Have you ever wondered about the eating habits of butterflies flapping and fluttering around the flowers in your garden? Butterflies are difficult diners, as they can only feed on fluids and then they unfurl their tube-like tongue, using it like a straw. They have taste receptors on their feet and actually step on their food to locate their next meal! The butterflies in this pattern are actually pretty low maintenance: they thrive even without being fed!

There are three, 7.5 to 10 cm Central American butterflies included in this pattern: the red-splashed sulphur, Mexican bluewing, common postman. You’ll find the pattern for the plumeria at the end. Each butterfly is a small project to be done in an evening or so.

Only small amounts of yarns are needed, so a butterfly is a great project to use up any scraps you have lying around.
These were knitted flat (with some intarsia color work and an i-cord) on 1.00 mm double pointed needles in a lace-gauged yarn, but they can also be done in a heavier yarn and will then turn out slightly larger.

The butterflies can be attached to just about anything, as an embellishment. Or, start your own butterfly collection - lepidopterarium with a fancy word – as there are more patterns available!

Have a fl-utterly fabulous knit! Viv