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Free Spooky Season Bat Pattern!

Amanda

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At PWJ we don’t only sew, we CRAFT! Crochet, wreaths, dream catchers, macrame, and so much more!

A year or so ago we delved into crochet spiders (click for the crochet pattern) and a had ton of fun making a cute lil pirate spider for Halloween.

This year I’m thinking we need a cute squishy bat to cuddle during our spooky movie nights!

Now I am a HUGGGEE fan of chenille yarn – specifically Premier Parfait Chunky – which made an 11″ bat. This pattern can be done with any gauge yarn you like however it will change the finished size of the bat.

Using a worsted weight #4 will give you a much smaller bat while a #6 chunky like Bernat Blanket yarn will give you a larger bat.

Besides your yarn type and colors you will also need to decide how you want to do the eyes. I am do not like using safety eyes for any crochet projects as they pose to many safety issues and you can only place them before you finish a project.

I find that using felt eye (which there are tons on Etsy or you can make your own) or embroidering the eyes give a much better finish and allow you to better place them.

For my eyes I did a 2″ felt safety eye with vinyl pupils

Okay so enough talking here is the FREE Chunky Bat pattern 🙂 You can find the PDF version on my Etsy if you would like a printable copy.

Materials you will need are :

  • 1 Skien of Main Color and 1 Skien of accent color
    • I used Premier Parfait Chunky for mine
  • Crochet hook to match your size yarn – I used a 3.5mm for mine
  • Stuffing/Polyfil
  • Scissors
  • Sewing Needle
  • Felt eyes – I used a 2” eye
  • Embroidery yarn for mouth if wanted
  • Stitch marker

Notes: All rounds except for the wings are done in rounds

Abbreviations

  • MR – Magic ring 
  • Sc – single crochet
  • Ch – chain
  • Dc – double crochet
  • Hdc – half double crochet 
  • Dec – single crochet decrease
  • Inc – single crochet increase

Body 

  1. 12 sc in MR  
  2. 1sc, inc X6 (18)
  3. 2sc, inc X6 (24)
  4. 3sc, inc X6 (30)
  5. 4sc, inc X6 (36)
  6. 1 sc around (36)
  7. 1 sc around (36)
  8. 1 sc around (36)
  9. 1 sc around (36)
  10. 1 sc around (36)
  11. 1 sc around (36)
  12. 1 sc around (36)
  13. 4sc, dec (30)
  14. 1 sc around (30)
  15. 3 sc, dec (24)
  16. 1 sc around (24)
  17. 2 sc, dec (18)
  18. 1 sc around (18)
  19. Fasten off with tail for sewing 

Head 

  1. 12 sc in MR
  2. 1sc, inc X6 (18)
  3. 2sc, inc X6 (24)
  4. 3sc, inc X6 (30)
  5. 4sc, inc X6 (36)
  6. 5sc, inc X6 (42)
  7. 1 sc around (42)
  8. 1 sc around (42)
  9. 1 sc around (42)
  10. 1 sc around (42)
  11. 1 sc around (42)
  12. 1 sc around (42)
  13. 1 sc around (42)
  14. 5sc, dec (36)
  15. 4sc, dec (30)
  16. 3 sc, dec (24)
  17. 2 sc, dec (18)

Fasten off with tail for sewing  

Bat Feet (Make 2)

**Start in Accent color **

  1. 6sc in MR (6)
  2. Inc around (12)
  3. (1sc,inc)x6 (18)

**Switch to Main color **

  1. 1 sc around (18)
  2. 1 sc around (18)
  3. 1 sc around (18)
  4. (1sc,dec) X6 (12)

Fasten off with tail for sewing 

Lightly stuff the feet 

Bat Wings (Make 2)

**Start in Accent color**

  1. 12sc in MR (12)
  2. Inc around (24)
  3. (1sc,inc) X12 (36)
  4. (2sc, inc)X12 (48)

**Switch to Main color**

  1. Ch 2, (3dc, inc)X12 (60)
  2. Fold in half, stitch 2 sides together by put the hook through both halves of the folded in half wing circle: Ch2, 2dc, hdc, (5sc, hdc, (dc, 1ch,dc), hdc)X3,4sc

Fasten off with tail for sewing 

At R5:     Once folded in half & R6 is complete

Bat Ears (Make 4 (2 Main color, 2 Accent color))

Make the 2 accent color pieces first then the main color pieces 

Ch1 & turn at the end of each row

  1. Ch2, 2 sc in 1st ch (2)
  2. Inc X2 (4)
  3. (1sc, inc) X2 (6)
  4. (2sc, inc)X2 (8)
  5. (3sc,inc)X2 (10)
  6. (4sc,inc)x2 (12)
  7. (5sc,inc)x2 (14)

Fasten off on the accent color ears;

8.    At the end of the of the main color ears, Sc around end going 

through both accent color and main color ears to attach them together.

Fasten off the main color with tail for sewing 

Assembly:

  • Sew the head to the body using the 2 open ends; add more stuffing as you sew to reinforce the neck 
  • Attached the ears by sewing them at an angle, the bottom point to the head at row 12  and   the top point at row 6
    • I put about 8-9 stitches between the 2 ears across the back, but space them how they feel right to you.   
  • Sew the feet at the bottom of the body so they sit in front with about 5-7 stitches between 
  • Attach the wings about 3 rows from the neck of the bat at the back; no stitches in between the wings – I sew mine with the wings pointed up 
  • If you are adding felt eyes or embroidering them attach them at Row 8 with 3-4 stitches between them
  • Embroider fangs/mouth if wanted

And you are done! Weave or tuck your ends in and you have a fun chunky squishy bat for spooky movie nights this Halloween Season!

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Amanda