BABY

CHAMELEON
crochet pattern
1 MATERIALS
YARN:
Any kind that your fantasy tells you. Yarn for the chameleon on the photos
Thickness is better to choose no more than in the pattern: Malabrigo Sock, color
100 grams / 400 meters. 866, 100 g / 400 m, hook № 2.
Finished toy size: 7,5х5,5 сm.

Yarn for the chameleon on the cover:

The thickness of the thread for the paws and tail should Head and body - WELTUS Iris
be slightly less than for the head and body. See if you color 53, 50 g / 450 m +
can reduce the thickness of your yarn. How to do this: Alize Kid Royal mohair, color 433,
rewind a piece of the desired length (approximately 2.5 50 g / 500 m, hook №1
meters is enough for one foot) and pull out one or more
Paws, crest and tail - WELTUS Iris +
threads to reduce the thickness of the main thread by
sewing threads of matching color,
about a third.
hook №0,75
Finished toy size: 6,5х5 сm.
CROCHET HOOK thickness fitting the yarn gauge.

SHAPING THE MUZZLE:

Eyes. Here are used eyes with glue fastening,
10 mm in diameter. Crochet in round with
Black thread for embroidering the mouth. no turning chains.
Crochet using both sides
WIRE FOR FRAME:
of the loops.
Florist wire diameter 0.5 mm.

Glue to stick the eyes (I use instant glue).

Sewing threads with a color matching the color of the yarn

for sewing parts. Legend:
Long needle. dc – double crochet (UK) =
sc – single crochet (US),
Stuffing.
MR – Magic ring
Brooch tray if your chameleon will be a brooch.

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2 BODY
ROW 1

Make a chain 2 dc into the second 4 dc on one side 3 dc into the first 4 dc on the other
of 7 stitches. stitch from the hook, of the chain, stitch of the chain, side of the chain.

We get oval shaped 14 stitches.

Row 2: (increase х 3, 4 dc) – 2 times (20)

Row 3: ((1 dc, increase) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (26)

Row 4: ((increase, 2 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (32)

Row 5: ((2 dc, increase, 1 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (38)

Row 6: ((4 dc, increase) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (44)

Row 7: ((1 dc, increase, 4 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (50)

Row 8: ((4 dc, increase, 2 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (56)

Row 9: ((increase, 7 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (62)

Row 10: ((4 dc, increase, 4 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (68)

Row 11: ((2 dc, increase, 7 dc, ) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (74)

Row 12: ((10 dc, increase) х 3, 4 dc) - 2 times (80)

You don't have to do increase strictly
Finish the row with a slip stitch and hide ends. as indicated, just add evenly
It should be an oval as in the photo on the right. 3 stitches in each semicircle of 11 rows.

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3 HEAD
ROW 1

Make a chain Make 2 dc into Make 3 dc into We get

of 3 stitches the second stitch the first stitch oval shaped
from the hook of the chain. 6 stitches.

Row 2: (1 dc, increase) х 3 (9)

Row 3: 1 dc, increase, increase, 2 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 1 dc (13)

Row 4: 1 dc, increase, 2 dc, increase, 3 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 2 dc (17)

Row 5: 2 dc, increase, 2 dc, increase, 5 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 3 dc (21)

Row 6: 3 dc, increase, 2 dc, increase, 7 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 4 dc (25)

Row 7: 17 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 5 dc (27)

Row 8: 5 dc, increase, 12 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 6 dc (30)

Row 9: 20 dc, increase, 1 dc, increase, 7 dc (32)

Row 10: 7 dc, increase, 14 dc, increase, 9 dc (34)

Row 11: 23 dc, increase, 10 dc (35)

Row 12: no increase (35)

Next, make 7 dc to finish at the bottom of the head.

Finish with a slip stitch and hide ends.

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4 HEAD
That’s what we
1. Fold the head in half,
should get.
leaving one stitch
on the fold; count
6 stitches from this.
Pull a new thread from
the 7th stitch

2. Make, starting from the next

stitch, 6 dc. Make increase
on the fold and then 5 dc
by the other side. Finish
with a slip stitch, cut
the thread and hide
the tail like this

Pull the ends of the the thread

so that all stitches become equal.

3. Pull out a new thread again,

departing from the previous
row 2 stitches, as in the
photo:

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5 HEAD
4. Make, starting from
the next stitch, 17 dc
and one slip stitch, cut
the thread and hide
5. Take a new thread and
the tail. Pull the ends
starting from the fold of
of the the thread so that
the head from below, make
all stitches become equal
one row without increments
in the opposite direction
(start from the inside).
Cut the thread and hide
ends.

