Seal Doing a Belly Flop crochet pattern

Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 77 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineSea creatures

Difficulty: 2/3
Time: ~3 h
Size: 7.6 cm
Weirdness: 1/5

A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet seal pattern: a Seal Doing a Belly Flop amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. The toy is a grey seal lying flat on its belly with its front flippers spread wide and hind flippers kicked up, a light face, pink cheeks and a blissful smile. You need about 85 m of yarn: 70 m grey, 10 m light grey and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 3 hours. It makes a funny desk buddy or a gift for anyone who loves the sea and a good flop. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Seal Doing a Belly Flop

Intermediate · 8 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

Crochet the 8 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Front flipper ×2, Hind flipper ×2, Cheek ×2 (77 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 5 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

What you'll need

Tick things off as you gather them.

0 of 8 gathered

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

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Engine
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Remix Crochet it

0 of 65 rounds done

R1with grey: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R42 sc, (inc, 3 sc) ×2, inc, 1 sc(15)
R5(4 sc, inc) ×3(18)
R6–918 sc(18)
R102 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×2, dec, 2 sc(15)
R11(3 sc, dec) ×3(12)
Size before assembly: about 2.4 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 11 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 5 mm thick.

R1with grey: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3(1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R4(1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc) ×2(18)
R5–618 sc(18)
R7(2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R8(1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 2.3 cm at the widest, 2.4 cm long; 8 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 5 mm thick.

R1with pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Embroidery in black thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Safety nose, oval, 10×7 mm (on the head): between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre front line.
Embroidery in black thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line).
Embroidery in black thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line) → (in round 20, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 19 and 20, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark grey thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 18, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 8.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark grey thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 19, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).