Axolotl Head Pattern

Head

Hook: 3.5mm
Yarn: weight 4, white

1: 6 sc
2: 6 inc
3: 6 (inc, sc)
4: 6 (2 sc, inc)
5: 2 (sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc)
6: 2 (6 sc, inc, 2 (3 sc, inc))
7: 2 (4 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 2 sc)
8: 2 (13 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc)
9: 2 (16 sc, inc, 6 sc)
10: 2 (17 sc, inc, 6 sc)
11-18: 50 sc
19: 2 (20 sc, dec, 3 sc)
20: 2 (20 sc, dec, 2 sc)
21: 16 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec*
22: 7 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 3 sc
23: dec, 9 sc, dec, 2 (3 sc, dec), 6 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, sc
24: 2 (2 sc, dec), 4 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc
25: 6 (dec, 2 sc), dec*
26: 2 sc, 5 (dec, sc), dec*
27: sc, 6 dec

* extends into next rnd

Stitch mouth in rnd 16 st 2-14

Rami

Hook: 2.75mm
Yarn: weight 4, red

• Small ramus with rnd 16 st 20 and rnd 15 st 20
• Small ramus with rnd 15 st 46 and rnd 16 st 46
• Large ramus with rnd 11 st 19 and rnd 10 st 19
• Large ramus with rnd 10 st 44 and rnd 11 st 44
• Large ramus with rnd 6 st 14 and rnd 5 st 12
• Large ramus with rnd 5 st 26 and rnd 6 st 32

Small ramus with stitches 1 and 2:

Insert hook into st 1 and out through the back of st 2. Make a slip knot and pull it through the stitches with the hook, keeping the short tail in the head. After the first chain, pull on both tails from inside the head so that the knot is pulled inside the head. Tighten the knot.

4 (ch 4, turn, 2 sl st), 3 (sl st, ch 3, turn, 3 sl st), ch 1, fo
Push the end of the yarn through st 2 and tie it up inside the head.

Large ramus with stitches 1 and 2:

Insert hook into st 1 and out through the back of st 2. Make a slip knot and pull it through the stitches with the hook, keeping the short tail in the head. After the first chain, pull on both tails from inside the head so that the knot is pulled inside the head. Tighten the knot.

6 (ch 4, turn, 2 sl st), 5 (sl st, ch 3, turn, 3 sl st), ch 1, fo
Push the end of the yarn through st 2 and tie it up inside the head.

Axolotl Head by qazxwecvr is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.