Turtle

Difficulty Level: easy

Plush crochet amigurumi turtle

Free crochet tutorial for a Turtle by Liza vyazhet.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush turtle. For this amigurumi, you can use any plush yarn, such as Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, etc. The toy consists of two pieces: the head and the body. The legs are crocheted as you work the body. The eyes are glued on.

Materials and Tools

  • Plush yarn in two colors
  • Black thread for embroidering the mouth
  • Safety eyes
  • 4-4.5 mm crochet hook
  • Toy stuffing
  • Stitch markers
  • Pins
  • Glue
  • Needle for sewing pieces
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Plush Crochet Amigurumi Turtle Pattern

Head

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

Stuff the head.

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. 24 sc
6. 10 sc, 4 sc together with the head (through both loops), 10 sc (24)

Change yarn. Work the next round in BLO, bringing the shell yarn to the outside.

7. 4 sc, leg (4 ch, 2 hdc starting in the 3rd ch from the hook, sl st into the base), 3 sc, leg, 10 sc, leg, 3 sc, leg, 4 sc, tail (3 ch, sl st in the 3rd ch from the hook, sl st into the base) (24). In the remaining FLO, work with green yarn: 10 sc, 4 sl st, 10 sc
8. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9. (1 sc, dec) x 6
10. 6 dec (6)

Glue on the eyes and embroider the mouth.

Our crocheted turtle is ready! Please tag the author on social media - Liza vyazhet.