"Fantasy Bat" Halloween Banner
Designed by Sandi Marshall

I call this a "fantasy" bat because I changed the bat shape to one not realistic to actual bats, making the wingspread narrower and the bottom edge (the "tail" portion) much longer and with fancy swirls that real bats don't have. You can cross-stitch the bat on an afghan stitch background, make it in single crochet with color changes or in filet crochet.

If you would like to crochet the colors in, the fastest way, while using that method, is to crochet in the larger areas of black but cross-stitch on the more intricate parts when the background is finished. Crochet in plain orange for the first 11 rows. Add black on the 12th row, changing colors according to the chart.

I carried the unused orange strand across, while crocheting the black bat portion, crocheting over the orange yarn. Dots of orange show through the black but this is a fantasy Halloween bat, so that's ok. It's the fastest, most enjoyable way to crochet this with color changes. The cross-stitch part will have orange showing through that too so dots of orange in the solid black areas is fine. In the image at right, you can see how the unfinished banner looks with just the larger areas of black crocheted in, before the other details are added in cross-stitch.

If you enjoy working with multiple balls of yarn in color changes, you may wish to use a separate yarn ball for each separate area of color and not carry colors across or crochet over unused strands. It's a matter of your own preference and the method that you enjoy the most.

Click on the Free Chart link below to get the chart and further instructions for completing the banner.

Go to Page 2 - Free Chart and Instructions For Banner

Go to Page 3 - Fantasy Bat in Filet Crochet

These "Fantasy Bat" patterns copyright 2000 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com. Free for your own personal use only.

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