Crocheted Mini Turtle

Designed by SP Sandsteel

Materials Sock yarn in 2 or 3 colors Size C crochet hook Tapestry needle Stitch marker A tiny amount of stuffing (or yarn scraps) All pieces are crocheted in the round (in a spiral). Use a stitch marker or keep track of stitch count to keep your place. Top Shell (uses colors #1 and #2) With color #1, ch 3, sl st in 1st ch to form a ring (or use magic ring technique). Row 1: 7 sc through center of ring (7st) Row 2: 2 sc in each stitch around (14 st) Row 3: (sc with color #1, 2sc in next st with color #2) around (21 st). Finish off Color #1. Row 4: With color #2, sc in each st around (21 st), sl st to join. Finish off. Bottom Shell (uses color #2) Ch 3, sl st in 1st ch to form a ring (or use magic ring technique). Row 1: 7 sc through center of ring (7st) Row 2: 2 sc in each st around (14 st) Row 3: (sc, 2sc) repeat around (21 st). Sl st to join but do not cut yarn. Shell tabs: Still holding the loop from the above sl st, sc in the next 3 sc. Turn. Ch 1, 1 sc in each st across, finish off. (3 st) Leave a tail of yarn about 12 inches long. (You now have a small rectangular tab extending from the shells edge). On the opposite side of the bottom shell (with right side facing you), pick up a stitch with a new piece of yarn and make another tab: 1 sc in the next 3 sc. Turn. (3 st) Ch 1, 1 sc in each sc across, finish off. (3 st) Leave a tail of yarn about 10 inches long.

Head, Body, and Tail (uses color #1 OR color #3) Ch 3, sl st in 1st ch to form a ring (or use magic ring technique). Row 1: 7 sc through center of ring (7st) Row 2: 2sc in each of next 3 sc, sc around (10st) Row 3: 1 sc in each st (10 st) Row 4: sc, sc, sc2tog, sc, sc, sc2tog, sc, sc (8 st) Row 5: sc around (8 st) Row 6: (sc, 2sc in next 2 sc) twice, sc, 2sc in next sc (13 st) Row 7 8: sc around (13 st) Stuff turtle with stuffing or yarn scraps. Row 9 to finish (work in continuous spiral, disregarding stitch marker): (sc, sc, sc2tog) 6 times, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc2tog, sc, sc, sc2tog, sc2tog, sl st. Sew any remaining stitches closed with a tapestry needle and try to make the end into a neat point (this is the tail). Finish off and weave in the ends. Legs (same color as body) Leave a tail for sewing to the body. Ch 4, sl st in 1st ch to form a ring. Row 1: sc in each ch around (4 st) Row 2-4: 1 sc in each st around for about 3 or 4 rows, or until leg is the right length. Sl st to join, leave a tail, and sew the end of the leg closed with a tapestry needle. I do not stuff the legs. Assembly Sew the legs on to the sides of the body. Leave about 2 or 3 rows between the front and back legs. Put the top shell on top of the assembled turtle body, and the bottom shell on the bottom, with the shell tabs between the front and back legs. Using the long yarn tail on each tab, sew the top of each shell tab to the underside of the top shell. Sew to the second to last row of top shell, leaving a little lip on the top shell that isnt sewn down. Embroider eyes if you wish.

ITS TURTLE TIME!

Terms ch = chain sl st = slip stitch sc = single crochet sc2tog = decrease over 2 stitches / crochet 2 stitches together

Copyright 2009 by SP Sandsteel. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, please visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ For questions or comments, please email the designer at sociallyskilled@gmail.com