Little Tortoise crochet pattern
- Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 54 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.
by the pattern engineAnimals
- Difficulty
- 2/3
- Time
- ~3 h
- Size
- 7.9 cm
- Weirdness
- 1/5
Download Free Printable PDF
A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
A free crochet turtle pattern for a little land tortoise standing on four stumpy legs under a tall, domed shell. This amigurumi tortoise has a brown-green shell patched with caramel hexagon plates and a cream rim, and a sage-green head with happy closed eyes, a stitched smile and pink cheeks. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook; the shell is one piece, the 13 hexagon plates are flat motifs sewn on, the face is embroidered, and the tortoise stands about 8 cm (3 in) tall. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where each plate and leg goes.
How to crochet the Little Tortoise
Intermediate · 8 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 22 pieces in rounds: Panzer (Ober- und Unterseite in einem Teil), Big shell plate ×7, Small shell plate ×6, Kopf, Bein ×4, Schwanz, Wange ×2 (61 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 10 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
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