Free Filet Crochet Patterns

Free Filet Crochet Patterns by Subject

Each of these links will take you to a particular design of filet crochet. Whether you are looking for butterflies or Christmas designs, the choice is endless. These patterns represent only a tiny percentage of the number of free filet crochet patterns available.

Birds and Animals

Birds and animals are favorite filet patterns. These are fantastic used as luncheon mats for children or as the motifs for a filet afghan. They make adorable pillows as well. Any way that they are used, animal filet patterns are a hit.

• Bird
• Butterfly
• Filet Cat
• Chicken
• Dog
• Duck
• Elephant
• Frog
• Lady Bug
• Flamingo
• Horse
• Hummingbird
• Peacock
• Rabbit
• Reindeer
• Squirrel
• Tiger
• Wolf

Flowers, Fruit, and Trees

Floral designs add vintage appeal wherever they are used. The ability to create floral motifs in filet is a helpful skill. These motifs can be used for everything from pillow shams to yokes for nightgowns. Rose motifs are especially popular and many of them are included in these free filet crochet patterns.

• Apple
• Briar Rose
• Clover
• Fleur de Lis
• Flower Basket
• Flower Edging
• Flower Pots
• Fruit Bowl Edging
• Grapes
• Jonquil
• Rose
• Roses
• Roses and Butterflies
• Rose Luncheon Set
• Waterlily (pdf file)

Holidays and Special Occasions

Whether you are looking for a special wedding gift or a pattern to create a Christmas centerpiece, filet crochet can supply intricate and unique patterns. Christmas trees, bells, and candles are sweet additions to your holiday home.

• Baby
• Baby Bib
• Christmas Children
• Christmas Motifs
• Dad
• Easter Egg
• Father's Day
• Heart
• Heart Afghan
• Heart Gift Bag
• Heart Bookmark
• Holiday Bells
• Ice Skaters
• I Love You
• Mother's Day
• Nativity
• Noel
• Patriotic
• Patriotic Eagle
• Romance
• Romance 2
• Snowflake
• Valentine
• Valentine Heart

Religious Designs

You can make many beautiful items from altar cloths to angel themed pillow tops. These designs would be great for Christmas or Easter as well.

• Angel
• Angels
• Cherub
• Cross

Miscellaneous Designs

With all of those designs, how could there be anything else? Well, there are geometric designs, architectural designs, and even letters of the alphabet. You can even use a cross stitch chart to do filet crochet!

• Bless This House
• Coat of Arms
• Computer
• Fairy
• Fancy Alphabet
• Greek Key
• Home Sweet Home
• Lighthouse
• Ship
• Sweet Dreams
• Wrestler

Other Places to Find Free Patterns

Don’t forget about your local library when it comes to finding filet crochet patterns. Often the library will have several books on the subject as well as back issues of crochet magazines. Almost any pattern can be adapted to filet crochet by using graph paper to mark the design. Look at quilt and cross stitch books for inspiration.

Talk to other people who crochet. Connect with them through local groups or on chat boards. Often they will be glad to trade patterns with you. Filet crochet patterns are available in many different places. A little hunting should turn up enough project designs to keep you crocheting for months..