{"id":14097,"date":"2014-10-13T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T14:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=14097"},"modified":"2014-10-13T10:17:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T14:17:28","slug":"frilled-lizard-crochet-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/frilled-lizard-crochet-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Frilled Lizard crochet pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was doing dinosaur research for Dinosaurs Sets 2 &amp; 3, I was very disappointed to discover that one of my &#8216;must-make&#8217; dinosaurs didn&#8217;t live up to my expectations. Remember the classic scene in Jurassic Park where a man tries\u00a0to steal dinosaur\u00a0embryos and is attacked by a venom-spitting Dilophosaurus\u00a0with a giant expanding\u00a0neck frill? It turns out that the neck frill (and the venom) were dramatic licence on the part of the film-makers.<\/p>\n<p>But hang on, if I can&#8217;t\u00a0make a scientifically-inaccurate Dilophosaurus for my Dinosaur collection, why not make the <strong>real lizard<\/strong> that inspired the movie-makers?! The frill was actually &#8216;borrowed&#8217; from the 100% real (and very cool) Australian frill-necked lizards.<\/p>\n<p>And hence today&#8217;s fun new release: an Expansion Pack for my Iguana\u00a0pattern, so you can turn it into a Frilled Lizard in full display mode, with gaping mouth and fully-spread ridged frill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=33&#038;products_id=273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14128\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard.jpg\" alt=\"frilled lizard crochet expansion pack pattern by planetjune\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Frilled Lizard Fun Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Frill-necked lizards are part of the agamid family of lizards, otherwise known as dragons or dragon lizards.<\/li>\n<li>The amazing brightly-coloured mouth lining and dramatic frill work as\u00a0a defense mechanism for the lizard, to make it look big and threatening when it&#8217;s frightened.<\/li>\n<li>When un-expanded, the pleated frill lies flat along the lizard&#8217;s neck with the bright colours hidden, to help the lizard stay camouflaged against predators.<\/li>\n<li>Frilled lizards live in trees and come to the ground to feed on insects.<\/li>\n<li>They can reach up to 3 feet long (although a good fraction of that comes from their tail!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14129\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard2.jpg\" alt=\"frilled lizard crochet expansion pack pattern by planetjune\" width=\"500\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard2-150x50.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Pattern Info<\/h2>\n<p>This expansion pack pattern is intermediate level, but <strong>only<\/strong> because of the frill, which requires both changing colours and using different stitches (not just amigurumi-style single crochet). Please don&#8217;t be intimidated if you&#8217;re new to this type of crochet, though, as I&#8217;ll walk you through developing your crochet skills as you crochet the frill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to my usual full written instructions and charted stitch diagrams, I&#8217;ve included instructional appendices for the frill for right- and left-handers.<\/li>\n<li>Each\u00a0appendix walks you through the frill row by row via a special colour-coded stitch diagram for the row and a photo of the frill at the end of the row.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re printing the pattern, save paper and ink by only printing the right- or left-handed appendix as applicable (or\u00a0don&#8217;t print either, if you don&#8217;t need the additional instructions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14133\" style=\"border: thin solid #000\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard_pattern.jpg\" alt=\"frilled lizard crochet expansion pack pattern by planetjune\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard_pattern.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/frilledlizard_pattern-117x150.jpg 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>What is an Expansion Pack?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; padding-left: 10px;\" src=\"\/shop\/images\/expansion.jpg\" alt=\"Expansion Packs by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Expansion Pack is an add-on to an existing PlanetJune pattern.<\/li>\n<li>The Expansion Pack lets you <em>modify<\/em> or <em>add to<\/em> the original pattern to create something else.<\/li>\n<li>You <strong>cannot<\/strong> use the Expansion Pack alone &#8211; you <strong>must also purchase the original pattern<\/strong> in order to be able to complete the pictured items in the Expansion Pack pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can buy the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=33&#038;products_id=273\">Frilled Lizard\u00a0Expansion Pack<\/a> for only $2.50 individually from the shop, or, if you haven&#8217;t yet bought the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11_17&amp;products_id=235\">Iguana\u00a0pattern<\/a>, you can buy the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11_17&amp;products_id=274\">multipack of both lizards<\/a>, and save 50c on the pair.<\/p>\n<h2>Launch Discount<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already bought the Iguana, you won&#8217;t be able to save that 50c. But, <strong>for 7 days only<\/strong>, add the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=33&#038;products_id=273\">Frilled Lizard\u00a0Expansion Pack pattern<\/a> to your shopping cart, together with <strong>anything<\/strong> else (totalling $5 or more), then use the code <strong>FRILLY<\/strong>\u00a0at checkout and you&#8217;ll still get your discount! (Valid until next Sunday: 19th October\u00a02014.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: If you don&#8217;t need anything else right now, this also applies to Gift Certificate purchases, so you can pick up a $5 gift certificate now, get your discount, and have $5 in your PlanetJune account ready for your next purchase, or to send to a crocheting friend!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My Frilled Lizard makes me laugh, with his wide open mouth and colourful frill. I&#8217;ve also just realised that his colours are very seasonally appropriate in autumnal shades of brown, orange and yellow &#8211; although that was just a happy accident based on the colouring of the real lizards! If you&#8217;re not ready to make one just yet, don&#8217;t forget to heart and queue it on Ravelry so you don&#8217;t forget about him:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=frilled-lizard-expansion-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=frilled-lizard-expansion-pack&amp;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy this pattern as much as I enjoyed creating him! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was doing dinosaur research for Dinosaurs Sets 2 &amp; 3, I was very disappointed to discover that one of my &#8216;must-make&#8217; dinosaurs didn&#8217;t live up to my expectations. Remember the classic scene in Jurassic Park where a man tries\u00a0to steal dinosaur\u00a0embryos and is attacked by a venom-spitting Dilophosaurus\u00a0with a giant expanding\u00a0neck frill? 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