Crocodile

Difficulty Level: medium

Crocheted crocodile

Free Crocodile crochet tutorial by @your_toy_friend.

With this pattern, you can crochet a hand puppet in the shape of a crocodile. You can use any cotton blend yarn and a suitable hook. A crocheted little crocodile can become a great educational toy for little kids.

Materials and Tools

  • Alize Cotton Gold yarn
  • 2 mm crochet hook
  • Safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Crocodile Crochet Pattern

Crochet 4 pieces (2 green, 2 red).

1. 16 ch, starting in the second chain from the hook: 14 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 14 sc on the other side, ch, turn
2. 14 sc, (inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
3. 14 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
4. 14 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
5. 14 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
6. 14 sc, (4 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
7. 14 sc, (5 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
8. 14 sc, (6 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
9. 14 sc, (7 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
10. 14 sc, (8 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
11. 14 sc, (9 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
12. 14 sc, (10 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn
13. 14 sc, (11 sc, inc) x 3, 14 sc, ch, turn

Place 2 pieces together, crochet them together with sc, and turn inside out. Put both parts with the red sides facing each other, and along the green side crochet both pieces together with single crochet stitches (56). Then crochet 25 rows of 56 sc.

Amigurumi crocodile crochet

Eyes

With white yarn:

1. 6 sc
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 18 sc
5. 18 sc
6. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
7. dec x 6 (6)

Eyelid

With green yarn:

1. 6 sc
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-7. 24 sc

Fold in half and crochet 12 sc.

Paws

Crochet 3 toes.

1. 6 sc
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. 12 sc
5. 6 dec (6)
6. 6 sc
7. 6 sc
8. 6 sc
9. Next join the toes together: crochet 3 sc on the second toe, 6 sc on the third toe, 3 sc on the other side of the second toe, and 3 sc on the first toe.
10. 18 sc
11. (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
12. (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
13. (5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)
14. (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)
15. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
16-22. 8 sc

Fold in half and crochet 4 sc.

Tongue

I used plush yarn.

1. 7 ch, starting in the second chain from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 5 sc on the other side, ch, turn
2. 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc