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This pattern is free but you will need to register and log in on their site to download the file. Karma Chameleon is totally adorable and the perfect little toy. Free Pattern Here.
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If you’re new to crochet or just want to make some easy and cute dolls and toys, The Big Book of Beginner Amigurumi is a great place to start.
The book is by Maggy and Pippa Woodley; you may know Maggy as the crafty pro behind Red Ted Art, which has been a go-to source for kids’ craft projects for years. Pippa is her daughter and they’ve collaborated on this book (as well as on crochet content you’ll find on the website).
The book includes 60 projects for food, seaside characters, garden and farm themed projects, woodland friends, winter themed critters, zoo animals and dolls.
The instructional section at the beginning of the book includes needed materials, basic stitch tutorials and necessary extras like increasing and decreasing, adding facial features with embroidery, changing colors, adding hair and more.
Despite their being British, the patterns are written with American terms, and mostly use single crochet, with some bigger stitches used occasionally.
The patterns all call for DK/light/yarn weight 3 yarn, but you can always use bigger yarn to make a bigger plush (or smaller to make a key ring or backpack charm). Some are shown in both DK and super bulky blanket yarn to give you a visual idea of the size difference.
The designs are sweet and cover a wide variety of genres, from food classics like apples and peas to potted plants, pugs and polar bears.
Having similar patterns together might inspire you to make a whole set of themed animals for a child to play with or to use in your décor. Or just stitch your child’s favorites to make them a personalized menagerie they’re sure to love.
In addition to adorable animals and food, there’s also a section on crochet amigurumi dolls, which are the most advanced projects in the book but also the most ripe for personalization.
All the dolls are shown with long hair and the clothes are all dresses, but you could change colors on the body to make different “clothes” and short “hair” if you want. And by the time you’re working on a doll you’ll have the skills you need to make your own clothing and accessories.
The Big Book of Beginner Amigurumi is sure to inspire you to some adorable creatures while you build your crochet skills.
About the book: 224 pages, paperback, 60+ patterns. Published 2026 by Page Street Publishing. Suggested retail price $27.99
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I want the chameleon pattern but you site says invalid address. I have a good address, why can’t I get the pattern? [email protected]
love this, I started singing while I was downloading – thanks for sharing this, it brightened my day
Grace, You need to contact them directly. We are just linking to their site.
Same here! Site says that I have no valid e-mail address! It exists for over a decade already!
i have tried registering too and cant get to the pattern
Great pattern! Thanks!
All I wanted was to make a quick goft for my great nephew, it says free pattern, but keeps asking me to subscribe. Then tells me my log in for Facebook is wrong. I get on FB every day, how can my address be wrong? Why is something so simple made so complicated?? Joyce Rasmussen. [email protected]. I am very upset, I really needed this gift!
Joyce, that seems to be an issue with their website or your facebook. I have no problem subscribing.