25 Amazingly Beautiful Crochet Butterfly Stitch Ideas
Hi everyone, today I have 25 Amazingly Beautiful Crochet Butterfly Stitch Ideas that you will love!
If you’re looking for crochet stitches that look like butterflies, then this list is definitely for you.
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These crochet butterfly stitches are a great idea if you’re trying to make a feminine piece of fabric or make this for someone who simply loves butterflies! I think these would also be perfect for a baby blanket for girls. Other ideas for these stitches include scarves, dresses, curtains, or table runners!
I personally found and crocheted all of the patterns on this list, so I hope you enjoy!
You are welcome to use any yarn and corresponding hook.
I’m using Hobbii’s line of 8/8 gradient pink and Hobbii’s 8/8 gradient blue yarn pack for these lovely butterfly stitches! I also threw in a few patterns using crochet thread from Hobby Lobby’s Artiste line of crochet thread.
In this list you’ll find a variety of written instructions, video tutorials, and diagrams to crochet your butterflies, plus they’re all FREE!
Alright, let’s let’s explore these pretty butterfly stitches below!
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#1 The Last Butterfly Scarf
The Last Butterfly Scarf is a pattern by the blog, Crochet Between Worlds. It is a pattern that was inspired by a triangular shawl, but she wanted to turn it into a rectangular shape. These butterflies have 3 sections to their wings. These are created by treble crocheting over the previous row’s chains. It is a very pretty stitch and can be alternated if desired. There’s even a nifty chart to look at of the stitch.
#2 Lace Crochet Butterfly Stitch
The Lace Crochet Butterfly Stitch is a crochet diagram that displays beautiful, lacy butterflies. These butterflies are created by a border of 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc shells with chains in between. The body of the Butterfly is made by a crochet cluster over the previous rows chains.
#3 Crochet Butterfly Stitch
This crochet butterfly stitch, creates textured butterflies throughout the fabric. I think it’s best to use 3 different colors minimum so that you can see the background, the butterfly wings and the body. It is slightly tricky to crochet the body, but there is a video tutorial showing you how it is done. It is overall, a very cute and unique crochet stitch.
#4 Crochet Butterfly Stitch Tutorial by Doodies Crochet
Click to learn Crochet Butterfly Stitch Tutorial by Doodies Crochet here.
This is a great butterfly stitch pattern by Doodies Crochet. This is a lacy stitch. The Butterfly has two segments for the wings on each side and cute little antennas at the top. She does a wonderful job showing how this pattern is worked up and even has written instructions in the video if you get lost.
#5 Crochet Puff Stitch Butterfly Blanket
Click to learn the Crochet Puff Stitch Butterfly Blanket here.
The repeat for this pattern is 26+17 chains. The wings of this Butterfly are made by making 5 yarn over puff stitches. The pattern alternates too and the creator does a great job explaining how to complete this one in her video.
#6 Lattice Butterflies Pattern
This is a written pattern on an openwork fabric with Butterfly wings. You need to chain multiples of 12 and then add 4. The double crochet clusters make up the wings for this butterfly crochet stitch.
#7 Butterfly Stitch Easy Crochet Pattern by Meladora’s Creations
Click to learn the Butterfly Stitch Easy Crochet Pattern by Meladora’s Creations here.
So this stitch is called a Butterfly stitch, because as you crochet throughout the pattern, you insert your hook on each side of a “butterfly” wing. The repeat is easy, but I suggest watching her video tutorial to solidify it in your brain!
#8 Front Post Puff Butterfly Stitches
The Front Post Puff Butterfly Stitches is by Rich Textures Crochet. She has a lot of good and interesting crochet stitch patterns on her site and this is one of them! The wings of the butterflies are front post puff stitches, which creates a raised, and textured fabric.
#9 Stacked Crochet Butterfly Stitch
So this pattern for a Butterfly stitch is actually really neat! The butterfly wings are puff stitches, but instead of pulling through all your loops like normal, you’re going to yarn over and pull through two of the puff stitch loops (it’ll actually be three strands of yarn on your hook, but whatever!), and you’ll keep doing that until you reach the end of the puff stitch.
This creates a ribbed effect for the butterfly wings which is so unique and cool.
These butterflies stack on top of each other, but I’m sure there’s a pattern using this technique to have offset butterflies.
#10 Layered Butterfly Crocodile Stitch
This textured crochet butterfly stitch is a new take on the crocodile stitch. You’ll be crocheting around 2 legs of double crochet to make both sides of the wings. I found it was helpful to turn my work clockwise as I was crocheting around the legs. Also pay attention to the second row…I thought I was just doing groups of 3 dc, but it alternates between 3d and 2 dc.
#11 Simple Crochet Butterfly Stitch
This is a very simple crochet butterfly stitch pattern! The instructions in this post are made so that you can work this butterfly stitch however you like. So you can make the chains longer, or shorter and place however many stitches in between that you’d like.
My butterfly stitch is created with a ch 6 and with 4 dc separating the butterflies.
