Frilled Lizard is an original EXPANSION PACK for the Iguana crochet pattern by June Gilbank. This is a pattern add-on, not a complete pattern.
What is an Expansion Pack?
- An Expansion Pack is an add-on to an existing PlanetJune pattern.
- It lets you modify or add to the original pattern to create something else.
- You cannot use an Expansion Pack alone - you must also purchase the original pattern to make the pictured items.
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This Expansion Pack includes all the modifications required to crochet a frill-necked lizard in full display mode, with gaping mouth and fully-spread ridged frill. You will also need the Iguana pattern.
Frill-necked lizards come from Australia and are part of the agamid family of lizards, otherwise known as dragons or dragon lizards. The amazing brightly-coloured mouth lining and dramatic frill work as a defense mechanism for the lizard, to make it look big and threatening when it's frightened. When un-expanded, the pleated frill lies flat along the lizard's neck with the bright colours hidden, to help the lizard stay camouflaged against predators.
Yarn: worsted weight yarn in brown, with small quantities of yellow or pink for the mouth and orange or red for the frill.
Hook: E US/3.5mm
Additional info: You'll also need 2 pipe cleaners to make the legs poseable. The ends of the pipe cleaners are protected, but please be sensible and don't use this as a baby toy unless you skip the pipe cleaners and stitch the legs into position instead.
Difficulty: This expansion pack pattern is intermediate level, but only because of the frill, which requires both changing colours and using different stitches (not just amigurumi-style single crochet). Please don’t be intimidated if you’re new to this type of crochet, though, as I’ll walk you through developing your crochet skills as you crochet the frill:
- In addition to my usual full written instructions and charted stitch diagrams for the frill, I’ve included instructional appendices for the frill for right- and left-handers.
- Each appendix 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.
- If you’re printing the pattern, save paper and ink by only printing the right- or left-handed appendix as applicable (or don’t print either, if you don’t need the additional instructions).
Size: approx 15" (38cm) long with tail fully extended; 9" (23cm) excluding tail
Eyes: 10mm
Tip: Don't have the Iguana pattern yet? Take advantage of the savings when you buy the Iguana & Frilled Lizard multipack!
See projects made from this pattern here: 
