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Axolotl Leaning on a Heart crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 95 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
3/3
Time
~4 h
Size
9.2 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet axolotl pattern: a Axolotl Leaning on a Heart amigurumi, about 9 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A pink axolotl with a smiling face and bright heart-shaped gills lies in front of a big red heart cushion. You need about 110 m of yarn: 50 m red, 40 m pink, 10 m dark pink, 5 m light pink and 5 m rose. Plan on roughly 4 hours. It is a cuddly Valentine gift for an axolotl fan and a cheerful shelf or desk friend. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Axolotl Leaning on a Heart

Advanced · 9 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 16 pieces in rounds: Heart pillow, Pillow lobe ×2, Body, Head, Tail, Leg ×2, Cheek ×2, Heart gill ×6 (97 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 10 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

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Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 74 rounds done

  23. Size before assembly: about 7.8 cm at the widest, 7.3 cm long; 26 rounds.
  24. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  25. Press the piece flat to about 4.7 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 40 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 12 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  13. Size before assembly: about 4.8 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 15 rounds.
  14. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  15. Press the piece flat to about 2.9 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 40 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  10. Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 4.8 cm long; 16 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  11. colours of round 1 in order: 2 sc in pink, 2 sc in light pink, 2 sc in pink
  12. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 15 %).

  17. Size before assembly: an oval about 7.3 × 5.7 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 18 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  18. With pink: ch 6.
  19. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  20. Press the piece flat to about 6.6 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 10 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 12 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  9. Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 4.4 cm long; 13 rounds.
  10. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 8 mm thick.<!-- flattened 60 % -->

  4. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  5. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  3. Flat motif — heart (worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.8 × 2.8 cm; 2 rows.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the head): in round 6, 22 st apart (count along round 6: about 10.8 st each side of the centre top line).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 4 and 5, 2.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 5, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 5 and 6, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 5, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 4 and 5, 2.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ).

Abbreviations

MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
BLO
work the round in back loops only
FLO
work the round in front loops only
ch
chain
sl st
slip stitch
st
stitch
R5
round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
(…) ×6
repeat 6 times
(24)
stitches in the round when it is done

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