Tiny Blue Turtle
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Free crochet squishy pattern: a Squishy Seal amigurumi, about 6 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A soft, round, flat white baby seal with shiny black eyes, pink cheeks, a tiny black nose and little grey-white flippers. You need about 50 m of yarn: 35 m white, 10 m light grey and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. A cuddly gift for sea animal fans, it also sits happily on a shelf or a bed. Rotate the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern to make your own.
How to crochet the Squishy Seal
Beginner-friendly · 6 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 7 pieces in rounds: Body, Flipper ×2, Tail flipper ×2, Cheek ×2 (42 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 4 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 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.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 34 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 8.4 cm at the widest, 8.8 cm long; 31 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes and the safety nose now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 5.2 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 38 % --> 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 3 mm thick.<!-- flattened 75 % -->
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 3 mm thick.<!-- flattened 80 % -->
- A flat circle about 1 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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