Spooky Crochet Bat and Moon Placemat for Halloween – Free Pattern
This Crochet Bat Placemat for Halloween features the silhouette of a spooky bat against a full harvest moon. This is just one of four Halloween-themed tapestry crochet placemats. This set will brighten up any table and make any mealtime fun. Make them all to set a spooky Halloween table that will delight your family and guests.
Part of a set …
This is one of a set of 4 fabulous Halloween placemat crochet patterns. All are exactly the same size and each PDF Pattern contains the chart (small and large versions), written instructions and colour block instructions! The collection includes:
- Bat and Moon (free pattern below)
- Pumpkin (free on the blog pattern)
- Cat (currently a paid pattern)
- Witches Hat (currently a paid pattern)
There is the option to purchase the full set of placemat patterns in my shops for one amazing price! You can find them on Etsy here and my website shop here.
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Inspiration Behind the Design of the Crochet Bat Halloween Placemat
I actually designed and made the set in summer of 2020 but these timeless designs never go out of style.
Will Halloween patterns ever go out of style?!
I am thrilled at how many of you liked these patterns! They were fun to design and fun to make. And best of all, they’ve become a beloved family tradition. When the kids come to my house for meals, they still beg for these mats!
Construction of the Tapestry Crochet Bat Halloween Placemat
This placemat design, with a black bat fluttering in front of a full moon, is created in tapestry crochet. This technique is simpler than you may think. It’s just basic single crochet stitches with simple colour changes. You can learn how to change colours and how to carry your yarn with my tapestry crochet video tutorial.
The Yarn
This set of crochet Halloween placemats was made with Paintbox Cotton Aran. It’s a worsted-weight yarn that’s easy to care for. When they need a refresh, you can just throw them in the washing machine. Memento cotton or Dishie Cotton from WeCrochet would also work well for this pattern.
Get the Individual PDF pattern!
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Sunflower Cottage Crochet Halloween E-Book
If you want more great patterns for crochet Halloween decorations, you’ll find six fun crochet Halloween decor ideas, including two of this set of Halloween placemats, in my Home for Halloween E-book. It contains the patterns for all of these shown below:
You can find this Halloween crochet e-book in our Ravelry shop and blog shop at an amazing price!
Are you ready to get started?
Free Pattern for the Halloween Crochet Bat Placemat
Materials:
- Any 4 weight (worsted/aran weight) cotton yarn of your choosing, approximately 500-700 yards – See the stitch count info below for how to work out how much yarn you will need based on your gauge.
- I used Paintbox Cotton Aran
- 5mm hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle
- Stitch Markers optional to mark first or last stitch of the row.
- Measuring Tape optional
Gauge:
Using sc as your gauge stitch, 2’’x 2’’ is 8 stitches x 10 rows
Sizing:
Finished size is 17.5’’ wide by 11’’ high.
Abbreviations:
- Ch(s) – chain(s)
- St(s) – stitch(es)
- Sc – single crochet
Pattern notes:
- Written in US terms
- Chain 1 does not count as a stitch.
- There are no special stitches used in this pattern.
- This is a side-to-side graph and is worked right to left on the right side (odd numbered rows) and left to right on the wrong side (even numbered rows), and from the bottom to the top. The arrows at the beginning of the row indicate which way you are working that row. It is a reversible pattern, so remember to crochet over any yarn you carry! You can learn more about how to change colours and carry yarn in my tapestry crochet video tutorial.
I’ve provided an estimated yardage above. However, to work out more accurately how much yarn you will need, you can do a sample swatch and then measure how much yarn you used per stitch, multiplying that by the number of stitches of that color and adding some for the tails to work in at the end.
| Color – front panel | Stitch Count |
| Orange | 1386 |
| Black | 335 |
| Grey | 1543 |
Written Instructions for the Crochet Bat Placemat:
Instructions:
Starting chain: Ch69 and sc in second ch from hook (counts as the first of the 68 stitches for row 1) start row 1.
