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A crochet amigurumi inspired by Squirtle from Pokémon: a light blue baby turtle with a brown shell, a cream belly plate and a curly tail. About 11 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A free pattern with every round counted, a 3D model to turn around and a printable PDF. Unofficial fan-made design, not affiliated with or endorsed by Pokémon.
How to crochet the Tiny Blue Turtle
Intermediate · 11 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 10 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Shell, Belly plate, Arm ×2, Leg ×2, Tail, Shell rim (85 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 8 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
0 of 9 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.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 66 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 5.2 cm long; 18 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 8.2 cm at the widest, 6.2 cm long; 26 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- A flat oval about 6.6 × 5.4 cm; 7 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running vertically, top to bottom. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With shellbrown: ch 5.
- Change to shellrim (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat oval about 4.5 × 3.7 cm; 5 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running vertically, top to bottom. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With plateyellow: ch 4.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 2.4 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 12 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 320° around round 3<!-- the bend spreads over 7 rounds --><!-- coil 2.2 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.9 turns) from round 3 to its tip: after stuffing, roll it up starting from the tip (round 1) toward the side that faces up on the finished toy; the turns lie close, each wider than the last. From the tip to round 3 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- Size before assembly: about 6.7 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
- Change to shellrim (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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