free chunky whale crochet pattern
Welcome back to our blog, today we have a new free pattern. You will be able to make your very own no sew chunky whale!!
Materials you will need:
3.5 mm crochet hook
bernat velvet in white
bernat velvet in color of your choice
stitch marker
Tapestry needle
Stuffing
Safety eyes 10mm x2
Level: Beginner
ENG US terms
MC: Magic cirlce
Sc: single crochet
Dec: decrease
Inc: Increase
Blo: Back loop only
FLO: front loop only
f/o: fasten off
slst: Slip stitch
special stitch:
Bubble stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two.
Repeat number one in the same stitch/space until you have a total of 6 loops on your hook.
Yarn over, pull through all 5 loops at once.
Slip Stitch in next stitch.
Head/Body in main color of your choice
R1: MC 6
R2: Inc x6 (12)
R3: (1sc, inc) x6 (18)
R4: (2sc, inc) x6 (24)
R5: (3sc, inc) x6 (30)
R6-R8: 30sc (30) change to white on the last stitch of round 8
R9: 8sc, 2sc blo, 8sc, 2sc blo, 8sc, 2sc blo (30)
add eyes on round 8, 6sts apart
R10: (3sc, dec) x6 (24)
R11: (2sc, dec) x6 (18)
R12: (1sc, dec) x6 (12)
stuff the head/body firmly
R13: dec x6 (6)
f/o leave a tail to close the opening.
Fins x2:
Slst the yarn of the main color through the flo or round 9 on each side of the body, right beside the eyes and make a bubble stitch in the first FLO (look at the special st), f/o
back fin:
make a slst with the main color onto the front loop, make a bubble stitch on each front loop, slst in the same st. f/o weave in all the ends.
You have now a chunky whale!! happy crocheting.
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