Free Crochet Bat Pattern – Amigurumi Bat Pattern

If you want to purchase an ad-free PDF version of this crochet bat pattern, you can find it HERE on etsy or HERE on ravelry.  The PDF is a TWO-in-one, so it also has the directions to make this bat as a keychain using embroidery floss! 

This bat is super simple to crochet. The crochet pieces are small and simple to make. But if you’re looking to branch out into embroidery, sewing, or working with felt at all this is the pattern for you!

This crochet bat pattern has lots of photos and detailed instructions teaching you how to embroider details on the bat wings, how to create rolled felt ears, and how to sew everything together. So whether you’re experienced with embroidery, or a complete novice, you’ll be able to enjoy making this unique crochet bat.

NOTE: If you are wanting to sell finished products from this free crochet bat pattern you’re welcome to, just make sure you link back to my pattern here and credit me with the design. Thank you!

Abbreviations

  • Sc – single crochet
  • Inc – increase
  • Dec – decrease
  • FO – Finish off
  • Rnd – round
  • sts – stitches

Materials

  • Size F 3.75mm crochet hook
  • One skein of black worsted weight yarn (For example Red Heart Super Saver, Loops & Threads Impeccable, etc.)
  • One  piece of black felt
  • One skein of black embroidery floss
  • One skein of silver embroidery floss
  • 1 pair of 12mm safety eyes
  • Scissors
  • Yarn needle
  • Embroidery/sewing needle
  • Stuffing (I use polyester fiberfill)

Head

Begin with black yarn

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 3: *sc, inc* 6 times (18)

Rnd 4: *sc (2), inc* 6 times (24)

Rnds 5-9: sc 24 each round

If you are using safety eyes, place them in now between rows 7 and 8, with 5 stitches in between them. Snap on the back of the eyes, then begin stuffing the head.

Rnd 10: *sc (2), dec* 6 times (18)

Rnd 11: *sc (1), dec* 6 times (12)

Rnd 12: *dec* 6 times (6)

You should now have 6 sts left. Cut the yarn leaving a tail about 6 inches long. Use a yarn/embroidery needle to thread the tail through the remaining loops. Pull tight to close the hole, similar to closing a drawstring bag. Then weave the tail in back through the head.

Body

Begin with black yarn

Rnd 1: 7 sc in a Magic Ring (7)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (14)

Rnd 3: sc 2, inc 2, sc 5, inc 2, sc 3  (18)

Rnds 4-5: sc 18 each round

Rnd 6: sc 2, dec 2, sc 5, dec 2, sc 3 (14)

Rnds 7-8: sc 14 each round

Rnd 9: sc,  dec 2,  sc 3, dec 2, sc 2 (10)

FO, leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing on later.

Feet (make 2)

Begin with black yarn

Rnd 1: 5 sc in a Magic Ring (5)

Rnds 2-3: sc 5 in each rnd

FO leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing on.

Yarn Parts Assembly:

Sew the body to the head. You’ll be stitching the round where you did BLO stitches to the underside of the head.

Sew the feet onto the front of the body near the base, from approximately rounds 3-5 (see photos to help with the placement).

Bat Felt Wings:

Print out the provided template for this pattern. Cut out the template pieces so that you have one ear stencil and one wing stencil.

Using your black felt and paper stencil, cut out two ear pieces and four wing pieces. 

Set the ear pieces aside for now.

Grab two of the wing pieces and stack them one on top of the other. You’ll begin at the point indicated on the picture. Cut a 2 foot long piece of embroidery floss. Peel off two strands and thread the needle, but don’t tie a knot.

Push the needle through from the middle of the two pieces to the front leaving a tail of 3 inches. Then poke it through the back piece of felt to the middle (photo A). Be sure the needle is over the loop created and pull tight.

As indicated in photo B, push the needle in from the front.

Wrap the thread coming out of the last stitch around the needle (photo C). Be sure it stays there as you pull the needle through and tighten the stitch so it looks like the next picture.

Photo D shows what each finished stitch will look like. Repeat steps 3-4 over and over until you reach the end point of the wing.

Photo E shows how the top of the wing will look once you’ve finished the stitching along the top.

Push the needle through both layers of felt from back to front (photo F).

Stitch down the rest of the bottom of the wing pushing the needle through from back to front as shown in pictures G and H below.

Once you reach the end of the wing, push through from back to front but only through the back layer of the felt (photo *). Pull all the way through.

You now have two tails coming out from the inside of the wing (photo I). Knot the two pieces together so that the knot ends up tucked away inside of the wing. Cut the ends to be an inch long (photo J) and then push them into the inside of the wing.

Cut a 2 foot length of black embroidery floss, and using 3 strands on a needle this time (without tying a knot at the end) poke into the body through an existing gap between stitches, then back up through the wing (photo K).

Whip stitch both bat wings onto the back of the bat body about 2 stitch widths away from each other (photo L). 

Once you finish sewing the second wing on, poke back down into the body and then come back up through the same hole that you started in. Knot the two threads together, trim the ends to be about an inch long, and push those ends into the body(photo M). I call this process “anchoring.” It helps keep threads from being pulled loose as an amigurumi toy is used. If you want to learn more about this technique you can read about it here.

Bat Ears:

Roll the left corner of one ear piece into the corner, making sure to keep it tight (photo N). 

Roll the right side over the rest of the way being sure to keep it tight (photo O).

Use the thread leftover from sewing on the bat wings. Poke it all the way through the base of the ear leaving a 3 inch tail (photo P).

Wrap the embroidery floss around the bottom section of the ear 4-5 times, then sew back through the base again (photo Q).

The ears will be placed on the fourth round of the head directly over round 4. Photo R shows the top of the bat head with the safety eyes facing down. Each yellow pin shows where a bat ear should be placed and sewn on.

Start sewing the ear down onto the head. Leave a 3 inch tail extra, and work your way around the ear, stitching it onto the head a few times to be sure it’s firmly attached (photos S, T). When you’ve finished, push the needle down into the head and then up a few stitches over through a pre-existing hole.

Then thread the three-inch tail that you left at the beginning onto a needle and use it to stitch down the ear to the head twice (photo U) and then push the needle into the head and come up through the same hole as the last one. Finish it off the same way as the bat wings by tying a knot and tucking the ends back into the bat.

And that’s it, your bat is done!

If you made a little guy from this crochet bat pattern, feel free to post a picture on social media with #lifewithbubbins or tag me on instagram @lifewithbubbins so I can see your lovely creations!

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