Leaves Butterfly Habitat Design Free Chart For Butterflies Series

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Chart: Leaves, Signifying a Butterfly's Habitat

Designed by Sandi Marshall 6/1997

Because proper habitat is so essential
to the life of any butterfly,
the series includes this graph
which represents a part of a butterfly's habitat.

Leaves; Habitat
Crocheting Chart for Afghan Square

Cross-stitch Detailing
Symbols:

Materials
Worsted weight yarn: 1 oz. white, 1/2 oz. dark green,
1/2 oz. light green, 1/2 oz. black,

Size G crochet hook
Guage: 4 stitches = 1 inch, 4 rows = 1 inch
Apprx. size of each finished square = 10 inches

Note: At the end of each row, you will chain 1 to turn.

Directions
To make this easier (and more fun) to complete, basic leaf shape colors are crocheted in, but details are added afterward with a cross-stitch. This eliminates crocheting with too many colors in any row at the same time. How to Change Colors in Crochet, Changing Colors How-To (Photos)

Follow chart from right to left on right side rows, from left to right on wrong side rows.

With white yarn, chain 41.
Following Chart 1:
Row 1: (first row on chart) sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in ea ch across.(40 sc)
Rows 2 - 40: Continue to follow chart.
End off.

Following Chart 2:
With a large-eye needle, using a cross-stitch (X), add the center details to the leaves and the black outlining around the leaves.

Leaves Habitat Chart Pattern copyright 1997 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Patterns that a designer chooses to place on the Internet as free patterns are protected by the same copyright laws as patterns that are purchased.
Free for your personal (not for profit) use only.
Per copyright law, pattern is not to be sold or redistributed in any form (even for free). All rights reserved worldwide. If others would like to have the chart, please give them the URL of this page so that they may come here to get the chart for themselves. Thank you.