The Little Lake Monster is an adorable amphibian designed for hours of play outdoors or inside. This friendly crochet monster is inspired by the legend of Champ, the Lake Champlain monster. This pattern is one of 24 free patterns in the Toy Box Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing
Joining with whipstitch seam, joining with single crochet seam, crocheting over yarn tails (includes video tutorials)
Special stitches: bob, invdec, invdecBL, sc2tog (includes written descriptions and video tutorials in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
One Size: 15” (38 cm) long when assembled.

Materials
Cascade Yarns Pacific Chunky Effects yarn (60% acrylic/40% superwash wool, 3.5 oz/100 g, 120 yd/110 m) – 1 skein each in 305 Snapdragon (CA) and 310 Ultramarine Green (CB), or approximately 70 yd (64 m) in CA and 75 yd (68.5 m) in CB in any smooth bulky weight yarn.

US Size 7/4.5 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Stitch markers.

Yarn needle.

Fiber filling.

Safety eyes - 1 pair. I used 12 mm pink cat safety eyes.

Gauge
Exact gauge is not critical for this project. Stitches should be small so fiber filling doesn’t show through.