Medium Turtle Crochet

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Materials you need:
Yarn of preference. I used Baby Snuggle Solid Yarn for 4,5 mm hook.
Two different colours needed. I used grey and pink yarn. You can use the colours
you want.
Crochet hook suitable for your yarn size. I used 4,5 mm hook.
Markers.
Scissors.
Blunt Sewing Needle.
Security eyes (I used 14 mm eyes).
Synthetic cotton filler (stuffing).
Abbreviations you need to know for this pattern:
MR: magic ring.
Ch: chain.
St: stitch.
Sc: single crochet.
Sk: skip (skip stitch)
Inc: increase.
Dec: decrease.
CC: change colour.
FO: fasten off.
FLO: front loops only.
R”x”: Row “x”.
[X] : number of stitches you should have when you’ve finished that round.

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Head
Start with grey yarn
R1: MR of 6 st [6]
R2: x6 inc [12] (you do one increase per each stitch).
R3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 [18] (you do one increase in the first stitch,
then one single crochet in the following stitch, repeat this 6
times until the end of the row).
R4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 [24]
R5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 [30]
R6: (4 sc, 1 inc)x6 [36]
R7-10 (4 rounds): 36 sc [36]
Put eyes of security between R6&R7. I put the eyes in an horizontal
way.
R11: (4 sc, 1 dec)x6 [30]
R12: (3 sc, 1 dec)x6 [24]
R13: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 [18]
Put stuff in
Slst in the next st, FO and leave a very long tail for sewing after.

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Fins
Make two larger front fins and two smaller back fins
Front fins (x2):
R1: MR of 6 st [6]
R2: x6 inc [12]
R3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 [18]
R4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 [24]
R5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 [30]
R6: (4 sc, 1 inc)x6 [36]
Fold in half and do sc across the border until you get the last one.

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Back fins (x2)

R1: MR of 6 st [6]
R2: x6 inc [12]
R3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 [18]
R4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 [24]
R5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 [30]
Fold in half and do sc across the border until you get the last one.

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Then, once you have made the four fins, you gonna change the
orientation of the yarn tail in 2 of the fins (in one of the front fins,
and in one of the back fins!) with a needle, like this:

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So you will have two pairs of symmetrical fins.

This is because of the orientation of fins in the turtle. So it’s very
important!

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Tail
• R1: MR of 5 st [5]
• R2: x5 inc [10]
• R3-5 (3 rounds): 10 sc [10]
Slst in next st, pull the yarn and leave a tail for sewing.

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Shell
Start in pink yarn
R1: MR of 6 st [6]
R2: x6 inc [12]
R3: (1 sc, 1 inc)x6 [18]
R4: (2 sc, 1 inc)x6 [24]
R5: (3 sc, 1 inc)x6 [30]
R6: (4 sc, 1 inc)x6 [36]
R7: (5 sc, 1 inc)x6 [42]
R8: (6 sc, 1 inc)x6 [48]
R9: (7 sc, 1 inc)x6 [54]
R10: (8 sc, 1 inc)x6 [60]
R11: x60 sc FLO and put a marker in the back loop of the first sc
of this round, because you will need to remember this point after
so don’t forget to put a marker there. [60]

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after completing R11 you will

have something like this
R12: CC in previous stitch to grey yarn, and do 60 sc in the 60 back
loops you left behind in R11. This is why you needed to mark the first
back loop before. [60]
R13: 6 sc, ch 5, skip 5, 9 sc, ch 4, skip 4, 4 sc, ch 3, skip 3, 4 sc, ch 4, skip
4, 9 sc, ch 5, skip 5, 7 sc [60]
R14: (8 sc, 1 dec)x6 [54]
Note: In the chains, just sc in one
of the loops!
R15: (7 sc, 1 dec)x6 [48]
R16: (6 sc, 1 dec)x6 [42]

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After R16, sew the fins and the tail to the shell but don’t forget the
correct orientation. Look at the photos of below:

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This is where fins and tail must be placed. The tail, in the hole of three
stitches (the smallest) and the two smallest fins next to it (left hole and
right hole).
The two holes of the front part of the shell (not seen in the right photo),
are for the two largest fins. Note: I like to put the fins with the border
stitches side up, like in the photo, because it’s prettier in the plushie.

R17: (5 sc, 1 dec)x6 [36]

R18: (4 sc, 1 dec)x6 [30]
R19: (3 sc, 1 dec)x6 [24]
R20: (2 sc, 1 dec)x6 [18]
Put stuff in
R21: (1 sc, 1 dec)x6 [12]
R22: x6 dec [6]
Sew the six stitches FLO as in the photo of below, pull and hide yarn
into the shell, then cut.

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Now sew the head to the turtle between the two front fins. In the
photos of below I indicate how you must sew to do an invisible sewing.

In the head, In the body,

sew upwards sew downwards.
Repeat this ‘till the end
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Details (Blushing)
With pink yarn, follow this photo instructions:

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knot and hide it inside

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And it’s done! I hope you really liked my pattern. I would like
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