Sea Turtle

Free Sea Turtle crochet tutorial by Evgeniya Gorbacheva @igrushka_hm.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small sea turtle. Any plush yarn and a matching crochet hook will work well for this amigurumi project. If you use Himalaya Dolphin Fine, the finished toy will be about palm-sized. If you use the thicker Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, it will turn out larger.

Materials and tools

• Dolphin Fine yarn in gray (or any other color for the body), about 20 grams
• Dolphin Fine yarn in lilac (or any other color for the shell), about 30 grams
• 3 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes, 4-7 mm, size of your choice (everyone's turtle turns out a little different)
• Embroidery floss in graphite for embroidering the eyebrows, mouth line, and nostrils
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for embroidering the stripes on the shell, eyebrows, nose, and mouth
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease

Sea turtle amigurumi crochet pattern

Head

1: ch 4, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 2 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, sc, inc (8)
2: sc, 2 inc, 5 sc (10)
3: sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc (15)
4: (4 sc, inc) x 3 times (18)
5: (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
6-8: 24 sc (3 rounds of 24)

Insert the eyes in round 4.

9: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
10: (sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
Add stuffing
11: 4 dec, 4 sc (8)

Flippers (4 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 times (18)

Fold in half and crochet 9 sc through both sides. Do not stuff the flippers.

Tail

Chain 4, then starting in the 2nd ch from the hook:
sc, hdc, dc.

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Belly

1: ch 7, then starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 4 sc, inc (14)
2: inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
3: sc, inc, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 times (26)
4: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 times (26)
5: 3 sc, inc, 4 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 2 times (26)

In the next round, crochet in the head, flippers, and tail, starting with the back left leg.

6: 2 sc, 2 sc through the flipper and belly, 7 sc, 2 sc through the flipper and belly, 2 sc, 4 sc through 2 head stitches and 1 belly stitch, 2 sc, 2 sc through the flipper and belly, 7 sc, 2 sc through the flipper and belly, 2 sc, 4 sc through the tail and belly, sl st

Then cut the yarn and fasten off.

Shell

1: ch 7, then starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 4 sc, inc (14)
2: inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
3: sc, inc, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 times (26)
4: 26 sc (26)
5: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 times (26)
6: 3 sc, inc, 4 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 3 times, 4 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 2 times (26)

Assembly

• Join the 2 pieces together (the belly and the shell). Crochet 26 stitches around through both the shell and the belly (I use the crab stitch for this edging). Do not forget to add stuffing.
• Embroider the shell if desired and secure the head in place with just 3-4 stitches to the shell.
• Embroider the eyebrows, nostrils, and mouth