Free knitting patterns for blankets, shawls, hats, and more with butterflies in lace, cables, and colorwork. Updated 3/10/25
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Free Patterns
Butterfly Beanie Hat
Baby hat with an knit appliqued and embroidered butterfly that would make a great baby photo prop. Sizes newborn to 1 year. DK weight yarn. Designed by Muki Crafts.
Butterfly Motif Sweater M1552
Baby and toddler sized jumper with colorful butterfly knit with intarsia on the front. Sizes 12 months to 4 years. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Bergère de France.
Butterfly Hat
The perfect Spring beanie is this slightly slouchy hat with lace butterfly. 2 sizes. Uses one skein of Sport weight yarn. Designed by Olga Kudryashova.
Butterfly Shawl
Lace butterflies rest the shoulders and hem of this triangular shawl. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Päivi Mäkinen. Available in English and Finnish
Aurora Cardigan
Butterflies flutter around the yoke of this child and teen sized cardigan. Sizes 3 years to 14 years. DK weight yarn. Designed by Stine HoelgaardJohansen for Järbo. Available in English, Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish
Butterfly Besties Children’s Slipover
Child's vest or sleeveless top with intarsia butterflies. Sizes 2y to 10y. DK weight yarn. Designed by DEGEN. A kit is also available.
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
More Free Patterns
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.
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
Butterfly Love Baby Blanket
Butterflies and hearts in textured stitches are framed in zigzag stripes. Aran weight yarn. Designed by candylou.
Mosaic Butterflies Baby Blanket
Baby blanket in with butterflies knit with easy mosaic colorwork – knit 1 color per row, forming the design by slipping stitches. 3 sizes. DK weight. Designed by Nancy Lekx
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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.
Modular Butterfly Square
Six inch square featuring a butterfly design using oddments of DK yarn that can be used as afghan block, dish or wash cloth, coaster or other knitting projects. Designed by Janis Higgs.
Patterns for Purchase
Wildflower Fields Top
Sleeveless top with a lace border that looks like butterflies in flight to me. Sizes 80 to 130 cm / 31.5 to 51.2 in. Sport weight yarn. Designed by SkovCreations.
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.
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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.
