (counts as beg dc & ch6), sk cl-st & ch2 sp, dc in next 3 sk sc from rnd 7 (make sure to work stitches over the ch5 from rnd 8), (ch 6, sk cl-st & ch2 sp, dc in next 3 sk sc from rnd 7) 6 times, ch 6, dc in next 2 sk sc from rnd 7, join with sl st to beg dc making sure to insert hook into the ch5 sp from rnd 8. (24 dc, 8 ch6 sps, total of 72 sts)

**Remove hook and insert a stitch marker in loop so yarn can be picked up again in Rnd 11. Make sure that you bring the working yarn to the front of your work before working the next round so that you can continue to work with it.**

Rnd 10: insert hook into a ch2 sp from rnd 8 (make sure NOT to work in the ch 6 sps from rnd 9, push them out of the way), draw up AC3, ch 3 (counts as beg dc), 2 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2, (3 dc in next ch2 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2) 7 times, join with sl st to beg dc, fasten off AC3. (48 dc, 16 ch2 sps, total of 80 sts)

Rnd 11: insert hook back into MC, ch 4 (counts as beg hdc & ch2), sk next 3 dc, sc in ch2 sp, ch 2, sk next 3 dc, hdc in dc from rnd 9 (work all hdc for this round over the ch2 from rnd 10), 3 hdc in next dc from rnd 9, hdc in next dc from rnd 9, (ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in ch2 sp, ch 2, sk next 3 dc, hdc in dc from rnd 9, 3 hdc in next dc from rnd 9, hdc in next dc from rnd 9) 6 times, ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in ch2 sp, ch 2, sk next 3 dc, hdc in dc from rnd 9, 3 hdc in next dc from rnd 9, join with sl st to beg hdc making sure to insert hook into the ch2 sp from rnd 10. (16 ch 2 sps, 8 sc, 40 hdc, total of 80 sts)

Rnd 12: ch 1, sc in each st around, join with sl st to beg sc. (80 sc)

Rnd 13: ch 1, sc in same sc as join, sc in next sc, hdc in next 3 sc, dc in next 2 dc, sk 2 sc, 3 tr in next sc, ch 3, 3 tr in next sc, sk 2 sc, dc in next 2 sc, hdc in next 3 sc, (sc in next 4 sc, hdc in next 3 sc, dc in next 2 dc, sk 2 sc, 3 tr in next sc, ch 3, 3 tr in next sc, sk 2 sc, dc in next 2 sc, hdc in next 3 sc) 3 times, sc in last 2 sts, join with sl st to beg sc. (92 sts)

Rnd 14: ch 1, sc in same sc as join, sc in next 7 sts, hdc in next 2 tr, 2 hdc in ch3 sp, ch 1, 2 hdc in same ch3 sp, hdc in next 2 tr, (sc in next 16 sts, hdc in next 2 tr, 2 hdc in ch3 sp, ch 1, 2 hdc in same ch3 sp, hdc in next 2 tr) 3 times, sc in last 8 sts, invisible join to beg sc. (100 sts)

Butterfly Bodies..

Cut 8 strips of yarn approximately 10-12 inches long. Insert hook (US G6/4.00mm) into skipped sc from rnd 7 between the two cl-sts from the front, draw up a strand leaving a 5 inch tail, ch 3, push beg tail to back of work, insert hook into ch2 sp from rnd 10, sl st using the beg tail to work with, fasten off, gently snug the two strands and tie in 2 knots.
Butterfly bodies video tutorial available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTyNrIne-K0

Butterfly Blossom Garden Square Pattern PDF..

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