Podge: Do you remember the first time we saw a yarn-bombed tree?
Hodge: How could I forget. You said it was so sweet that someone had knit a cozy for a tree.
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Sleepy with a Chance of Thundersnores
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Easy to Crochet Butterfly Pattern
As I’m writing this, it is snowing for the third straight day here in Denver. It’s not uncommon for us to get spring snowstorms, but they always come as a shock to me. Just as you’re starting to get pumped about springtime, a foot of snow gets dumped on your excitement. Lucky for me, I have my own little patch of springtime at Squirrel Picnic, where the crochet garden continues to bloom.
This week I’m making butterflies. I found a lot of complicated butterfly patterns online and in books. Though the complex butterflies were gorgeous, I didn’t have time for all those steps, so I wrote this pattern for a simple and fast and cute little butterfly.
I can think of several great uses for these butterflies: Sew them onto bags, towels, pillows, or afghans. Glue a magnet on and attach them to your fridge door. Pin them to a bulletin board. They add a little touch of spring wherever they go. What will you do with your butterflies?
Easy Butterfly Pattern
Finished size: 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″
Materials:
Small amounts of worsted weight yarn in any two colors you like.
(For this pattern, I’ll call the lighter color A and the darker color B.)
Size 00/3.50 mm steel crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Instructions:
Wings
With A, ch 11
2 dc in 4th ch from hook.
Ch 3 and slst in next ch.
Ch 4, 2 tr in next ch, ch 4 and slst in next ch.
Ch 4, 2 tr in next ch, ch 4 and slst in next ch.
Ch 3, 2 dc in next ch, ch 2 and slst in next ch.
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Using the tail, loosely sew up the center of the wings. Work in ends.
Body
With B and leaving a tail at least 6″ long, ch 7. Sc in 3rd ch from hook, slst in each of next 4 ch. Fasten off, leaving another 6″ tail for sewing.
Finishing
Place the body on top of the wings so that the tail ends of the body and the smaller wings are on the bottom. Sew the body to the wings by using the left tail to sew the left side of the body and the right tail to sew the right side of the body. When you get to the head of the butterfly, tie the two strands together in a knot and trim to make the antennae.
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Hodge & Podge No. 3
Hodge: What in the world happened to your tail?
Podge: There was this one hair that wouldn’t go straight so I thought I’d just trim it off. But then that made these other hairs look funny, so I trimmed them too. That made my whole tail all uneven, so I cut a little more… But it doesn’t look that bad, right?
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Things Are Blooming at Squirrel Picnic
You may have noticed the new spring diorama grants us a rare look through a garden of crocheted flowers onto Hodge and Podge enjoying a picnic. It will be an ongoing project throughout this spring and summer to update, revise, amend, and polish it. By the end of the summer, I’m hoping that every item in the diorama will be knit or crochet. Keep checking in each month to see how it’s changing. I’m planning on adding birds, butterflies, and a few more flowers. What else do you think I should add?
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Hodge and Podge’s Easter Egg Hunt at the Laundromat
Easter or not, Hodge and Podge still had to do their laundry yesterday. To make the chore a little more interesting, they decided to hide plastic eggs with quarters in them for their fellow laundry patrons to find.
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