Get ready to make a splash with your crochet skills by whipping up an adorable baby whale amigurumi keychain! Perfect for ocean lovers and crochet enthusiasts alike, this small, charming project fits right in your pocket.
Crochet Baby Whale Amigurumi Keychain
Material:
- Main body color yarn
- White yarn for the underbelly
- Pink yarn for the blush
- 4mm safety eyes (or alternate type if preferred)
- Blank keyrings (if making a keychain)
- Pillow stuffing
- 3mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Stitch marker (or a paper clip will do)
Pattern:
Start with a Magic Circle:
- Wrap yarn over your finger to form a cross
- Insert the hook underneath the cross
- Pull up a loop and loop over again to secure the magic circle
- Chain one (does not count as a stitch)
- Make 6 single crochets (sc) into the magic circle
- Pull tail to close the circle
Round 1:
- You have 6 sc
Round 2 (Increase Round):
- Increase in each stitch around (2 sc in each stitch)
- You will have 12 sc after this round
For Round 3:
- Alternate between 1 sc and an increase (2 sc in one stitch) around
- End up with 18 sc
Round 4:
- 1 sc in the next two stitches, then an increase
- Repeat around for a total of 24 sc
Rounds 5-7:
- 1 sc in each stitch around, maintaining 24 sc
For Round 8 (Tail and Fins):
- Chain 4, skip the first chain, make 1 sc into the second chain from hook
- Make 1 sc into the next chain
- Chain 3, sc into the second and third chain from hook
- Then sc back into the last remaining chain of the first chain four to form the tail
- Make 1 sc into the next six stitches
- For the first fin, chain 3, skip the first chain, and make 1 sc into the remaining two chains
- Continue with 1 sc into the next 12 stitches
- Make another fin identical to the first
- Finish with 1 sc into the remaining six stitches
Round 9 (Color Change to White):
- Start with white yarn now and sc in each stitch around
- Skip the fins while doing so
- Secure and cut off the blue tail after sufficiently woven in
Attach Safety Eyes:
- Place the safety eyes between the fins and body (from the fin, count one round up then two stitches to the right for one eye and the same to the left for the other)
Round 10 (Decrease Round):
- Do an invisible decrease (sc two stitches together using the front loops only to reduce bulk) after sc in the first two stitches
- Repeat pattern (2 sc, then a decrease) around
- End up with 18 sc
Round 11:
- Sc in the first stitch, then invisible decrease over the next two
- Repeat the pattern (1 sc, then a decrease) around
- End with 12 sc
Stuff the Whale:
- Generously stuff the amigurumi
Round 12 (Final Decrease):
- Decrease in each stitch around
- Cut off excess yarn, leaving a tail for sewing
- Close the hole by weaving the tail through the front loops of the last round's stitches and pull tight
- Knot and hide the tail inside the amigurumi
Add Blush with Pink Yarn:
- Embroider blush on the cheeks with pink yarn, tying off discreetly
Attach Keychain (if desired):
- Sew the last jump ring of the keychain to the top of the amigurumi
Finish:
- Hide all the yarn tails by pulling them into the amigurumi with a yarn needle
Closing Remarks:
- Adjust the shape if needed, and you've completed your baby whale amigurumi!
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