CROCHET TOY PATTERN

turtles
Supplies:
1. Yarn YarnArt jeans (50 g/150 m, 1,76 oz/174 yds, 55%
cotton/ 45% pac, fine 2):
basic color (color 01, color11, color 82, color 40, color 53,
color 67)

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2.hook № 2,25 Crochet Soft Touch or Gamma 1,5

Additional supplies:
1. scissors
2. markers
3. Beads
4. Syntepuh

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Abbreviations:

mc - magic circle
Ch - chain;
sl st - slip stitch;
sc- single crochet
hdc - half-double crochet;
dc - double crochet;
TR - Treble crochet;
dec - decrease (sinGle crochet 2 stitches together);
hdc dec - (single crochet 2 half-double crochet together);
inc -increase (2 sc in 1 sc of previous row);
hdc inc - (2 hdc in 1 sc of previous row);
blo - back loops only
flo - front loops only
( ) - number in brackets – number of stitches in a row
(…)*6 - number shows required number of repetitions of the
pattern

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Introductory lesson
THE TOY IS MADE IN SPIRAL, WITHOUT ANY SL ST OR CH

Front side Wrong side

You must know some basic crochet skills. The pattern

doesn't include any tutorial lessons. There's only a
pattern of the toy. You must know how to crochet such
toys. The pattern us for advanced, but not for beginners.

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1. Carapace (1) (basic color 82 dark green)
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8) 23 r - 27 r: 128 sc (128)
2 r: 8 Inc (16) 28 r: BLO: 128 sc (128)
3 r: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 r: 1 sc, Inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 1 sc
(32)
5 r: (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 r: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 2 sc
(48)
7 r: (5 sc, inc)*8 (56)
8 r - 9 r: 56 sc (56)
10 r: 3 sc, Inc, (6 sc, inc)*7, 3 sc
(64)
11 r: (7 sc, inc)*8 (72) 29 r: FLO: 128 sc (128)
12 r: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*7, 4 sc
(80)
13 r - 14 r: 80 sc (80)
15 r: (9 sc, inc)*8 (88)
16 r: 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*7, 5 sc
(96)
17 r: ( 11 sc, inc)*8 (104)
18 r - 19 r: 104 sc (104)
20 r: 6 sc, inc, (12 sc, inc)*7, 6 sc
(112)
21 r: (13 sc, inc)*8 (120) 30 r: (15 sc, inc)* 8 (136)
22 r: 7 sc, inc, (14 sc, inc)*7, 7 sc 31 r: 136 sc (136)
(128) 32 r: (15 sc, dec)*8 (128)
33 r: 128 sc (128)

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fasten and cut the thread,
leave a yarn tail.

2. Carapace (2) (basic color 67 light yellow)

1 r: 8 sc in mr (8) 14 r: BLO: 5 sc, inc, (10 sc,
2 r: BLO: 8 Inc (16) inc)*7, 5 sc (96)
3 r: BLO: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24) 15 r: BLO: ( 11 sc, inc)*8 (104)
4 r: BLO: 1 sc, Inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 16 r: BLO: 104 sc (104)
1 sc (32) 17 r: BLO: 6 sc, inc, (12 sc,
5 r: BLO: (3 sc, inc)*8 (40) inc)*7, 6 sc (112)
6 r: BLO: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7, 18 r: BLO: (13 sc, inc)*8 (120)
2 sc (48) 19 r: BLO: 7 sc, inc, (14 sc,
7 r: BLO: (5 sc, inc)*8 (56) inc)*7, 7 sc (128)
8 r: BLO: 56 sc (56) 20 r: BLO: 128 sc (128)
9 r: BLO: 3 sc, Inc, (6 sc, inc)*7,
3 sc (64)
10 r: BLO: (7 sc, inc)*8 (72)
11 r: BLO: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc,
inc)*7, 4 sc (80)
12 r: BLO: 80 sc (80)
13 r: BLO: (9 sc, inc)*8 (88)

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3. Carapace (3) (basic color 67 light yellow)
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
2 r: 8 hdc Inc (16)
3 r: (1 hdc, hdc inc)*8 (24)
4 r: 1 hdc, hdc Inc, (2 hdc, hdc
inc)*7, 1 hdc (32)
5 r: (3 hdc, hdc inc)*8 (40)
6 r: 2 hdc, hdc inc, (4 hdc, hdc
inc)*7, 2 hdc (48)
7 r: 48 hdc (48)
8 r: (5 hdc, hdc inc)*8 (56)
9 r - 21 r: 56 hdc (56)
22 r: 56 sc (56)
4. Carapace (4) (7 pieces) (basic color 40 brown)
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
2 r: BLO: 8 Inc (16)
3 r: BLO: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 r: BLO: (2 sc, inc)*8 (32)
5 r: BLO: (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 r: BLO: (4 sc, inc)*8 (48)
7 r: BLO: (5 sc, inc)*8 (56)

Change color into light-green one (color 11) and work slip
stitch
FLO from 6-1 rows.

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Return to the 1st piece,
sew the 33rd row to the
28th one. See the photo.

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 The rest of pieces are
attached with
temporary seam. If you
can't allocate all the
pieces, sew in 1 piece less.
See the photo.

