Chibi Bat Pattern

Halloween is coming up quick! I made this cute little bat pattern to be a quick and easy pattern to make for Halloween. If you make them in worsted weight yarn, they are great keychains or string a bunch together for a cute Halloween garland. Or you can make them in thicker plush yarn to make a larger one. This pattern is made in continuous rounds, except when specified. You can use one or two colors for the body and wings.

Materials

Yarn in 2 colors

Hook to match the yarn you’re using. (I use a 3.5mm with caron simply soft or 5mm with Chenille home slim)

Stuffing

Safety eyes (I used 12mm for worsted weight, 16mm for bernat velvet, and 20mm for chenille home slim)

needle

scissors

keychain (optional)

Special Stitches

ch: chain

sc: sc

inv dec: invisible dec (insert hook into the front loop of the next 2 stitches, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops

picot: 3chain picot (ch3, ss back into first ch)

ss: slip stitch

Pattern

Body:

with color A

R1: 6sc in magic ring (6sc)

R2: inc around (12sc)

R3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18sc)

R4: (2sc, inc) X 6 (24sc)

R5-8: sc around (24sc, 4 rounds) **Put eyes between round 5 and 6, 4 stitches apart)

R9: (2sc, inv dec) x 6 (18sc)

R10: (sc, inv dec) x 6. FO and leave tail for sewing. Stuff body(12sc)

Ears

with color A

R1: 3sc in magic ring (3sc)

R2: inc around (6sc)

R3: (sc, inc) x 3. FO and leave tail for sewing. Stuff ears (9sc)

Wings

worked in rows, start with color B (always start in 2nd ch from hook unless noted)

Row 1: ch3, start in 2nd ch from hook, 2sc (2sc)

Row 2: ch1, turn, inc, sc (3sc)

Row 3: ch3, turn, 4sc, inc (6sc)

Row 4: ch1, turn, dec, 2sc (3sc)

Row 5: ch3, turn, ss, 3sc, ss. FO

Row 6: with color A, sc across the top of the wing, at the corner do a picot and sc down the edge, ss in last stitch.

Assembly

Attach the ears to the top of the head, about 3 stitches behind eyes, and 1 stitch above. The wings should be attached to the back, slightly under the ears.

Congrats on finishing up the bat! I hope you enjoyed this pattern. Please do not reproduce, sell or hand out my pattern in any way. However you are free to sell your finished product, just credit me (@WolvynCreations) with the design and tag me in your posts. I’d love to see your finished work! If you have any questions, feel free to message me!