How is everyone’s garden growing? Even though I don’t have a full fledged garden at my home right now, I do see butterflies fluttering around on the wild flowers in the yard this time of year.
Today I’m sharing a Butterflies in the Garden filet crochet pattern. It’s actually a chair set from a 1954 Coat’s & Clark’s Booklet titled Smart Chair Sets.
The chair back measures 12 x 18 inches (30.48cm x 45.72cm) and each arm piece measures 8 x 12 inches (20.32cm x 30.48cm).
Since the average size of a placemat is 12 x 18 inches, I think they could easily be used as those and the smaller size could be a mat for a table top if you didn’t want to use them as a chair set.
The pattern requires Mercerized Crochet Cotton Size 30. The vintage Clark’s Big Ball Mercerized Crochet included 250 yards of thread each. Three balls are needed to crochet the set so that’s a total of 750 yards. A Size 10 steel crochet hook for a Gauge of 5 sps make 1 inch; 5 rows make 1 inch.
Chart
Below is the chart to follow to complete the butterflies in the garden filet crochet pattern mats. You can click on it, it will open in a new window and there you can save or print it. I’ve also scanned and saved the instructions and chart as a PDF file you’ll find below.
You can also use this diagram for cross stitch or needlepoint. This site, Nuts About Needlepoint has a post about Adapting Filet Crochet to Needlepoint with pointers on how to do it.
PDF Download Link
Here’s the 2-page PDF file for the pattern:
Butterflies in the Garden Filet Crochet Pattern
The pattern is in PDF format so to read it you’ll need the Adobe Reader software on your computer. Most computers come with it, but it is free and can be found here.
Download Instructions: Right-Click the link and select either “save target as” or “save link as” depending on what browser you are using or simply click on it and save or print.
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cannot seem to gt this pattern to work for me, not matching pattern
Have you downloaded the PDF file to follow? The patter is actually for a chair back and arm rests, but the chair back is big enough to be used as a mat. The mat is the full chart and the arm rests are just the sides of the chart with the butterflies. It may be easier to just follow the chart rather than the instructions for the filet crochet. Hope that helps.