Axolotl Wearing a Knitted Sweater Coloring Page

A thick knitted sweater covers this axolotl from the neck down to the hips. The collar is a ribbed roll drawn in short vertical bars, the body of the sweater is a full grid of knit stitches with columns running down and rows running across, and a matching ribbed band closes the hem at the bottom. The two sleeves are filled with fine diagonal hatching instead, which makes them read as a different texture from the body.

The head above is simple by comparison. Two short gill stalks rise from the top of the skull, thin whiskers with small dots at their tips sweep out on each side, and the eyes are filled dark with highlights left white above a wide smile. Two legs with clear toes show below the hem and the tail runs out to the right.

All that stitch detail means this sheet rewards patience. Colored pencil suits it far better than marker, which will flood the grid and lose the pattern. Work one flat color over the whole sweater first and the stitching still shows through as texture. If you want more, color alternate rows of the grid in two close shades and the knit will look genuinely three dimensional.