This amigurumi turtle is a quick and beginner-friendly crochet pattern. This little sea creature can stand on its own and makes a keychain accessory.
You can switch between colors to make different turtle looks, also you can add bows, or flowers to give it a different look it can make a great gift for a birthday or holiday gift for your loved ones.
Materials needed for making these turtles are fine-weight yarn with a 2.5 mm crochet hook, fiberfill, yarn needle, and 3mm black beads for eyes.
Stitches needed to finish this pattern are so simple and easy like single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, and slip stitch, and also you need to know how to work in the back loop and front loop.
Let’s get started!
Pattern by: Amigurumi Amo
Materials
- Crochet hook 2.5 / 3 mm
- Cotton yarn
- Yarn needle
- Stuffing
- 3 mm black beads for the eyes
Abbreviations
Ch – chain
St – stitch
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
Head
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
Round 4-5: 18 sc (18)
Round 6: 9 sc, 9 inc (18)
Round 7: (4 sc, dec) * 3 (15)
Round 8: (3 sc, dec) * 3 (12)
Round 9-11: 12 sc (12)
Cut off.
Body
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc. inc) * 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
Realize the tail: ch 3, sl st in the first ch, sc-hdc in the second.
Round 6: now realize the legs and join the head working as follows:
Work FLO
sc4, hd-dc-dc-hdc in the next st, sc 5, hd-dc-dc-hdc in the next st, sc, join the head with 6 sc (fold the neck in a half, make sure that the hdc of round 6 are on the front, so you have 6 st. Insert the hook FLO of round 5 and take also the two st of the folded neck for 6 times in total), 1 sc, hd-dc-dc-hdc in the next st, 5 sc, hd-dc-dc-hdc in the next st, 4 sc and change color.
Now realize the turtle shell working BLO of round 6 as follows:
Round 7-9: 30 sc (30)
Round 10: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
Round 11: 24 sc (24)
Round 12: (2 sc. dec) * 6 (18)
Round 13: (1 sc, dec) * 6 (12)
Stuff.
Round 14: (dec) * 6 (12)
Cut off and secure. Sew the black beads and color the cheeks. If you want you can embroider the shell.
