Butterfly Charts:
Links to all the charts in the series
Hints for placement of squares for two sizes of afghans
List of all Butterfly Charts in the Series
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When using the charts to crochet or knit afghan squares, please note that these numbers correspond to the numbers on the afghan assembly diagrams below. |
The links below will take you to each individual chart:
Square 1, Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Square 2, Mimic Swallowtail Butterfly
Square 3, Syrmatia Dorilas Butterfly
Square 4, Shining Blue Nymph Butterfly
Square 5, Mexican Silverspot Butterfly
Square 6, Leaves; Habitat
Square 7, Purple Azure Butterfly
Square 8, Ceylon Rose Butterfly
Square 9, Eastern Festoon Butterfly
Square 10, Necyria Manco Butterfly
Square 11, Bhutanitis Mansfieldi Butterfly
Square 12, Morning Glory Flower
Square 13, Monarch Butterfly on Thistle Flower
Update added, July 2007: Assembly diagrams below are based on the 13 squares listed above, that I had designed in 1997. I created another butterfly chart (of the same size) a few years later. If you are interested in another design to include in a butterfly afghan, here's the link to that chart: Manto Butterfly
Butterfly Afghan Assembly
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Edge each completed square in a row of single crochet stitch in white or your choice of color. (At each corner, work 2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc in the corner stitch.) |
Diagrams are given below for suggested assembly in two afghan sizes. You may have your own ideas on how you would like to complete your afghan. You might, for instance, prefer to make multiple squares of each butterfly species and you may want to decide on your own placement of squares.
Try a trial arrangement of the squares by laying them all out according to one of the diagrams below, then move them around according to your own
preference to decide on your own final square arrangement. This is your own special afghan!
Placement of squares #1 - #13 are shown on the diagram. All remaining squares (squares that are blank on the diagram) are #6 - Leaves. For this 52 1/2" square size afghan, you will need to make one each of squares #1 - #5, one each of squares #7 - 11, one of square #13; also 4 squares of #12 Morning Glory and 10 squares of pattern #6 Leaves.
On the pattern for #6, the leaves are randomly placed so that all the squares are crocheted the same way, but when assembling them, the squares may be alternately turned on their sides or upside down, to give a more random effect to the leaves portion of the afghan.With crochet hook, slip stitch the squares together; or sew squares together, with a whipstitch, using large eye yarn needle, with co-ordinating yarn color.
Placement of squares #1 - #13 are shown on the diagram. All remaining squares (squares that are blank on diagram) are #6 - Leaves. For this 52 1/2" x 73 1/2" size afghan, you will need to make one each of squares #1 - #5, one each of squares #7 - 11, one of square #13; also 4 squares of #12 Morning Glory and 20 squares of pattern #6 Leaves.
On the pattern for #6, the leaves are randomly placed so that all the squares are crocheted the same way, but when assembling them, the squares may be alternately turned on their sides or upside down, to give a more random effect to the leaves portion of the afghan.With crochet hook, slip stitch the squares together; or sew squares together, with a whipstitch, using large eye yarn needle, with co-ordinating yarn color.
Ways to Join Squares - Photo How-to's
When all squares are assembled into the afghan, you may wish to edge it with your favorite crocheted edging.
Enjoy your new afghan!
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Per
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For hints and a diagram on changing colors in crochet, see Changing Colors.
Printing: There's a separate page for easier printing of these instructions at http://crochet.about.com/nbpatt10.htm
