Easy Flat Crochet Butterfly

Yesterday when I went to the Post Office to mail some envelopes I learned that the Granny Square butterflies I had made were too fat to go through the mail as a regular envelope.  By rights they should have gone through as a package which was going to be mighty pricey for a greeting card.  At least that is what I thought Dear One would have said.  Fortunately the nice lady said she would try to send them as "large envelopes" since she had some of that type already in the mail.

So, since I wanted to send a few more cards I got up early this morning and started looking for flat butterflies.  This is what I found.

Jane from JennyandTeddy had the perfect butterfly, which was especially nice since I had to learn to make a "magic loop"!  That took a few tries but I think I have it down now!

Easy Flat Crochet Butterfly– Yarn scraps or  Lion brand 24/7 cotton

– 3.50mm crochet hook or E/4 US hook size

– Sewing yarn needle

(you can make the butterfly bigger or smaller by using bigger or smaller size crochet hooks

Round1.Make magic ring or adjustable ring and 9sc in ring (9 sts)

Round2.(Sl  st in the first stitch) (in the next stitch make 5dc and chain2 turn 1hdc in next chain stitch from hook and 4dc in the same stitch of 5dc)     then skip1 stitch,( sl st in the next stitch then chain 2 turn make 1hdc in next chain from hook and then 1hdc sl st in the same stitch),( sl st in next stitch and chain 2 then turn 1hdc in the next chain from hook and slst), ( sl st in the next stitch), ( next stitch make 4dc then chain2 and turn make 1 hdc in the next chain  from hook and make 5dc) then in the last stitch make sl st.

Make antenna by make 5 chain then turn and make sl st in each stitch and repeat the other one.

Tie off ends and weave in or just cut, depending on what you will do with the butterfly.

These are the ones I made.  The first one was a disaster and I pulled it out.  Now they look almost like butterflies!