Axolotl
Axolotl
Axolotl
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Materials
Bulky Weight Chenille Yarn- Pink and Peach
5 mm crochet hook
9 mm safety eyes
Stitch marker
Darning needle
Scissors
Polyfill stuffing
Abbreviations
MR – Magic ring
Ch – Chain
Sc – Single crochet
Inc – Increase
Dec – Decrease
BLO – Back loop only
FO – Fasten off
(…) – Repeat the instruction inside these brackets the given number of times.
[…] – Total number of stitches at the end of the round.
Arms/Legs
Use Pink, make 4.
Cut yarn and leave a tail to sew a few securing stitches after the legs are joined and to sew the arms
on the body.
Body
Use Pink. Stuff as you go.
Round 9: (Adding the feet- leave the tail hanging on the outside to add a few stitches to the body) 8 sc,
2 sc through the leg and body, 5 sc on the body only, 2 sc through the leg and body, 7 sc. [24]
Add a few stitches along the body edge of the feet to hold them up.
Head
Use Pink. Stuff as you go.
Round 24: (We start making the gills here) 14 sc, (change to peach) ch 5, starting in the 2nd chain
from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink), 14 sc, (change to peach) ch 5, starting
in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink), 2 sc. [30]
Round 25: (This round, skip over all the gills- make sure you twist them slightly as you crochet over
them) 30 sc. [30]
Note: The gills should be on the side of the head. Adjust if needed.
Round 26: (We start making the gills here) 14 sc, (change to peach) ch 5, starting in the 2nd chain
from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink), 14 sc, (change to peach) ch 5, starting
in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink), 2 sc. [30]
Round 27: (This round, skip over all the gills- make sure you twist them slightly as you crochet over
them) 30 sc. [30]
Round 28: (We start making the gills here) (3 sc, dec) x 3, (change to peach) ch 5, starting in the 2nd
chain from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink), (3 sc, dec) x 2, 3 sc (change to
peach) ch 5, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, sc, 3 hdc (on the last hdc, change back to pink),
dec. [24
FO Peach.
Round 29: (This round, skip over all the gills- make sure you twist them slightly as you crochet over
them) sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, sc. [18]
Cut yarn and weave the end through the remaining front loops.
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