Attach piece (4) to piece

(1). Begin from the top,
but firstly fold the piece
to make 1st rows
together.

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Attach all pieces (4) to
piece (1).

Fold piece (3) in halves.

Place the marker to the
folded edge as it's
shown in the photo.

Then attach line AB of

piece (3) to piece (2).

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Make some stitches
between piece (2) and
piece (3) to attach them
to each other.

Sew piece (1) to piece (2).

Attention! Don't attach all
the pirces at once. Leave a
small hole to fill the piece
with fiber. Don't fill too
Attach piece (3) to piece much fiber. Carapace must
(1) from point A to point be filled with fiber a bit to
But. insert an egg with a little
turtle inside. It's better to
put an egg in piece (3) to find
out fiber density.

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5. tail (basic color 11 light Green)
1 r: 6 sc in mr (6)
2 r: 6 inc (12)
3 r - 6 r: 12 sc (12)

sew the tail to the

Carapace

fold the piece in halves

and work sc

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6. head (basic color 11 light Green)
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8) 16 r - 19 r: 64 sc (64)
2 r: 8 Inc (16) 20 r: (6 sc, dec)*8 (56)
3 r: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24) 21 r - 22 r: 56 sc (56)
4 r: 1 sc, Inc, (2 sc, inc)*7, 23 r: (5 sc, dec)*8 (48)
1 sc (32) 24 r: BLO: 48 sc (48)
5 r: (3 sc, inc)*8 (40) 25 R - 26 r: 48 sc (48)
6 r: 40 sc (40)
7 r: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7,
2 sc (48)
8 r: 48 sc (48)
9 r: BLO: 48 sc (48)

27 r: (4 sc, dec)*8 (40)

28 r: 40 sc (40)
29 r: (3 sc, dec)*8 (32)
30 r: (2 sc, dec)*8 (24)
31 r: (1 sc, dec)*8 (16)
10 r: 48 sc (48) 32 r: 8 dec (8)
11 r: 48 sc (48) Fasten off leaving a tail
12 r: (5 sc, inc)*8 (56) about 15 cm long and cut
13 r - 14 r: 56 sc (56) the yarn.
15 r: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*7,
3 sc (64)
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Using a tapestry needle,
weave the yarn tail
through the front loop of
each stitch and pull tight
to close.

7. eyes (1 detail) (2 pieces) (basic color 01 white)

1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
2 r: 8 Inc (16)
3 r: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
4 r: 1 sc, Inc, (2 sc, inc)*7,
1 sc (32)
5 r: (3 sc, inc)*8 (40)
6 r: 40 sc (40)
7 r: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*7,
2 sc (48)
8 r: 48 sc (48)
Fo, weave in ends

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8. eyes (2 detail) (2 pieces) (basic color 53 black, color
40 brown)
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8) 4 r: 12 sc, 18 hdc (30)
2 r: 8 Inc (16) fasten and cut the
3 r: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24) thread, leave a yarn
tail.

fasten and cut the

thread, leave a yarn sew details 2 to details 1
tail. new thread brown.
3 r: BLO: 12 сс, (1 hdc, hdc
inc)*6 (30)

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9. head assembly
sew eyes to head
Веки.
Return to the 9th row and
work flo with a new light
green thread (color
11).work 3 rows - 48 sc.
Work the 2nd eyelid in the
same way, beginning from
the 46th row.

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Make contraction

Insert thread in point a Pull a needle outside

and pull thread out point eyelid in point d
c. Leave a long rail
thread in point a.

Insert a needle in point e

and pull it out point f

Skip 1 sc and insert a

needle in point b

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Insert a needle through Hide tail threads.
the eyelid in the opposite
side and pull thread out
point g

Embrider a mouth with

thin black thread
Tighten thread and make
some strong knot to
have constriction.

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Sew a small piece of Sew the head to the
eyelid to the head. carapace in upper and
lower parts.

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10. feets (2 pieces) (basic color 11 light Green)

- start

- ch
Т - hdc

1 r: 14 ch (14) 2 r: hdc in the second ch

from hook, 11 hdc, 3 hdc
in next st, 12 hdc on the
other side of the chain, 3
hdc in next st (30)

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 6 r - 8 r: 48 hdc (48)

3 r: 12 hdc, 3 hdc inc, 12

hdc on the other side of
the chain, 3 hdc inc (36) fold the piece in halves
4 r: 12 hdc, (1 hdc, hdc and work sc
inc)*3, 12 hdc on the ! here we fill the part
other side of the chain, with fiber
(1 hdc, hdc inc)*3 (42)
5 r: 12 hdc, (2 hdc, hdc
inc)*3, 12 hdc on the
other side of the chain,
(2 hdc, hdc inc)*3 (48)

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sew feets to Carapace

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11. eyes (2 detail) (2 pieces) (basic color 82 dark green,
color 40 brown, color 01 white)
brown large
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
2 r: 8 inc (16)
Fo, weave in ends

green big
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
2 r: 8 inc (16)
Fo, weave in ends

green small (two pieces)

1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
Fo, weave in ends

brown small
1 r: 8 sc in mr (8)
Fo, weave in ends

glare of the eye

white (two pieces)
1 R: 8 sc in mr (8)
Fo, weave in ends
sew flecks to the head
and paw. sew glare of the
eye to the eyes

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