Supplies
- Size 3 yarn:
- Cotton Kings 8/8 Black
- Cotton Kings 8/8 Light Blue
- Cotton Kings 8/8 Light Purple
- 3.125 mm hook
- One 15 mm safety eye
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Poly-fill
- Felt (or other fabric)
- Black embroidery thread (optional)
- Black sewing thread
- Sewing needle
Abbreviations (U.S.)
| st/sts | stitch/stitches |
| ch | chain stitch |
| slst | slip stitch |
| sc | single crochet |
| hdc | half double crochet |
| dc | double crochet |
| tc | treble crochet |
| inc | increase |
| dec | INVISIBLE decrease |
| FLO | work stitches into the front loop only |
| BLO | work stitches into the back loop only |
| MR | magic ring |
| ( ) x # | repeat instructions in parentheses the number of times indicated after the x |
| [ ] | work all the instructions in brackets into a single stitch |
| { } | stitch count for each round/row |
| f/o | fasten off |
Head/Body
In black yarn:
1) 6 sc in MR {6}
2) inc x 6 {12}
3) ([sc 3], sc 2) x 4 {20}
4) sc, [sc 3], (sc 4, [sc 3]) x 3, sc 3 {28}
5) sc 2, [sc 3], (sc 6, [sc 3]) x 3, sc 4 {36}
6) sc 3, [sc 3], (sc 8, [sc 3]) x 3, sc 4, slst {44}
F/o
Cast on with blue yarn and continue where you left off (first st of next round).
7) sc 44 in BLO
8) sc 2, dec, sc, dec, (sc 6, dec, sc, dec) x 3, sc 4 {36}
9-15) sc 36
16) sc 11, dec, sc, dec, sc5, dec, sc, dec, sc 10 {32}
17) sc 10, dec, sc, dec, sc3, dec, sc, dec, sc 9 {28}
18) sc 5, dec, sc 2, (dec, sc) x 4, sc, dec, sc 4 {22}
Stop, DO NOT FASTEN OFF.
Mark the placement of the eyes between rnd 12 and 13. Use black embroidery thread/yarn to add stitching, then insert the eyes.
Make an x on the other side of the face.
19) sc 7, dec x 2, sc, dec x 2, sc 6 {18}
20) sc 4, (sc, dec, sc) x 3, sc 2 {15}
21) sc 5, dec x 3, sc 4 {12}
22) dec, sc 4, dec, sc 4 {10}
23) dec, sc 6, dec {8}
24) dec x 2, inc x 2, dec {7}
Make one more dec then fasten off and close. Leave a tail for sewing.
Tail Fin
1) ch 10
2) slst in 2nd st from hook, hdc, dc, tc, slst, tc, dc, hdc, slst {9}
F/o
Right Flipper
1) ch 6
2) slst in 2nd st from hook, hdc, dc, tc, ch 3, slst in next st.
F/o
Left Flipper
1) ch 8
2) tc in 5th st from hook, dc, hdc, slst
F/o
Hat
1) 6 sc in MR {6}
2) inc x 6 {12}
3) (sc, inc) x 6 {18}
4) (sc, inc) x 8, sc, sc and slst in next st {27}
5) sc 27 in BLO {27}
6) (sc 7, dec) x 3 {24}
7) sc 24 {24}
8) (sc 3, dec, sc 3) x 3 {21}
9) sc 21 {21}
10) (sc 5, dec) x 3 {18}
11) inc x 18 in FLO {36}
12) slst 5, in FLO: slst 9, in both loops: slst 9, in FLO: slst 9, in both loops: slst 4 {36}
F/o, leave a tail for sewing.
Use a piece of the purple yarn to add decorative stitching on the top. Tie the two ends in a bow at the back where the beginning/end is uneven. Use pink ribbon to make a bow at the base.
Sewing
Use the tail from the body to sew the tail fin on and weave in any loose ends. Use black yarn to sew the flippers on both sides (weave in any loose ends) and sew the hat onto the head. When sewing the hat, I only sewed a couple of the back loops from rnd 11 onto each side of the head. Use more black embroidery thread(or yarn) to add stitches on the body.
Pin a small piece of tracing paper to the front of the whale and draw a heart however big you want. Cut it out and trace it onto felt (or any fabric you prefer). Cut out your fabric heart and sew it to the front of the whale with black thread.
