Bat Crochet Halloween Garland
If you are after a quick and easy Halloween crochet decor, make this simple bat crochet Halloween garland.It is not only a quick project and uses very little yarn, perfect for using up those leftover skeins.
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Makes: 1 bat garland
What You Will Need
Yarn
- Bats - Allow about 9.3 yards (8.5 meters) of yarn per bat.
- Garland string to hold 8 bats, spaced 15 chain stitches apart is about 0.55-yard (0.5 meters) in length - you will need about 2.6 yards (2.4 meters) of yarn (this does not include the outside ends for tying).
Hook
- 3.5 mm crochet hook or a smaller size than recommended for the yarn you are using.
Notions
- Scissors
- Yarn Needle
- Googly eyes, or white and black felt circles, or white yarn for eyes.
- Glue
Gauge
- Not important for this pattern
Finished Size
- The length of the garland can be made into any size you wish.
Stitches and Abbreviations Used (US Terms)
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain
- sc - single crochet
- dc- double crochet
- tr - treble crochet
- hk - hook
- Picot - picot (see special stitches below)
- sl st - slip stitch
- sk - skip
- st/sts - stitch/stitches
- YO - yarn over hook
Special Stitches
- Picot - ch3, insert hk into 3rd ch from hk, YO pull the yarn back through both the stitch and the loop on the hk.
Pattern Notes
- Make the garland to any size by crocheting multiple bats.
- The garland has the bats spaced 15 chains apart, for more space between stars increases the number of chain stitches.
Instructions
- Notes - Make your desired number of crochet bats to suit the length of the garland you wish to make. Make them in different colors, or you can make them in one.If you need help following the pattern go to our step-by-step instructions, on our crochet bat applique page.
Crochet Bats
- Foundation - MR, or ch3, sl st into 1st st to join and form a circle
- Body - Ch3 (not a stitch), 16tr in ring, tighten ring, sl st into 1st tr to join. [16tr]
- Head - Ch2 (counts as dc), make (1dc, picot, 3dc, picot, 2dc) in the same space as ch-2, then sl st into the same sp. [7dc, and 2 picots]
- Wing #1 and claws - Ch10, sc in 2nd ch from hk, sc in each of the next 9-ch sts, sl st into next st on the body, ch1, turn. Sc in each of the next 6-sts, turn, picot (this forms the tip of the wing), sc in each of the next 6-sts, sl st into next st on the body, ch1, turn. Sc in each of the next 4-sts, turn, picot, sc in each of the next 4-sts, sl st into the next st on the body, ch1, turn. Sc in next 2-sts, turn picot, sc in next 2-sts, sl st into each of the next 5-sts on the body, picot (for claw 1), sl st in next 2-sts, picot (for claw 2), sl st in next 7-sts on the body (the last sl st should be in the same sp as the ch-3 of the head), and turn.
- Wing #2 - Ch10, sc in 2nd ch from hk, sc in each of the next 9-ch sts, sl st into next st on the body, ch1, turn.Sc in each of the next 6-sts, turn, picot, sc in each of the next 6-sts, sl st into next st on body, ch1, turn.Sc in each of the next 4-sts, turn, picot, sc in each of the next 4-sts, sl st into the next st on the body, ch1, turn.Sc in next 2-sts, turn, picot, sc in next 2-sts, sl st into next st on the body, ch1, cut yarn, and fasten off.
Finish
- If necessary block or press the bats lightly on the wrong side with a warm iron, to stop them from curling up.Then glue or sew eyes to the bat head.
String the garland
- To make the garland, start with chain 45 (or your desired length) to form the start of the garland string.Then double crochet into the tip of one bat wing to join it to the chain, then chain 15.Next, double crochet into the wing tip of the next Halloween bat and chain 15.Repeat the process of making 15 chains and double crocheting into the bat wings until you have reached your desired length, ending with a chain of 45 (or your desired number) for the garland end.