Butterfly Beanie

Hook: I
Material: Red Heart
Gauge: 2 rows = 1 inch

Abbreviations:

-          Ch – chain

-          Sc – single crochet

-          St – stitch

-          Dc – double crochet

-          YO – Yarn over

Special stitches:

-          Puff stitch  – *YO, place hook in stitch, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through first two loops on hook* repeat three times (so you’ll have three half completed double crochets on your hook), YO and pull through all loops on hook – It’s like doing 3 dc dec all in the same stitch!

Helpful Hints & Tips

-          When working the mirrored round, count your stitches because it is easy to think you are putting the stitch in the wrong place. You want 6 st (or however many are indicated for your size) between each butterfly, a wing, a sc and then a wing all directly across from one another.

-          Use the pictures at the bottom to help with the butterfly body. When I say go through the top loop you will go all the way through. You place your hook between the front and back loop, draw up a loop from behind the butterfly so it completely wraps around the sc between the wings. Then you will go under the entire st as if it isn’t even there and do a dc and then you’ll slip your hook between the front and back loop again like you did in the start. Hopefully the pictures help with this! This makes it where the body stays tightly together and won’t move around because it is locked through that stitch.

-          The 0-3 month might stretch to fit 6 months as well. I do not have a baby that young and couldn’t for sure test that. The second size fit my one year old son as well as my three year old daughter. It didn’t look loose on my son or tight on my daughter which was perfect!

-          In the larger size, there is an additional butterfly and some left over sc. Between all of the butterflies but TWO there will be 6 sc. In the last one there are a few extra. This is not a mistake, it is just the back of the hat.

-    This pattern does require that you work up from the bottom and decrease once you reach the top rather than working from the top and going down. The last decrease (12 decreases) is challenging but can be done! 

Size: 0-3 Months

Edging

With A

Round 1) Ch 37, sc in 2^nd ch from hook,* change to B, puff st in next st, , 1 sc in next st,  puff st in next st, change to A, sc in next 6 st* repeat until end, tie off – 4 butterflies, 24 sc

Mirrored round) Join with A on the opposite side of the chain. You will follow the same instructions as round 1, mirroring the first row on the opposite side EXCEPT you will start at the very last st of the previous round

With A – join on the same side as round 1, not the mirrored side

Round 1) Join, ch 1, sc in first st, *change to C, skip ½ cluster st, double crochet through front loop of mirrored round, double crochet over entire middle stitch (the stitch between the wings), dc over the front loop of middle stitch (again), skip wing stitch again, Change to A, sc in next 6 st*join to first sc with sl st – 36 st

Round 2) Ch 2, dc in every st around, join to first dc with sl st – 36 dc

Round 3 - 6) Repeat round 2

Round 7) Ch 2, *dc in first st, dc dec in next 2 st* until you reach the end, join to first dc with sl st – 24 dc

Round 8) Ch 2, *dc dec in next 2 st*12 times, join to first dc with sl st – 12 dc

Round 9) Ch 2, dc dec over next 12 st, join to same dc (it will be the only one) with sl st, tie off, cut and pull piece through to inside of hat, tie double knot to keep secure  – 1 dc

Tie and trim loose ends.

Size: Toddler (1 year to 3 years)

Round 1) Ch 49, sc in 2^nd ch from hook,* change to B,  puff st in next st, 1 sc in next st,  puff st in next st, change to A, sc in next 6 st* repeat until you reach the last butterfly, sc in last 8 st, tie off – 5 butterflies, 33 sc

Mirrored Round) Join with A on the opposite side of the chain. You will follow the same instructions as round 1, mirroring the first row on the opposite side EXCEPT you will start at the very last st of the previous round

With A – join on the same side as round 1, not the mirrored side

Round 1) Join, ch 1, sc in first st, *Change to C, skip ½ cluster st, double crochet through front loop of mirrored round, double crochet over entire middle stitch (the stitch between the wings), dc over the front loop of middle stitch (again), skip wing stitch again, Change to A, sc in next 6 st*join to first sc with sl st – 48 st

Round 2) Ch 2, dc in every st around, join to first dc with sl st – 48 dc

Round 3 - 5) Repeat round 2

Round 6) Ch 2, *dc in first 2 st, dc dec in next st* until you reach the end, join to first dc with sl st - 36

Round 7) Ch 2, *dc in first st, dc dec in next 2 st* until you reach the end, join to first dc with sl st – 24 dc

Round 8) Ch 2, *dc dec in next 2 st*12 times, join to first dc with sl st – 12 dc

Round 9) Ch 2, dc dec over next 12 st, join top of ch 2, tie off, cut and pull piece through to inside of hat, tie double knot to keep secure  – 1 dc

Tie and trim loose ends. 

This is the first st. As you can see, I went in between the front and back loops and pulled the yarn up from behind the butterfly. 

In this photo, I am doing the 2nd dc and am going under the entire st. The third st will be done by repeating the first image. you may have to kind of scooth the first two stitches over to see the st.