Sneak Peek + Early Access: Axolotl Pattern

February 5, 2026 @ 1:38 pm · Filed under: Crochet

I’m trying something a bit different today, and I’m going to show you my messy desk and my work in progress! This is the design I’m working on at the moment…

Axolotl crochet pattern by PlanetJune

It’s an Axolotl! The axolotl is one of the most fascinating and unusual creatures in the world, and adding a crocheted version to the PlanetJune menagerie is long overdue 🙂

Axolotl crochet pattern by PlanetJune

This cutie has the Golden colour morph (yellow with orange gills), and before I can release the pattern I still have to make another one in the more common pinkish Leucistic colourway, and shoot the final cover photos.

I’ll be crocheting my next axolotl during the Ravellenic Games (a big knit-and-crochet-along that coincides with a certain global sporting event) which start tomorrow, February 6th.

And to make it all more fun, if you’d like to join Team PlanetJune for the games, I’ll give you exclusive access to buy a pre-release version of the Axolotl pattern so you can crochet along with me as I make my sample for the cover photos!

Early Access for Team PlanetJune

The pre-release pattern will be available in two stages, so you can get started crocheting the pieces while I edit the assembly instructions. It won’t be quite perfect – e.g. you’ll get my hand-drawn stitch diagrams instead of the final professional vectors – but that’s all part of the CAL fun. You’ll have everything you need to make your axolotl over the next 16 days, plus full access to me (as always) if you have any questions.

Ravellenic Games CAL Details

This CAL runs from Feb 6-22 and you can participate by making any PlanetJune pattern. (It doesn’t have to be an axolotl, if you have a different project in mind, or would like some encouragement to finish a languishing WIP!)

Please join us in the PlanetJune Discord and/or Ravelry groups – where I’ll be happy to answer any questions you have – or see the Team PlanetJune Gallery page for the full CAL instructions.

Can I Just Buy the Pattern Instead?

Of course! If you’d prefer to wait for the full pattern launch, the final Axolotl pattern should be ready in my shop around the end of Feb – check back here, or sign up for my monthly-ish newsletter if you’d like me to let you know when it’s ready.

And if you do grab the early access version for the CAL, you’ll automatically receive the full final pattern PDF when it launches too, so you won’t miss out on anything.