Turtle Snowflake Shell Amigurumi Pattern

Create your own adorable turtle with a snowy surprise on its shell with this crochet pattern. This pattern is suitable for intermediate crocheters.

Materials:

• Yarn: 50g of worsted weight yarn in green, 20g of worsted weight yarn in white
• Hook: US G/6 (4mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Fiberfill stuffing

Gauge:

6 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch in single crochet

Abbreviations:

• ch - chain
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase (2 single crochet in the same stitch)
• dec - decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)

Pattern:

Shell:

1. With green yarn, ch 18
2. Row 1: Starting from the 2nd ch from the hook, sc across (17)
3. Row 2: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st, sc across until last st, inc in last st (19)
4. Rows 3-10: Repeat Row 2
5. Row 11: Change to white yarn, ch 1, turn, sc across (19)
6. Row 12: Ch 1, turn, *sc, ch 2, skip 1 st*, repeat from * to * until last st, sc (19)
7. Row 13: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st and ch space across (19)
8. Row 14: Ch 1, turn, inc in first st, sc across until last st, inc in last st (21)
9. Rows 15-20: Repeat Rows 13-14 alternately (25 at the end of Row 20)
10. Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing

Body:

1. With green yarn, make a magic ring
2. Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)
3. Round 2: inc in each st around (12)
4. Round 3: *sc, inc*, repeat from * to * around (18)
5. Rounds 4-8: sc in each st around (18)
6. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing

Assembly:

1. Sew the white shell piece onto the back of the turtle body
2. Embroider small snowflake details on the white shell using white yarn
3. Stuff the body with fiberfill and sew the bottom closed
4. Your turtle with a snowflake shell is complete!