That’s what
we should get.

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6 SHAPING THE MUZZLE
To make a crest, you can crochet a chain
of stitches, twist it with a spiral and sew
along the entire upper bend of the head,

...or cast on a chain along the upper

fold of the head from the nose
to the end of the head and make
the crest as follows:
Take a new thread. Starting from
the nose, from the first loop of
the chain along the top of the head,
make a chain of 3 loops. Then make
a slip stitch into the next stitch of the
head, again make a chain of 3 loops
and slip stitch into the next stitch of
the head, ect. You can a little wrap it
inside the head at the end.

Mark the positio

sition of the eye and glue it.

To decorate the eyelid, make a chain equal

to the diameter of the eye.

Sew it with thread of matching color around the eye.

I sew sideways, i.e. pigtail to the eye.

Embroider the mouth with the black thread.

Start from the eye and move to the nose.

You can optionally decorate the outer side of

the line of the mouth. Here is sewn a piece of yarn.

If you make a chameleon-brooch, the muzzle can

be decorated only on one side. If this is a toy, you need
to decorate the second side of the muzzle by analogy.

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7 PAWS AND TAIL
For paws and tail it is better to take a thinner
thread. Rewind a piece of 2.5 meters long and
pull out one or more threads to reduce the
thickness of the main thread by about a third.

FRONT PAWS: HIND PAWS:

Chain 6 in MR, continue to crochet 4 rows Chain 6 in MR, continue to crochet 3 rows 6 dc each.
6 dc each.
Row 4: 2 dc, triple increase, 3 dc.
Row 5: 2 dc, triple increase (make three dc
in this loop, more freely), 3 dc. Row 5: 2 dc, triple decrease, 3 dc.

Row 6: 2 dc, triple decrease (like a usual Row 6-10: 6 dc each.

decrease, but we collect 3 loops for the front
sides of the loop on a hook and crochet), 3 dc In the 11th row, you need to make a triple increase again
in the place of the row opposite the triple increase
7 rows 6 dc each. in the 5th row. Look where to make it, depending on
the thickness of your thread. I make it right at the
Finish with a slip stitch and leave the tail beginning of the row.
of the thread around 20 cm.
In the 12th row, make a triple decrease under
the triple increase.

2 rows 6 dc each.

Finish with a slip stitch and leave the tail

of the thread around 20 cm.
FRONT PAWS HIND PAWS

Paws need 4 pieces.

TAIL
6 stitches in MR and continue crocheting without
increases about 25 rows.

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8 PAWS
Insert the wire inside the paws. Leave 1 cm end of wire
at the MR side.

On the other side, cover the wire with glue or transparent

nail polish and wrap tightly with the remaining thread,
leaving a not covered end of wire 5 mm length.

Fold wrapped wire to form small fingers,

and then hide not covered wire end inside the paw.

That’s what we should

get. Take a niddle and
with a pair of stitches
sew the fold of wire
between the fingers
to the paw.

READY PAWS Repeat for all remaining paws.

TAIL

Bend a loop at the end of a piece of wire, cut it

according to the length of the tail + 1 cm spare,
insert the wire into the tail loop first.

So that the wire does not pop out, you can fix its
position at the tip of the tail, sewing it several times
with a thread of the colour of the yarn.
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9 JOINING PARTS
Fold the body in half, mark the position
of the front and hind paws, as in the photo.
Insert the paw wire into the body.
Fold wire end inside.

Sew the paws.

Sew the tail in the bottom to the very edge

of the body.

If your chameleon is a brooch, sew a brooch

tray.

Next, fold the halves of the body

and crochet them together, starting from the
front of the body to the middle of the back.

Put on the head, sew it, moving from the bottom

of the head to the top on each side. From above
there will be a small piece of the head, which we
do not sew.

Stuff the body, not very tight, and join the halves
of the body to the end.

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10 FINISHING

For the crest it is better to take

a thinner thread, as for paws.
A piece 2 meters long will be enough.

Make it the same way as a crest on

the head, chain of 3 loops - a slip
stitch into the next stitch of the back,
etc.

The chameleon is ready.

I hope you succeeded!

If this chameleon will be used

for commercial purposes, please,
mention the pattern author’s link
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Thank you!
Your “Red Cat tales”,
with love.

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