Craft your own tropical escape with this adorable crochet iguana enjoying a sunny beach day. This miniature amigurumi project features a tiny green iguana complete with a straw hat, sunglasses, and beach accessories. Perfect for a fun summer project.
Bring Summer Vibes to Your Crochet Collection
This delightful beach-themed iguana set is perfect for gifting, decorating, or adding to your amigurumi collection. Creating the miniature accessories like the sandcastle and beach ball offers a satisfying challenge and lets you practice detailed assembly and color changes.
Crochet Pattern: Tiny Crochet Iguana Beach Day Amigurumi Pattern
Materials
Sport weight yarn in green, orange, yellow, brown, blue, white, and black
2.0mm crochet hook
Safety eyes (4mm)
Fiberfill stuffing
Yarn needle and scissors
Abbreviations
MR: Magic Ring
SC: Single Crochet
INC: Increase
DEC: Decrease
CH: Chain
ST: Stitch
FLO: Front Loop Only
Instructions
Head and Body: Use green yarn. Start with MR. R1: 6 sc in MR (6). R2: inc around (12). R3: (1 sc, inc) around (18). R4-8: sc around (18). Insert safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6. R9: (1 sc, dec) around (12). Stuff the head. R10-18: Alternate green and orange/yellow rows. Sc around (12). R19: dec around (6). Fasten off and weave in ends.
Tail: Use green yarn. R1: 4 sc in MR. R2-15: sc around, increasing 1 st every 3 rounds to create a tapered look. Sew to the back of the body.
Limbs (Make 4): Use green yarn. Ch 5, sc in second ch from hook and next 3 ch. Fasten off, leaving tail to sew to the body.
Miniature Straw Hat: Use tan yarn. R1: 6 sc in MR. R2: inc around (12). R3: (1 sc, inc) around (18). R4-5: sc around (18). R6: working in FLO, (2 sc, inc) around (24). Fasten off and weave in ends.
