Tutorial amigurumi - Little Happy Whale

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You will need:

- Two-colored wool (one for the back and fins / tail and one for the belly)

- Safety eyes (eyes for dolls, if you have not made them small circles with felt, you will waste more time but they are fine)

- Padding

- Stitch marker, crochet hook and wool needle.

Experience level:

Medium / easy (if you have already made amigurumi and are at least practical with crochet you will have no problems, the difficulty is in the stitching)

Pattern:

Let's start from the belly that you will have to do absolutely first.

Belly:

- 7 sc in magic ring

- 2 sc in each st  (14)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 1 st, rep from * (21)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from *(28)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, rep from * (35)

Close and hide the thread.

The belly!

Back:

- 7 sc in magic ring

- 2 sc in each st  (14)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 1 st, rep from * (21)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from *(28)
- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 13 st, rep from * (30)
- Work around (30)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, rep from * (35)

- Work around (35)

- Work around (35)

- Work around (35)

Put the safety eyes on the first lap, leave 5-6 holes of space between one eye and the other.
If you use felt instead, sew the little eyes at the end of everything.

Ready for the safety eyes

Now ready to assemble

Now the "difficult" part, you have to join your back and belly.

For convenience, work keeping the back upside down and the belly up as you can see in the photo, the belly with the "beautiful" side on the outside.
Continuing to work with the back thread that we have not cut we knit the back stitches in back loop while we take the belly stitches in front loop.

It is easier to do it than to read it, don't worry, I hope you understand it in the picture.
If you are not with the front / back loop simply join the stitches.

When you are almost at the end fill the whale well and close with a very low stitch, cut and hide the thread.

Let's continue with the details.

Tail:

- 4 sc in magic ring

- 2 sc in each st  (8)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, rep from * (10)

Close and leave long thread.

Make two circles to create the tail.
Use one of the long threads of the two circles to join the two circles (just sew two / three stitches together), with the other thread sew the whale's tail.
Pay attention to center from the opposite side of the eyes.

Side fins x2:

- 4 sc in magic ring

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 1 st, rep from * (6)

- Work *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from *(8)

Close and leave long thread.

Sew the two fins to the sides.

Done!
Simple, right?

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I hope it will help you during this strange period of lockdown. Stay safe!

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