Designed by Jane Benton Butler 

These three delightful butterfly designs use Kreinik’s Tapestry (#12) Braid™ in iridescent colors. This braid is a perfect size for crocheted accents and contemporary jewelry. Here it creates lighter-than-air butterflies that can be worn as pins or sewed onto a denim jacket, crocheted purse, summer hat, or anywhere that you can accessorize to match today’s garden-friendly trends in fashion. 

Green Butterfly Pin

 Materials

• Kreinik Tapestry (#12) Braid in these colors: 005 Black, 015HL Chartreuse Hi Lustre, 024 Fuschsia
• Pin back (if desired)
• Size B (2.0mm) crochet hook
• Black sewing thread & needle

Instructions

BODY

• With Black, ch 10, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each chain across (9sc); turn.
• Row 2: Ch 1, sk next sc, sc in next 8 sc; turn.
• Row 3: Repeat Row 2.
• Row 4: Ch 1, sl st each st in first row to each st in Row 3. Do not cut yarn.

WINGS

• Right side: Attach Chartreuse at end of body, sc in first 2 sts, ch3, skip 1 st, 2sc, ch 5, skip 2sts, 2sc; turn.
• Row 2: Ch 1, 10 dc in ch5 loop, skip 2 sts, (2tr, sc) in ch3 loop; 2 sl st around end of body for left wing.
• Left side: Repeat pattern of right side, fasten off after sc in ch 3 loop.
• Row 2: Fasten on Fuschia, ch 3, (hdc in next st, ch 1) 3 times, sc in next st, (ch 1, dc) 6 times, sc (ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook), [picot made] 3 times, sl st in top of last sc; sl st in next st. Fasten off.
• Repeat Row 2 on other side. Sew pin back on bottom of body

Purple Butterfly Pin

 Materials

• Kreinik Tapestry (#12) Braid™ in these colors: 005 Black, 012 Purple
• Pin back (if desired)
• Size B (2.0mm) crochet hook
• Black sewing thread & needle

Instructions

BODY

• With Black, ch 10, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each ch across (9sc); turn.
• Row 2: Ch 1, sk next sc, sc in next 8 sc; turn.
• Row 3: Repeat Row 2. Row 4: Ch 1, sl st each st in first row to each st in Row 3. Do not cut yarn.  

WINGS

• Row 1: Attach Purple at end of body, sc in ea st (10 sc), 3 sc around end of body, sc in ea st on other side; turn.
• Row 2: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, sc, 3hdc, sc in end of body, 3hdc, sc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, sc; turn.
• Row 3: Ch 1, skip first sc, sc in next 6 sts, sl st in sc, hdc, dc, 2 tr in next st, dc, hdc, sl st in end of body, hdc, dc, 2 tr in next st, dc, hdc, sl st in sc, sc in remaining sts. Fasten off.
• Sew pin back on bottom of body.

Blue/Green Butterfly Pin

 Materials

• Kreinik Tapestry (#12) Braid in these colors: 032 Pearl, 094 Star Blue, 029 Turquoise
• Pin back
• Size B (2.0mm) crochet hook
• Black sewing thread & needle

Instructions 

BODY

• With Pearl, ch 10, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each ch across (9sc); turn.
• Row 2: Ch 1, sk next sc, sc in next 8 sc; turn.
• Row 3: Ch 1, sc in next 8 sc; turn. Row 4: Ch 1, sl st each st in first row to each st in Row 3. Do not cut yarn.

WINGS

• Row 1: With Pearl Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc across. Sl st across 2 sts of body, turn and repeat pattern of first side, ending at front of body. Fasten off.
• Row 2: Attach Turqouise at end of body, ch 1, sc in ea st of first row, 3 sts at end of body; turn, sc in each st. Fasten off.
• Row 3: Attach Star Blue at small end, 5sc, ch4, sk 3 sts, 7sc, ch4, sk 3 sts, 7sc, 2sc in last st, sl st to first sc.
• Row 4: Ch 1, sc, ch1 (ch1, dc) 6 times in ch4 loop, sk 3 sts, sc, ch1, skip 3sc, (ch1, dc) 6 times in ch4 loop, sc in 4th st. Fasten off.
• Row 5: Attach Turquoise in ch 4 loop of left side, ch2, work [(hdc, ch1) in ch4 loop; (hdc, ch1) in next 5 ch-1 spcs]; 4 sl st across end, ch 1, [(hdc, ch1) in ch-1 loop] 5 times, (hdc, sl st) in next ch-1 loop. Turn.
• Row 6: Ch 1, sc in next ch-1 loop, (ch 1, hdc) in next ch-1 loop, (ch 1, dc) twice in next ch-1 loop, (ch 1, tr, ch 1, dc) in next ch-1 loop, sc in next ch 1 loop, 5 sl st across end, sc in next ch 1 loop, (ch 1, dc, ch1, tr) in next ch-1 loop, (ch 1, dc) twice in next ch-1 loop, (ch 1, hdc) in next ch1 loop, (ch 1, sc) in next ch-1 loop, sl st in sc. Fasten off.
• Sew pin back on bottom of body