CROCHET PATTERN BY ALL FROM JADE

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Difficulty Skills required

Crocheting in spiral, magic ring, chain, slip
stitch, single crochet stitch, increasing and
Beginner decreasing.

Final size
Contact – Follow me! It is about 5 cm (2") high, with worsted
weight 100% acrylic yarn and a 3.50 mm
crochet hook (US size E/4).

Notes
• A video tutorial is available here:
o Right-handed:
Materials https://youtu.be/FfpGar8JfBI
o Left-handed:
• You can use the brand of worsted weight https://youtu.be/uC1hRrFn6Ok
yarn of your choice. I personally used the • Work in a spiral, do not join rounds or turn
brand Loops & Threads – Impeccable in your work, unless instructed otherwise in
colour White and Barley (light beige). the pattern
• About 70 cm (28’’) of black yarn for the • Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to
nose mark the end or the beginning of a round.
• 3.50 mm crochet hook Move the marker up after completing
• Polyester fiberfill for stuffing each round
• Two 10 mm safety eyes or buttons,
beads, felt etc. Did you know? You can use the same pattern
• Yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker to make larger or smaller plush by using finer
or bulkier yarn. Make sure to use a crochet
Abbreviations hook at least a size smaller than suggested on
• st(s) = stitch(es) the yarn label and crochet tightly enough so
• mr of n sc = crochet n (number) single that the stuffing does not show through the
crochet stitches into the magic ring stitches. You may also need to adjust the size
(see page 5) of the safety eyes.
• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet stitch Velvet seals!
• sl st = slip stitch If you would like to make baby seals with
• inc = increase – crochet two single Velvet yarn, please follow these simple
crochet stitches in the same stitch instructions:
• dec = invisible decrease – crochet two • Follow the pattern as usual
stitches together using the invisible • Use Bernat – Velvet or Baby Velvet
decrease method (see page 4) yarn in the colour of your choice
• sc n = crochet n single crochet stitches (or • Use a 4.5mm crochet hook
ch, hdc etc.), one in each stitch • Use 12 mm safety eyes
• (sc 4, inc) x n = repeat the pattern The amigurumi will also be a little bigger than
between parentheses n times the original one.
• (36) = number of stitches in a round after
finishing the round

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HIND FLIPPERS (make 2)

With white yarn.
1. mr of 4 sc (4)
2. (inc, sc) x2 (6)
3-4. sc around (2 rounds total) (6)
Important! For the 1st flipper only, fasten off with a sl st in the next
st, leaving a short yarn tail.
When you reach the end of the 2nd flipper, do not cut the yarn and
continue with the body.
Slightly stuff the flippers.

BODY
Still with the crochet on the 2nd leg.
5. sc in the sl st of the 1st flipper, sc 5 around the 1st flipper, (12)
sc 6 around the 2nd leg
6. (sc, inc) x6 (18)
7. sc 4, (inc, sc) x5, sc 4 (23)
8. sc 12, inc, sc 10 (24)
9-13. sc around (5 rounds total) (24)
14. sc 12, dec, sc 10 (23)
15. sc 4, (dec, sc) x5, sc 4 (18)
16. (sc, dec) x6 (12)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 15-16 with 5 sts in between.
Stuff the body.
17. dec x6 (6)
Fasten off leaving a small yarn tail and close the opening.

MUZZLE
With Barley yarn.
1. mr of 6 sc (6)
Sl st in the first sc.
Fasten off and leave a long yarn tail.
Embroider the nose with black yarn.
Sew the muzzle between the eyes. (see page 4)

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FORE FLIPPERS (make 2)

1. mr of 4 sc (4)
2. (inc, sc) x2 (6)
3. (sc 2, inc) x2 (8)
4. dec x4 (4)
Slightly stuff the flippers.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Sew the flippers to the side of the body (4 rounds behind the eyes
and 4 stitches down). (see below)

ASSEMBLY | FINISH

2. Sew the fore flippers 4 rounds Your baby seal is done! Good job!
1. Sew the muzzle between the eyes.
behind the eyes and 4 stitches down.

4 rounds back

4 3 2 1
1
2
4 stitches down 3
4

INVISIBLE DECREASE
1. Insert the hook under the 2. Insert the hook under the 3. Yarn over and draw
front loop of the first single front loop of the second through the first two loops.
crochet stitch. Do not yarn stitch and pick it up onto the Yarn over and draw through
over. hook. all loops.

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MAGIC RING
A magic ring is a way to begin crocheting in round by crocheting the first round into an
adjustable loop and then pulling the loop tight. Alternatively, you can chain 2, crochet n single
crochet stitches into the second chain from hook.

1. Make a 5. Start the

loop an inch first sc. Insert
from the the hook
yarn end. through the
Grab the join starting loop
with your from front to
thumb and back.
forefinger.

2. Insert the 6. Draw up a

hook loop. Yarn
through the over and
loop from draw through
front to both loops.
back, yarn
over and
draw up a
loop.

3. Yarn over 7. Continue

and draw crocheting over
through the the loop and the
loop. yarn tail until
you have the
required
number of sc for
the first round,
usually six.

4. Pull the
yarn tight. 8. Grab the
This does not yarn tail and
count as the pull until the
first single center is
crochet stitch. tightly
closed.