Free crochet bat pattern - Halloween CAL part 2

Today we are back with the second part of the Halloween CAL, meet crochet bat Draculon and his mommy! Bat Draculon is a friendly bat that enjoys hanging out with his friends.

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Crochet bat - materials

I made two bats, one with sports weight yarn and one with worsted weight yarn. The smaller one is about 12 cm and the bigger is 15. I used a 2.5 mm crochet hook for the small one, and a 3.5 for the bigger one.

Halloween crochet a long 2020

This year we are making a crochet a long for Halloween and the crochet bat is the second of 4 patterns that will be released on this blog, for free!

Here you can find the first pattern, these cute ghosts will go great with the bat!

Last year, we released this friendly ragdoll witch on this blog, she would also go great with these patterns, so go and check it out!

YouTube video for the crochet bat

This is a relatively easy pattern that you can work up in no time. The hardest part is the wing, but I also made a video tutorial on how to make the complete crochet bat! So if you are a beginner, you should try this pattern too!

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Crochet bat - free crochet pattern

Crochet pattern written by Ragnhild Hynne Uebler – Yarnhild ©

This pattern is the intellectual property of Yarnhild. The pattern must not be altered, translated, copied or republished without approval.You are welcome to sell the items that you have made from my patterns, but please be sure to give me credit for the pattern that you sell online. For private use only, no commercial use. 2020 – Yarnhild ©

Abbreviations – US terms

Ch        -           chain


rnd      –          round


st         –          stitch 


sl st     –          slip stitch 


sc        –          single crochet 


sc dec  –          single crochet decrease 

sc inc   –          single crochet increase, 2       single crochet in one stitch 

dc         –          double crochet

hdc       –         half double crochet

mr       –          Magic ring 

yo        –          yarn over  

[]           –         repeat action   

BLO      –          back loop only 

*-*       –          repeat action

Materials

- Sports weight yarn in light and dark grey. You’ll need about 25 g in light grey and 10 g in dark grey. Small amounts of white. If you want a bigger bat, use worsted weight

- Crochet hook 2.5 mm (or fitting for the yarn).

-Filling materials.

- Scissors - 12 mm safety eyes

About the pattern

The bat is made in rows. Two separate pieces are being crocheted, then placed on each other and crocheted together.

The wings, feet and ears are made separately. 

There is a separate part with pictures to help explain the different steps. The wings are crocheted in the back loop only (BLO).

Difficulty level: Intermediate. Finished size: 12 cm/5” inches tall (not including the ears and feet).

Body

Crochet in rows.

The bat is crocheted from bottom up. Make 2 panels. Chain 1 and turn after each row.

In light grey yarn. 
Row 1: Ch 2, 1 sc in the first ch = 1 sc 
Row 2: sc inc = 2 sc
Row 3: sc inc x 2 = 4 sc
Row 4: sc inc, 2 sc, sc inc = 6 sc

Row 5: sc inc, 4 sc, sc inc = 8 sc
Row 6: sc inc, 6 sc, sc inc = 10 sc

Row 7: sc inc, 8 sc, sc inc = 12 sc

Row 8- 12: 12 sc (5 rows).

Row 13: sc dec, 8 sc, sc dec = 10 sc

Row 14: sc dec, 6 sc, sc dec = 8 sc

Row 15: sc dec, 4 sc, sc dec = 6 sc

Row 16: sc inc, 4 sc, sc inc = 8 sc

Row 17: sc inc, 6 sc, sc inc = 10 sc

Row 18: sc inc, 8 sc, sc inc = 12 sc

Row 19: sc inc, 10 sc, sc inc = 14 sc

Row 20-24: 14 sc (5 rows)

Row 25: sc dec, 10 sc, sc dec = 12 sc

Row 26: sc dec, 8 sc, sc dec = 10 sc

Row 27: sc dec, 6 sc, sc dec = 8 sc

Row 28: sc dec, 4 sc, sc dec = 6 sc

Fasten off. Cut the yarn of the first panel, but not on the second one. Make the face on the second part.  Attach safety eyes between rows 22-23, 4 sc stitches part. (or whatever you like best). If you wish, make eyelashes or eyebrows with. If you want to make eyelashes, sew them on before attaching the back part of the safety eyes.  

Use some white yarn and make teeth. Just sew one time a little under the corner of the mouth with white yarn. 

Lay the panels on each other and single crochet them together. 1 sc for each row. Remember to add stuffing before closing. Stuff lightly, not too firm and do not stuff the neck.  Sl st in the first st and fasten off.

Ears 

Worked in continuous rounds. Use a stitch marker and move it up as you go. Make 2.

In dark grey yarn

Rnd 1: 4 sc in a mr =4 sc

Rnd 2: 4 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, sc inc) x 2 = 6 sc

Rnd 4: (1 sc, sc inc) x 3 = 9 sc

Rnd 5-7. 9 sc. 

Rnd 10: (1 sc, sc dec) x 3 = 6 sc

Sl st in the first st and fasten off. Leave a long tail. Pinch the ear flat and sew back and forth a couple of times so it gets a little pointy. 

Wings

Worked in rows. Make 2.

In dark grey yarn 

Note, in every second row we don’t chain 1 as we turn. Just skip the first st (where the chain 1 is, and slip stitch into the next stitch). In the other rows we are chaining 1 and turning like normal. From row 2 and all the other rows, work in BLO only

Leave a tail at the beginning before making a slipknot. Use this strand for fastening later. 

Row 1: Ch 15, 1 sc in the 2^nd ch from the hook and in the next 13, turn (do not chain 1) = 14 sc Row 2: Work in BLO from here. Sl st in the next st. 12 sc, ch 1 turn = 12 sc

Row 3: 11 sc. Turn, do not chain 1 = 11 sc

Row 4: Sl st in the next st. 9 sc. Ch 1 turn = 9 sc

Row 5:  7 sc. Turn, do not chain 1 = 7 sc

(Leave 2 stitches unworked).

Work through both loops as normal. 

Note: We are doing a picot stitch on the top of the double crochet stitch here. I recommend watching the video if you run into problems. 

*Sl st into next st. In next st: [1 hdc, dc, ch 2, sl st in first of ch 2, hdc, sl st in the same st].  Sl in next st*.  Repeat *-* 1 more time. Sl st in last st fasten off. 

Feet 

The feet have a chain so you can hang up the bat upside down when its finished. There are 2 feet worked from a row of 3 single crochet. 

In dark grey. 

Row 1: Ch 4, turn, 1 sc in the 2^nd ch from from the hook and in next 2.  Ch 1, turn= 3 sc

Row 2: Chain 6, sl st 5 times until the end of the chain. Sl st in the next 2 st. Chain 6, sl st 5 times. Sl st into the sc. Do not fasten off. 

The chain for hanging the bat up:

Chain 8. Skip next sc, sl st in the last sc. Sl st on the side and finish off.  

Cut the yarn and leave a long tail. 

Assembly

Sew on the wings just above the neck. Sew them on a little slating like shown on the picture.

Sew on the ears on the top of the head with 4 sc space apart. Sew on the feet at the backside on the bottom so that the feet are facing down.

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