Blue whale – free amigurumi pattern

This free amigurumi pattern will help you to create a couple of amazing blue whales! The whale amigurumi pattern is super easy, it’s a perfect choice for beginners.

Materials:
* Yarn Jeans YarnArt 55% cotton, 45% polyacryl, 160 m, 50 g or Cotton Gold Alize 55% cotton 45% acryl, 330 m, 100 g or any other yarn of suitable colour
* 1.75 mm crochet hook (or suitable to your yarn)
* Holofiber for stuffing
* Needle for sewing parts together
* Black buttons or safety eyes (10 mm)
* White fleece
* Gel glue
* Black embroidering thread, a suitable needle
* White thread for embroidering a smile
* Decorations as you wish

Blue whale
Free amigurumi pattern

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)

Head + body
Crochet in a spiral. Use the marker not to lose the beginning of the round. Stuff tightly as you go and shape a small curve of the tail upwards.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring or in a chain
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 9: (sc in the next 11 st, inc) repeat 4 times [52]
Rnd 10-15: sc in all 52 st
Rnd 16: (sc in the next 11 st, dec) repeat 4 times [48]
Rnd 17-18: sc in all 48 st
Rnd 19: (sc in the next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 20-23: sc in all 42 st
Rnd 24: dec, sc in the next 4 st, dec, sc in the next 28 st, dec, sc in the next 4 st [39]
Rnd 25: sc in all 39 st
Rnd 26: dec, sc in the next 4 st, dec, sc in the next 25 st, dec, sc in the next 4 st [36]
Rnd 27: sc in all 36 st
Rnd 28: dec, sc in the next 4 st, dec, sc in the next 22 st, dec, sc in the next 4 st [33]
Rnd 29: sc in all 33 st
Rnd 30: dec, sc in the next 4 st, dec, sc in the next 19 st, dec, sc in the next 4 st [30]
Rnd 31: sc in all 30 st
Rnd 32: dec, sc in the next 4 st, dec, sc in the next 16 st, dec, sc in the next 4 st [27]
Rnd 33: sc in all 27 st
Rnd 34: dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 15 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st [24]
Rnd 35: sc in all 24 st
Rnd 36: dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 12 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st [21]
Rnd 37: sc in all 21 st
Rnd 38: dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 9 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st [18]
Rnd 39: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 40: dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 6 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st [15]
Rnd 41: sc in all 15 st
Rnd 42: dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st, dec, sc in the next 3 st [12]
Rnd 43: sc in all 12 st
Rnd 44: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
Rnd 45: sc in all 8 st
Don’t close the opening. Cut the yarn and hide the tail.

Tail (make 2)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring or in a chain
Rnd 2: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 5-7: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 8: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 9: sc in all 12 st
Rnd 10: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
Rnd 11: sc in all 8 st
Rnd 12: (dec) repeat 4 times
Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Fins (make 2)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring or in a chain
Rnd 2: (sc in the next 1 st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 5: sc in all 15 st
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 1 st, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
Rnd 8: sc in all 8 st
Rnd 9: (dec) repeat 4 times
Cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Assembly and decoration:

1. Sew the tail in the opening left from crocheting the body. Sew two parts of the tail together with 1-2 stitches at the base (near the body).

2. Find the place for the eyes: They should be somewhere in the center of the body to the sides, about 13-14 round from the beginning. I used a thick knitting needle to get everything symmetrical and to get the holes for the buttons.

Pierce the body and check if everything is even (turn the body and look from all the sides).

3. Prepare the eyes: Cut eyes from white fleece in the drop shape, make a cut in the center and put on the pins of eye-buttons. If your eyes don’t have a pin, glue them to the fleece. Glue the eyes in place or sew them. Make sure that white part from fleece are even and symmetrical.

Insert the black thread in the needle (sewing or embroidering) and embroider upper eyelid and eyelashes.

4. Fix the fins. At first find the best place for them, pin them and check symmetry. Approximate place for the fins is found in such a way: Count 5 sc from the eye, skip 6-7 rounds from this point in the direction of the tail. This is the approximate place. If you like fins to be nearer to the nose or tail, it’s up to you to decide. Sew fins to the body (only 2-3 last rounds of the fin)

5. Embroider a smile. Embroider a smile. I like one-sided half-smile more. Take the thread out in the middle of the face and embroider a mouth with 1-2 stitches in the direction of one eye. You can shape the mouth with the help of the contraction or make a full smile “from ear to ear”.