Plush Crab

Author: Maria Kostyuchenko
Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi plush crochet crab

A free crochet tutorial for Crab by Maria Kostyuchenko @mariya.kostychenko.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a plush crab. Any plush yarn in red or pink shades will work for this amigurumi project.

The finished toy measures about 33 cm diagonally, and the body is 15 cm wide.

Materials and tools

  • YarnArt Dolce yarn, 80 g
  • White YarnArt Jeans yarn for the eyes, 10 g
  • 2 mm and 3.5 mm crochet hooks
  • Black thread or embroidery floss for embroidering the eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Plush crab amigurumi crochet pattern

Body

1: ch 2, 8 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 8 (56)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 8 (64)
9-12: 64 sc
13: (6 sc, dec) x 8 (56)
14: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (48)
15: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
16: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
17: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
18: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
19: 8 dec (8)

Claws

First claw piece

1: ch 2, 4 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: (inc, 1 sc) x 2 (6)
3: 2 inc, 4 sc (8)
4: 2 inc, 6 sc (10)
5: 2 inc, 8 sc (12)

Second claw piece

1: ch 2, 4 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: (inc, 1 sc) x 2 (6)
3: 2 inc, 4 sc (8)
4: 2 inc, 6 sc (10)
5: 2 inc, 8 sc (12)
6: 2 inc, 10 sc (14)
7: 2 inc, 12 sc (16)

Join the 2 pieces with 1 sc, then continue crocheting in the round.

8-9: 28 sc
10: (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
11: (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
12: (3 sc, dec) x 4 (16)
13: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
14: (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
15: (dec, 2 sc) x 2 (6)
16-19: 6 sc

Back legs

1: ch 2, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2-7: 6 sc

Eye

1: ch 2, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc
5: 6 dec (6)
6: dec, 4 sc (5)
7-9: 5 sc

Pupils

YarnArt Jeans yarn, 2 mm hook

1: ch 2, 8 sc in the second chain from the hook
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)

Sew all the pieces on at the level of rounds 12-13. You can finish the eyes in different ways.

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