Orca

Free orca crochet tutorial. Unknown author.

With this pattern, you can crochet an orca. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn in two colors
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Orca Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
5. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
6. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
7. 27 sc
8. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
9. 30 sc
10. (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
11. 33 sc
12. (10 sc, inc) x 3 (36)
13. 36 sc
14. (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)

15. 39 sc
16. (11 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
17. 36 sc
18. (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
19. 33 sc
20. (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
21. 30 sc
22. (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
23. 27 sc
24. (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
25. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
26. 21 sc
27. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
28. 18 sc
29. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
30. 15 sc
31. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
32. 12 sc
33. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
34. 9 sc
35. 4 dec, 1 sc (5)

Insert the eyes between rounds 12 and 13.

Side Fins (make 2)

1. 4 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4. 8 sc, inc (10)
5-8. 10 sc

Belly

1. 4 ch, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 3 inc, 1 ch, turn (6)
2. (2 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (8)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (10)
4. (4 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (12)
5. (5 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (14)
6. (6 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (16)
7-8. 16 sc, 1 ch, turn (16)
9. 16 sc, turn (16)

From rounds 10 to 16, crochet without a turning chain and skip the first stitch in each row.

10. 15 sc, turn (15)
11. 14 sc, turn (14)
12. 12 sc, turn (12)
13. (2 sc, dec) x 3, turn (9)
14. 8 sc, turn (8)
15. 7 sc, turn (7)
16. 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, turn (5)
17. 4 sc, 1 ch, turn (4)
18. 4 sc, 1 ch, turn (4)
19. (1 sc, inc) x 2, 1 ch, turn (6)
20. (1 sc, inc) x 3, 1 ch, turn (9)
21. (2 sc, inc) x 3, 1 ch, turn (12)
22. (5 sc, inc) x 3, 1 ch, turn (14)

From round 23 onward, crochet without a turning chain and skip the first stitch in each row:

23. 13 sc, turn (13)
24. 12 sc, turn (12)
25. 11 sc, turn (11)
26. 10 sc, turn (10)
27. 9 sc, turn (9)
28. (2 sc, dec) x 2, turn (6)
29. 5 sc, turn (5)
30. 4 sc, turn (4)
31. 3 sc, turn (3)

Top Fin

1. 4 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (6)
3. 6 sc
4. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
5. 9 sc
6. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
7-9. 12 sc