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Free crochet axolotl pattern: a Axolotl Keychain amigurumi, about 5 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2 mm hook. The toy is a tiny pale pink axolotl with frilly raspberry gills, rosy cheeks, round black eyes, a wide smile and a loop on top for a key ring. You need about 40 m of yarn: 20 m light pink, 15 m raspberry pink and 5 m rose. Plan on roughly 1 hour. It makes a cheerful bag charm or keychain, or a little tree ornament for axolotl fans. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern; it is quick enough for a first small amigurumi.
How to crochet the Axolotl Keychain
Beginner-friendly · 5 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 13 pieces in rounds: Axolotl head and body, Tail, Gill stalk ×6, Cheek ×2, Foot ×2, Key ring loop (46 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 8 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- 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.
What you'll need
0 of 8 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 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
0 of 38 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.4 cm at the widest, 3.8 cm long; 22 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 5 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 8 % --> 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 6 mm thick.<!-- flattened 55 % -->
- Of these: top — 2 (left and right); mid — 2 (left and right); low — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 8 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 6 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 45 % --> 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.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 3 rounds.
- 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.7 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in raspberry pink (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 18 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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