#12 Blouse with Butterfly Stitch
The Blouse with Butterfly Stitch is one of the craziest looking crochet stitches I’ve ever tried lol. You’ll be making chains and then slip stitching it a few rows below, turning back up the chain and then making one butterfly wing.
The link takes you to the authors website, but it’s in Spanish, so you might have to use Google translate to help. I also viewed the video tutorial, and although she’s speaking in Spanish, she goes slow enough that I was able to follow.
#13 Sirin’s Crochet Butterfly Stitch
Sirin always has really good crochet patterns! For this crochet butterfly stitch, you’ll start with making multiples of 10+5 chains. The wings of the butterflies are triple treble crochets! They aren’t that difficult to do, but you have to yarn over 4 times and then insert your hook into the stitch you need to. The wings are also attached not in the designated stitch but on the right side of the stitch and then the left.
This is probably one of prettiest textured stitches I’ve ever made and I’d love to see this worked up as a winter hat!
#14 Amazing Butterfly Crochet Blanket Pattern
Click to learn the Amazing Butterfly Crochet Blanket Pattern here.
This is a beautiful butterfly stitch used to create a soft, and squishy blanket. Of course you can make whatever you want with this stitch! In the video, she is generally speaking in UK terms, but she’ll state what the US terms are, so just be sure to pay attention.
You’ll be crocheting front post treble crochet clusters and this creates the wings of the butterfly.
#15 Crochet Butterfly Wings Afghan Pattern
Click to learn the Crochet Butterfly Wings Afghan Pattern here.
The Crochet Butterfly Wings Afghan Pattern, is a pretty and feminine crochet stitch. The wings of the butterfly are made with a right shell and a left shell, both consisting of a sc, ch 3, and 2 dc. This pattern is stacked, so you only need to pay attention to two different rows as you work it up.
#16 Crochet Butterflies in Cocoon
These butterflies are surrounded in little blocks. The pattern alternates, so you’ll need to pay attention to what she does on the sides. Again, this is another Spanish pattern, but you can turn on the subtitles and auto translate in the settings. I found that to be super helpful. Also pay attention to how she makes the butterfly wings, they look like clusters, but they’re not made like how you normally would.
#17 Crochet Butterfly Stitch Diagram
This pattern is actually a diagram of a butterfly stitch variant. You will be making treble crochet clusters to make the top wings. In this pattern, the butterfly’s top wings are slightly longer than the bottom. These butterflies also stack, so only two rows repeat!
#18 Crochet Butterfly Stitch by Miles Crochet Creation
Click to learn the Crochet Butterfly Stitch by Miles Crochet Creation here.
This is another take on a lacy butterfly pattern. The chain 4s make up the wings of these butterflies, plus they are stacked, so the repeat is simple.
#19 3D Crochet Butterflies
The 3D Crochet Butterflies is very similar to #10 on our list, but instead of the butterflies being stacked closely and alternating, they are on top of each other and spaced out a little more. The repeat is just two rows, again, it’s easy to memorize. You’ll be making a 6 yarn over puff stitch for the butterfly wings and then yarning over and pulling through 2 loops each time.
#20 Butterfly Lace Stitch by Fiber Spider
Click to learn the Butterfly Lace Stitch by Fiber Spider here.
The Butterfly Lace Stitch by Fiber Spider works up quickly, and is a very openwork fabric. The butterflies are separated by shells. The pattern is stacked on top of each other as well, so it’s an easy repeat.
#21 Flutter-By Curtain Ties
The Flutter-By Curtain Ties is a butterfly stitch that is best used as a cord, but I could see this being used as a border or as a decorative banner. You make the butterflies one by one, then you can stop when you reach your desired length.
#22 Crochet Butterfly Border
This pattern takes you to a diagram for a very cute, crochet butterfly border. I’m sorry, this diagram isn’t the best quality, but I think you can still get the idea. Start by chaining 37, turn and dc into the 5th chain. You can follow along pretty well, when you get to the side with the butterfly wings, just slip stitch until you reach the chain 2.
#23 Buttersquares Crochet Pattern
The Buttersquares Crochet Pattern shows off cute butterflies and mesh squares. I believe in the video, she has you make 7 chains and then make a mesh stitch on top, but I had a hard time with it, so I just did a chain 8 and everything fit just fine. Despite that, it is a very interesting take on a crochet butterfly stitch!
#24 Butterfly Squares Afghan
Here’s a pattern I’ve been looking for all over! The Butterfly Squares Afghan is similar to previous Butterfly Stitches in this list (single crocheting over a number of previous chains), however the butterfly sticks out and creates a bit of texture in the fabric. Pay close attention to how she does the sides.
#25 Butterfly Garden Square
This is a fun, 11 round square with little, lacy butterflies throughout. It is similar to some of the other butterfly stitches in this list, but you work in the round instead of back and forth. Although this is only 11 rounds, it is possible to modify this pattern and continue the butterfly pattern to make a larger square. Or make a few of these squares and sew them into a pretty blanket!
Alright, that’s all for our list 25 Amazingly Beautiful Butterfly Crochet Stitch Ideas. I hope you found a pattern that will help you get inspired for your own crochet project!
Until next time!
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