Crochet Cute Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern

Materials:

• Brown yarn (Craft Smart Value, Chocolate)
• Yellow yarn (Craft Smart Value, Butter)
• White yarn (Bernat Value)
• Red yarn (scrap)
• 4.5 mm crochet hook
• Stitch marker
• 16 mm safety eyes
• Wire (optional)
• Stuffing
• Pins

Abbreviations:

• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase (two single crochets in the same stitch)
• dec: decrease (see note below)

Body:

Create a magic ring of six single crochets.

• In the next round, make two single crochets in each stitch around (you should now have 12 stitches).
• In the next round, make one single crochet, then an increase, and repeat (you should now have 18 stitches).
• Repeat steps 3 and 4 two more times (you should now have 30, then 36, then 42 stitches).
• For the next round, make six single crochets, then an increase, and repeat (you should now have 48 stitches).
• Chain 10 rows of single crochets.
• Begin decreasing: make six single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 42 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Decrease: make five single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 36 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Decrease: make four single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 30 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Decrease: make three single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 24 stitches).
• Chain four rows of single crochets.
• Decrease: make two single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 18 stitches).
• Chain four rows of single crochets.
• Decrease: make one single crochet, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 12 stitches).
• Chain two rows of single crochets.

Head:

Attach a wire to the end of the body (optional).

• Increase round: make two single crochets in each stitch around (you should now have 24 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Increase: make one single crochet, then an increase, and repeat (you should now have 36 stitches).
• Increase: make two single crochets, then an increase, and repeat (you should now have 48 stitches).
• Chain four rows of single crochets.
• Decrease: make six single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 42 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Decrease: make five single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 36 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Decrease: make four single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 30 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Stuff the head partially.
• Decrease: make three single crochets, then a decrease, and repeat (you should now have 24 stitches).
• Chain one row of single crochets.
• Insert the eyes between rows 6 and 7 from the top.
• Stuff the head the rest of the way.
• Crochet the two ends of the head together with single crochets.
• Make a row of puff stitches around the head (yarn over, insert hook into the same stitch four times, pull up a loop each time, yarn over, and pull through all loops).

Neck:

With brown yarn, chain one row of single crochets around the base of the head.

• Change to white yarn, and make a row of three double crochets, chain one, three double crochets (clusters) in the first eight stitches.
• Fasten off and leave a tail.
• With yellow yarn, chain two, then make three double crochets in the first chain two space.
• Chain one, then make three double crochets in the next chain one space.
• Repeat steps 4 and 5 seven more times.
• Fasten off and leave a tail.
• Attach the yellow feathers to the neck with a slip stitch.
• With brown yarn, make a row of single crochets around the base of the feathers.
• Attach the white feathers to the bottom of the neck with a slip stitch.

Body and Legs:

Sew the legs to the bottom of the body.

• Sew the wings to the sides of the body.
• Sew the neck to the top of the body.
• Embellish the turkey with any additional details, such as a gobbler or a wattle.