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Materials & Tools
3.5 mm crochet hook (US E hook) (or a size that fits your yarn)
Needle
Stuffing
Scissors
Abbreviations
st = stitch
Sc = single crochet
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
Inc = Increase
Dec = Decrease
** = repeat instructions x times – or round out
( ) = the number in parentheses indicates the number of stitches at the end of the round
Notes
Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round. Move the marker up after completing
each round.
All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern
Caretta Caretta Head
Rosa
1: Sc 6 in magic ring (6 Sts)
2: *Inc* (12 sts)
3: *Sc 1, Inc* (18 sts)
4: Sc 1, Inc,*Sc 2, Inc* 5x, Sc 1 (24 sts)
5: *Sc 3, Inc* (30 sts)
6: Sc 2, Inc, *Sc 4, Inc* 5x, Sc 2 (36 sts)
7: *Sc 5, Inc* (42 sts)
8: Sc 3, Inc, *Sc 6, Inc* 5x, Sc 3 (48 sts)
9-14: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (48)
15: Sc 3, *Dec, Sc 6* 5x, Dec, Sc 3 (42 sts)
16: *Dec, Sc 5* (36 sts)
17: Sc 2, *Dec, Sc 4* 5x, Dec, Sc 2 (30 sts)
18: *Dec, Sc 3* (24 sts)
19: Sc 5, *Dec, Sc 10* 1x, Dec, Sc 5 (22)
Make 1 sl st – only in first stitch. Break yarn and leave enough yarn to sew the head in place later. Fill head
Caretta Caretta Eyes
Make 2
Starting with black
1: Sc 9 in magic ring (8)
Color change to white
2: *Inc* (18 sts)
Make 1 sl st – only in first stitch. Break yarn and leave enough yarn to sew the eyes on the head – you can sew it on before you join the head to the body
Caretta Caretta Legs
Rosa
Front legs – make 2
1: Sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
2: *Inc* (12 sts)
3: *Sc 1, Inc* (18 sts)
4: Sc 1, Inc,*Sc 2, Inc* 5x, Sc 1 (24 sts)
5: *Sc 3, Inc* (30 sts)
6: Sc 2, Inc, *Sc 4, Inc* 5x, Sc 2 (36 sts)
7: *Sc 5, Inc* (42 sts)
8: Sc 3, Inc, *Sc 6, Inc* 5x, Sc 3 (48 sts)
9: *Sc 7, Inc* (54)
Fold the legs and make a half circle – crochet the two sides together with slip stitches (27 sts)
Break yarn and leave enough yarn to sew the legs in place later
Pull the end through the leg on one of them
Back legs – make 2
1: Sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
2: *Sc 2 in each stitch* (12 sts)
3: *Sc 1, Inc* (18 sts)
4: Sc 1, Inc,*Sc 2, Inc* 5x, Sc 1 (24 sts)
5: *Sc 3, Inc* (30 sts)
6: Sc 2, Inc, *Sc 4, Inc]*5x, Sc 2 (36 sts)
7: *Sc 5, Inc* (42 sts)
Break yarn and leave enough yarn to sew the legs in place later
Fold the legs and make a half circle – crochet the two sides together with slip stitches (21 sts)
Pull the end through the leg on one of them
Caretta Caretta Tail
Rosa
1: Sc 3 in magic ring (3 sts)
2: *Sc 2 in each stitch* (6 sts)
3: *Sc 1, Inc* (9 sts)
4-7: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (9 sts)
Make 1 sl st only in first stitch. Break yarn and leave enough yarn to sew the tail in place later
Caretta Caretta Shield
Gray
1: Sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
2: *Sc 2 in each stitch* (12 sts)
3: *Sc 2 in each stitch* (24 sts)
4: *Sc 1, Inc* (36 sts)
5-6: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (36 sts)
7: *Sc 2, Inc* (48 sts)
8-10: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (48 sts)
11: *Sc 3, Inc* (60 sts)
12-13: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (60 sts)
14: *Sc 4, Inc* (72 sts)
15-16: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (72 sts)
17: *Sc 5, Inc* (84 sts)
18: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (84 sts)
19: Sc 77 !in front loop only! (77)
The last 7 stitches is where the head is going to be – so don’t work into those
Break the yarn and weave in ends
Caretta Caretta Stomach
White
In the first round, work in all of the 84 stitches from round 18 in the shield. You also need to work into the 7 stitches from round 18 of the shield we left unworked in round 19! In back loop only!
Go down into the first stitch from round 18 – here you attach your yarn.
1: Sc 4, chain 7, skip 7 sts, Sc 17, chain 5, skip 5 sts, Sc 4, chain 3, skip 3 sts, Sc 4, chain 5, skip 5 sts, Sc 17, chain 7, skip 7 sts, Sc 11 (84 sts)
2: *Sc 1 in each stitch* (84 sts)
3: Sc 5, *Dec, Sc 10* 6x, de, Sc 5 (77 sts)
4: *Dec, Sc 9* (70 sts)
5: *Dec, Sc 5* (60 sts)
6:*Dec, Sc 8* (54 sts)
Join legs and tail in the holes we made in round 1 – tail i chain 3 space, back legs in chain 5 space, front legs in chain 7 space
7: *Dec, Sc 7* (48 sts)
8: Sc 3, *Dec, Sc 6*, 5x, Dec, Sc 3 (42 sts)
9: *Dec, Sc 5* (36 sts)
10: Sc 2, *Dec, Sc 4*, 5x, Dec, Sc 2 (30 sts)
11: *Dec, Sc 3* (24 sts)
12: Sc 1, *Dec, Sc 2*, 5x, Dec, Sc 1 (18 sts)
13: *Dec, Sc 1* (12 sts)
14: *Dec* (6 sts)
Break the yarn and weave in ends
Sew head in place in the 7 sts space we made in round 19 in the shield
Happy crocheting
