Baby Whale

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi baby whale crochet

Free Baby Whale crochet tutorial by @slingobyseni4ka.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a whale. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project.

Materials and Tools

  • Yarn in multiple colors
  • Crochet hook
  • Safety eyes
  • Doll eyelashes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • dc - double crochet
  • hdc - half double crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Baby Whale Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Body

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8-13. 42 sc (6 rounds) (42)

Insert the eyes between rounds 9 and 10.

14. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
15-17. 36 sc (3 rounds) (36)
18. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
19-20. 30 sc (2 rounds) (30)
21. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
22-24. 24 sc (3 rounds) (24)
Start stuffing the body with toy stuffing.
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
26-28. 18 sc (3 rounds) (18)
25. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
26-28. 12 sc (3 rounds) (12)
25. 6 dec (6)
26-28. 6 sc (2 rounds) (6)

Finish stuffing the body firmly with toy stuffing. Fold in half and sew the edges together.

Tail Fins (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-5. 12 sc (3 rounds) (12)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
7. 8 sc (8)
8. 4 dec (4)

Fins (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-5. 12 sc (3 rounds) (12)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
7. 8 sc (8)

Eyelids (make 2)

1. 5 ch (5)
2. hdc, 2 dc (in one stitch), hdc, 1 sl st (12)

Amigurumi baby whale crochet

Toy Assembly

  • Sew on the tail fins
  • Sew the fins to the sides of the body
  • Glue on the eyelashes and sew on the eyelids