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Free crochet axolotl pattern: a Strawberry Axolotl amigurumi, about 9 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. The toy is a red axolotl with tiny yellow seeds stitched on its back, a green leafy crown and green frilly gills, rosy cheeks and a smile. You need about 105 m of yarn: 65 m red, 25 m leaf green, 10 m pale pink and 5 m rose. Plan on roughly 4 hours. A sweet gift for axolotl and strawberry lovers, or a bright desk buddy for summer. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern at your own pace.
How to crochet the Strawberry Axolotl
Intermediate · 9 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 18 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Tail, Gill stalk ×6, Leg ×4, Cheek ×2, Calyx leaf ×3 (83 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 12 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 9 gathered
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
0 of 62 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 7 cm long; 22 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.
- colours of round 1 in order: 2 sc in red, 2 sc in pale pink, 2 sc in red
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 20 %).
- Size before assembly: an oval about 8.4 × 6.8 cm at the widest, 5.3 cm long; 22 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. 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.
- With red: ch 6.
- → 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 7.4 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 12 % --> 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.
- Size before assembly: about 4.3 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 18 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 1.9 cm thick.<!-- flattened 55 % --> Bend ≈ 40° around round 6<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 6, 0.5 st from the line on the toy's left side, upward <!-- st 0.59 up -->). On the inner side draw rounds 6 and 7 together (1 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 5 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.
- Of these: top — 2 (left and right); mid — 2 (left and right); low — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.9 cm long; 11 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 9 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.
- Of these: front — 2 (left and right); back — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.9 × 1.4 cm; 1 row.
- 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.
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