Free knitting patterns for blankets, shawls, hats, and more with butterflies in lace, cables, and colorwork. Updated 8/28/24
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Free Patterns
Papillon Bag
Tote with design inspired by the Blue Morpho butterfly that is large enough to carry a laptop or your knitting project. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Angelique den Brok.
Brilliant Butterflies Cowl
Two color stranded cowl with butterflies and hearts in a graphic design. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Maria Do Souto.
Butterfly Kiss Shawl
Five large butterflies flutter around the floral lace of this half-circular shawl knitted from the center of the neck outwards. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Aino Haikala. Pictured project by Beyenburgerin
Lepidoptera Baby Blanket
Snuggly baby blanket with cabled butterfly motifs and a seed stitch border. All charts also have written instructions. DK weight yarn. Designed by Alecia Hornfeldt
Winging It Shawl
Triangular two-colour shawl with butterflies and flowers knit with easy mosaic slipped stitch colorwork that uses one color per row. DK weight yarn. Designed by Renee Burton.
Be the Butterfly Mittens
Norwegian-style mittens with a butterfly in stranded colorwork. Be the Butterfly designed by Susan at Lily Respair Designs.
More Free Patterns
Butterfly Beanie
Cabled butterfly motifs create a unique hat knit with one skein 155 - 240 yards (142 - 219 m) of sock/fingering yarn. Sizes toddler (child/teenager, adult). Lepidoptera Beanie designed by Alecia Hornfeldt
Flutterby Mitts
Fingerless mitts with cable and bobble butterfly and cable cuffs. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Karen Fournier.
Butterfly Cabled Blanket
Joan Barnett designed this breathtaking cable afghan for Red Heart with 4 different cable patterns and a Bramble Stitch border. 58 x 66″ (147.5 x 167.5 cm). Pictured project by laudanum1964
Papillon Cloth
Lace butterfly motif on dish or wash cloth or afghan block. Also great for other projects. Aran / Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Smariek Knits.
Butterflies Comfort Pillow
Cushion with butterfly motifs in stranded colorwork worked in the round. Colors: choose a solid as color A and a variegated or solid as color B. One size (19x19inches) (19x49cms). Designed by Sigrid Seidel. Bulky weight yarn.
Patterns for Purchase
Butterfly Cushion
No longer free (was only free for a limited time). Butterfly toy stuffie or pillow knit flat sideways and seamed. Size 42 cm/9 inches. Uses two balls of Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Carol Connelly.
Morpho Butterfly Throw
Reversible doubleknit lap blanket featuring a flight of blue morpho butterflies. Size 33” x 33” (84 cm x 84 cm). Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Donielle Oliver Showvay.
Butterfly Lace Blanket
Blanket in 3 sizes from baby blanket to throw with butterflies in knit and purl textures in diamond eyelet lace. This pattern includes 3 sizes: Small- 68cm wide x 81cm long Medium- 98cm wide x 117cm long Large- 128cm wide x 153cm. Aran weight yarn. Designed by KnitSewMake.
Parvaneh Butterfly Shawl
Crescent shaped shawl with a border of lace butterflies with a knitted scallop edge. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Nazanin S. Fard who named the shawl after her mother Parvaneh which also means butterfly in Farsi.
See more pics and get the knitting pattern on Lovecrafts
Butterfly Kaleidoscope Mosaic Blanket
This stunning baby blanket shows off a kaleidoscope of color depicted by butterflies in 2 colors, a multicolor for the butterflies and solid for the background. Ideal for a cot or baby carrier. Color work for the butterfly pattern is worked in slip stitch (mosaic work). Finished size: 92cm (36in) x 60cm (24in). Designed by Feminine Touch Designs. DK weight yarn.
Papillon Baby Cardigan
Baby cardigan jacket with cable butterfly on back. Sizes Baby 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months. Designed by Melissa Leapman. DK weight yarn.
