Thread Crochet Dragonfly: Free Crochet Pattern

For some reason, this is the first crochet dragonfly I have tried to make. I have loved dragonflies for years. For my 25th birthday, I made dragonflies out of tulle and pipe cleaners and hung them from curling ribbon from my living room ceiling and left it up all summer. I have received many dragonfly-decorated items as gifts from friends and family members who are aware of my affinity for dragonflies. My logo has a dragonfly in it! But until now, I had never crocheted one. This tiny crochet dragonfly makes me smile and I’m happy to share the pattern with you today!

Thread Crochet Dragonfly Experimentation

When I knew I wanted to make this little bug, I put some size 80 crochet thread and .5mm steel hook in my bag and planned to work on it during lunch. Size eighty. That’s pretty tiny. And most hook size charts don’t go down to .5mm. (It’s either a 16 or an 18 depending on who is making it.) I soon realized that while I might have been able to crochet something that tiny 20 years ago, it wasn’t really working now. The thread kept slipping out of my fingers and I wished I had one of those magnifying glasses that model painters use.

To play around with the stitches, I used two strands of the size 80 thread and switched to a .9mm hook. The variegated messes in this picture show the first couple of attempts with two strands of 80.

After getting back home, I found my size 20 thread and a 1.4mm hook and had much better luck. While playing around with stitches I learned my favorite way of making the wings (so far) is to crochet each pair and fasten off and then to slip stitch them to the body while making slip stitches on the body chain to thicken it up. It does mean more ends to wave in, which is a drag. But it was a good trade off compared to the other messes I ended up making with thread.

I made the leaf in the pictures while playing around with leaf embellishments.

I look forward to reading your comments and questions. Has anyone else had issues with crocheting with tiny thread tha

Pattern for Thread Crochet Dragonfly

Pattern Notes and Information

You construct this dragonfly by crocheting each wing pair and fastening off and then crocheting them to the body with slip stitches.

This pattern uses U.S. terminology.

Stitches used:
Ch-Chain
SlSt-Slip Stitch
Sc-Single Crochet
Hdc-Half Double Crochet

Pattern Instructions

Wing Pairs (Make 2)

Chain 11

Row 1: Slip stitch in second chain from hook. 2 sc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 2 sc in next ch. 1 slip stitch in each of next 2 ch. 2 sc in next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. 2 sc in next ch. Slip stitch in last ch.

Row 2: Ch 1. Working around to the bottom side of the chain, slip stitch in the bottom bump of the chain under the last slip stitch made. 2 sc in the next stitch (the underside of the 2 sc from row 1). 1 hdc in next stitch. 2 sc in next stitch. 1 slip stitch in each of the next two stitches. 2 sc in next stitch. 1 hdc in next stitch. 2 sc in next stitch. 1 slip stitch next stitch. slip stitch into first slip stitch made in row 1. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Body and Assembly

Chain 15.

Single crochet in 3rd ch from hook. In the tiny circle made with those last two chains and the sc, single crochet (this makes a little mass for the head). Sc in same stitch as first sc. Sc in next stitch. Grab your first pair of wings. Put hook in the middle of the space between the two slip stitches in the middle of the wing pair. Insert hook into the next chain on the body. Pull up a thread and slip stitch. Slip stitch into the next chain. Do the same with the second pair of wings and the next chain. Slip stitch in each chain until the end. Fasten off. Weave in ends.