Row 1 (<<): (grey) x 68
Row 2 (>>): (grey) x 26, (orange) x 15, (grey) x 27
Row 3 (<<): (grey) x 24, (orange) x 18, (grey) x 26
Row 4 (>>): (grey) x 23, (orange) x 21, (grey) x 24
Row 5 (<<): (grey) x 21, (orange) x 24, (grey) x 23
Row 6 (>>): (grey) x 20, (orange) x 27, (grey) x 21
Row 7 (<<): (grey) x 18, (orange) x 30, (grey) x 20
Row 8 (>>): (grey) x 17, (orange) x 33, (grey) x 18
Row 9 (<<): (grey) x 16, (orange) x 32, black, (orange) x 2, (grey) x 17
Row 10 (>>): (grey) x 16, (orange) x 13, black, (orange) x 13, black, (orange) x 4, (black) x 3, (grey) x 17
Row 11 (<<): (grey) x 15, (orange) x 14, (black) x 2, (orange) x 12, (black) x 2, (orange) x 2, (black) x 4, orange, (grey) x 16
Row 12 (>>): (grey) x 14, (orange) x 15, (black) x 4, (orange) x 8, (black) x 10, orange, (black) x 4, (grey) x 12
Row 13 (<<): (grey) x 14, (orange) x 15, (black) x 26, (grey) x 13
Row 14 (>>): (grey) x 13, (orange) x 15, (black) x 26, (grey) x 14
Row 15 (<<): (grey) x 13, (orange) x 14, (black) x 26, (orange) x 2, (grey) x 13
Row 16 (>>): (grey) x 12, (orange) x 14, (black) x 27, (orange) x 2, (grey) x 13
Row 17 (<<): (grey) x 12, (orange) x 10, black, (orange) x 2, (black) x 25, (orange) x 5, (grey) x 13
Row 18 (>>): (grey) x 11, (orange) x 11, (black) x 14, (orange) x 3, (black) x 11, (orange) x 6, (grey) x 12
Row 19 (<<): (grey) x 11, (orange) x 10, (black) x 10, orange, (black) x 3, (orange) x 21, (grey) x 12
Row 20 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 11, (black) x 9, (orange) x 2, (black) x 3, (orange) x 22, (grey) x 11
Row 21 (<<): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 10, (black) x 9, (orange) x 3, black, orange, black, (orange) x 22, (grey) x 11
Row 22 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 9, (black) x 9, (orange) x 29, (grey) x 11
Row 23 (<<): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 9, (black) x 9, (orange) x 29, (grey) x 11
Row 24 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 6, black, orange, (black) x 9, (orange) x 30, (grey) x 11
Row 25 (<<): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 5, (black) x 12, (orange) x 30, (grey) x 11
Row 26 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 5, (black) x 11, (orange) x 31, (grey) x 11
Row 27 (<<): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 4, (black) x 12, (orange) x 31, (grey) x 11
Row 28 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 4, (black) x 11, (orange) x 32, (grey) x 11
Row 29 (<<): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 4, (black) x 10, (orange) x 33, (grey) x 11
Row 30 (>>): (grey) x 10, (orange) x 2, (black) x 11, (orange) x 33, (grey) x 12
Row 31 (<<): (grey) x 11, (orange) x 2, (black) x 9, (orange) x 34, (grey) x 12
Row 32 (>>): (grey) x 11, orange, (black) x 7, (orange) x 36, (grey) x 13
Row 33 (<<): (grey) x 12, (orange) x 43, (grey) x 13
Row 34 (>>): (grey) x 12, (orange) x 43, (grey) x 13
Row 35 (<<): (grey) x 13, (orange) x 41, (grey) x 14
Row 36 (>>): (grey) x 13, (orange) x 41, (grey) x 14
Row 37 (<<): (grey) x 14, (orange) x 39, (grey) x 15
Row 38 (>>): (grey) x 14, (orange) x 39, (grey) x 15
Row 39 (<<): (grey) x 15, (orange) x 37, (grey) x 16
Row 40 (>>): (grey) x 16, (orange) x 35, (grey) x 17
Row 41 (<<): (grey) x 17, (orange) x 33, (grey) x 18
Row 42 (>>): (grey) x 18, (orange) x 31, (grey) x 19
Row 43 (<<): (grey) x 19, (orange) x 29, (grey) x 20
Row 44 (>>): (grey) x 20, (orange) x 27, (grey) x 21
Row 45 (<<): (grey) x 21, (orange) x 24, (grey) x 23
Row 46 (>>): (grey) x 23, (orange) x 20, (grey) x 25
Row 47 (<<): (grey) x 24, (orange) x 17, (grey) x 27
Row 48 (>>): (grey) x 68
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