Crochet Amigurumi Baby Turtle

I hope you enjoy making your amigurumi turtle. It's a fun and rewarding project.

Materials:

• Light green yarn
• Beige yarn
• Brown yarn
• Stuffing
• Yarn needle

Gauge:

• 16 sc and 12 rows = 4 inches in sc

Head:

• Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (SBN, inc) x 6 (18)
• Round 4: (2 RLS, inc) x 6 (24)
• Round 5: (3 RLS, inc) x 6 (30)
• Round 6: (4 RLS, inc) x 6 (36)
• Round 7: (5 RLS, inc) x 6 (42)
• Round 8: (6 RLS, inc) x 6 (48)
• Round 9: (7 RLS, inc) x 6 (54)
• Round 10: (8 RLS, inc) x 6 (60)
• Rounds 11-21: 60 sc
• Round 22: (4 RLS, inc) x 12 (72)
• Rounds 23-29: 72 sc
• Round 30: (10 RLS, dec) x 6 (66)
• Round 31: 66 sc
• Round 32: (9 RLS, dec) x 6 (60)
• Round 33: 60 sc
• Round 34: (8 RLS, dec) x 6 (54)
• Round 35: (7 RLS, dec) x 6 (48)
• Round 36: (6 RLS, dec) x 6 (42)
• Round 37: (5 RLS, dec) x 6 (36)
• Round 38: (4 RLS, dec) x 6 (30)
• Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body:

• Repeat instructions for head, but end after Round 29.

Paws:

• Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Rounds 3-10: 12 sc
• Round 11: (10 sc, dec) x 2 (10 sc)
• Round 12: 10 sc
• Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Armor:

• Front: With beige yarn, repeat instructions for head through Round 29.
• Back: With beige yarn, repeat instructions for body through Round 29.
• Bottom: With brown yarn, work Rounds 1-8 of body pattern.
• To attach the front and back of the armor, join the two pieces at the top with a single crochet.
• Fill the armor with stuffing.
• To attach the bottom of the armor, join the two pieces with a single crochet.

Circles:

• With light green yarn, make 13 circles: 3 for the paws, 2 for the legs, and 3 for the head.
• With brown yarn, make 7 circles: 3 for the shell and 4 for the back of the shell.

Eyes:

• With CottonGold yarn, make 2 black circles and 2 white circles.

Assembly:

• Sew the head to the body.
• Sew the black circles to the white circles.
• Embroider the eyes with black thread.
• Sew the front of the armor to the belly of the turtle.
• Sew the upper paws to the body, 28 rows down from the top.
• Sew the lower paws to the body, 11-12 rows down from the top.
• Sew the back of the armor to the turtle.
• Sew the circles to the turtle, as desired.

Enjoy your new turtle!