Squirt turtle (Finding Nemo)

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 Introduction

I think this is the cutest thing I have ever made! Seriously, I am in love with this character, colors,
design and the general toy we will be making in this tutorial. You bought this tutorial so You are one
of two: either a fan of Finding Nemo ( Squirt is the best character in this movie we all know it) or a
parent whose child loves "finding Nemo"( You also loved it but had to watched it so many times You
hate it now :)) I am the second one I was a big fan of the movie, but now after reading the story night
after night I can't stand it.... but even now I love little Squirt :)

Turtle when finished is 30 cm (12 inches) from head to the end of back legs.

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 Materials
List of all the materials You will need for the bear

 6 colors of yarn ( I use 55% cotton yarn which meterage is 174 yards (159 meters) for 50 g,
weight Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), Gauge 24 to 30 st is 4 inches (10 cm)
You can use the colors You like, but below is the list of colors I used:
o light olive yarn - head, legs, belly, eyelids
o brown yarn - shell, dots, color in the eyes.
o white yarn - eyes
o dark yellow - flower hexagon's on shell
o red - flower hexagon's on shell
o beige - flower hexagon's on shell
 3 mm hook
 a bit of black felt or other black material for pupils.
 cotton wool or other filling
 needle, thread, scissors, etc.

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Abbreviations

sc Single crochet

ch chain

ss Slip stitch

hdc Half double crochet

dc Double crochet!

BLO Back loops only in this row.

Inc increase

Dec decrease

3scin1 Make 3 single crochet in 1

IncDC Make 2 Double crochet in 1 (Increase Dc)

MR Magic ring

FO Fasten off

*...*X3 Instructions between stars make 3 times

R1 Row 1

(12) 12 is number of stitches after making this row

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 Pattern
Head (Make 1)
light olive yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc around (12)

R3: * sc, inc *X6 (18)

R4: * sc 2, inc * X6 (24)

R5: * sc 3, inc * X6 (30)

R6: sc 30 (30)

R7: sc 4, inc, sc, inc, sc, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 6, inc

(36)

R8: * sc 2, inc * X12 (48)

R9: sc 6, inc, sc, inc, sc 9, inc, sc, inc, sc 21, inc, sc, inc,
sc 3 (54)

R10: sc 8, inc, sc, inc, sc 11, inc, sc, inc, sc 22, inc, sc,
inc, sc 4 (60)

R11 - R20: sc around (60)

R21: *sc 8, dec * X6 (54)

R22: sc around (54)

R23: * sc 7, dec * X6 (48)

R24: sc around (48)

R25: * sc 6, dec * X6 (42)

R26 - R27: sc around (42)

R28: * sc 2, dec, sc, dec * X6 (30)

STUFF!

(rest on the next side)

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R29: * sc 3, dec * X6 (24)

R30: sc 24 (24)

R31: * sc 2, dec * X6 (18)

R32: * sc, dec * X6 (12)

R33: * sc, dec *X4 (8)

R34: dec 4 (4)

R35: skip 1, sc, skip 1, sc (2) FO

Belly (Make 1)
light olive yarn

R1: sc 6 in MR (6)

R2: * sc, inc, 3scin1 * X2 (12)

R3: sc 3, inc 3, sc 3, inc 3 (18)

R4: sc 4, inc 3, sc 6, inc 3, sc 2 (24)

R5: * sc 3, inc * X6 (30)

R6: * sc 2, inc * X10 (40)

R7: * sc 3, inc * X10 (50)

R8: * sc 4, inc * X10 (60)

R9: * sc 5, inc * X10 (70)

R10: * sc 6, inc * X10 (80)

R11- R12: sc 80 (80)

R13: * sc 7, inc, sc 8 * X5 (85)

R14 - R16: sc around (85)

R17: sc around (85) FO

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Shell (Make 1)
brown yarn

R1: sc 6 in MR (6)

R2: * sc, inc, 3scin1 * X2 (12)

R3: sc 3, inc 3, sc 3, inc 3 (18)

R4: sc 4, inc 3, sc 6, inc 3, sc 2 (24)

R5: * sc 3, inc * X6 (30)

R6: * sc 2, inc * X10 (40)

R7: * sc 3, inc * X10 (50)

R8: * sc 4, inc * X10 (60)

R9: sc around (60)

R10: * sc 5, inc * X10 (70)

R11 - R12: sc around (70)

R13: * sc 6, inc * X10 (80)

R14 - R16: sc around (80)

R17: * sc 7, inc * X10 (90)

R18 - R21: sc around (90)

R22: sc around (90) FO

Shell's outline (Make 1)

brown yarn

R1: ch 8, ss in 1-st ch (8)

R2 - R95: sc 8 (8)

R96: sc 8 (8) FO

Check if Your outline put around the shell is more or

less like the one on the photo. The hole in outline is
for the head.

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Front legs (Make 2)
light olive yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: * sc, inc * X3 (9)

R3: * sc 2, inc * X3 (12)

R4: sc 12 (12)

R5: sc 3, inc, sc 4, inc 2, sc 2 (15)

R6: sc 3, inc, sc 11 (16)

R7: sc 3, dec, sc 5, inc, sc 5 (16)

R8: sc 10, inc, sc 5 (17)

R9: sc 2, dec, sc 6, inc 2, sc 5 (18)

R10: sc 10, inc, sc 7 (19)

R11: sc, dec, sc 7, inc, sc 8 (19)

R12: sc 10, inc, sc 8 (20)

R13: sc 8, dec 3, sc 6 (17)

R14: dec, sc 7, dec, sc 6 (15)

R15: sc 7, inc 3, sc 5 (18)

R16: sc 4, inc, sc 4, inc 2, sc 4, inc, sc 2 (22)

R17: dec, sc 9, inc 2, sc 9 (23)

R18: sc 23 (23)

R19: dec, sc 10, inc 2, sc 9 (24)

R20: sc 24 (24)

R21: dec, sc 22 (23)

R22: sc 11, dec, sc 10 (22)

R23: dec, sc 9, dec, sc 9 (20)

R24: dec, sc 18 (19)

R25: sc 19 (19)

You can STUFF a bit, rest on the next side

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R26: dec, sc 17 (18)

R27: dec, sc 16 (17)

R28: dec, sc 13, dec (15)

R29: dec, sc 13 (14)

R30: sc 7, inc, sc 4, dec (14)

R31: dec, sc 5, inc, sc 6 (14)

R32: dec, sc 2, dec, sc 3, dec, sc , dec (10)

R33: sc 10 (10)

R34: dec, sc 8 (9)

R35 - R36: sc 9 (9)

R37: * sc 2, inc * X3 (12)

R38: sc 11, ss (12) FO

Back legs (Make 2)

light olive yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: * sc, inc * X3 (9)

R3: * sc 2, inc * X3 (12)

R4: sc 12 (12)

R5: sc 3, inc, sc 4, inc 2, sc 2 (15)

R6: sc 3, inc, sc 11 (16)

R7: sc, dec, sc 6, inc 3, sc 4 (18)

R8: sc 10, inc 3, sc 5 (21)

R9: sc, dec, sc 8, inc 2, sc 8 (22)

R10: sc 22 (22)

R11: sc, dec, sc 19 (21)

R12: dec, sc 9, dec, sc 8 (19)

rest on the next side

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R13: dec, sc 17 (18)

R14: dec, sc 16 (17)

R15: dec, sc 6, dec, sc 7 (15)

R16: dec, sc 2, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 3 (12)

R17 - R21: sc 12 (12)

R22: * sc 2, inc * X4 (16) FO

Dots
brown yarn

I've made 3 kind of dots small, medium, large

You can made as many as You want for front and back
legs and a few for head.

On the photos You can see more or less how much

dots I've used for each part. If You want to be exact:

front leg 1: L, M, M

front leg 2: L, M, S, S

back leg 1: M, S, S

back leg 2: L, M

head: L, L, M, S, S

Small dots:
R1: 4 sc in MR, ss in 1-st sc (4) FO

Medium dots:
R1: 6 sc in MR, ss in 1-st sc (6) FO

Large dots:
R1: 4 sc in MR (4)

R2: 3scin1, sc, 3scin1, ss (8) FO

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Flower hexagon on shell (Make 7)
start with yellow yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: 3 ch, dc in same as 3 ch, ch, * IncDC, ch * X5, ss in

3-rd ch from the begining of the Row. FO yellow

Change to red yarn in place where single ch was from

the prev. row.

R3: [3ch, dc, ch, IncDC]- all in the single ch where You
attached red, *skip 2 yellow DC and make the next
instruction in the next single ch [incDc, ch, IncDc]* X5,
ss in 3-rd ch from the beggining of the row. FO red

Change to beige yarn start in single ch between two

IncDC from prev row.

See the photo for reference

R4: inc, * sc 2, dc in yellow ch, sc 2, inc * X5, sc 2, dc in

yellow, sc 2 FO beige

I know this flowers can be a bit hard at first.

Try again if something isn't right and watch the

photos.

When You will be making the 7-th hexagon You will be

an expert ;P

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Eye (Make 2)
white yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc around (12)

R3: * sc, inc * X6 (18)

R4: * sc 2, inc * X6 (24)

R5: * sc 3, inc * X6 (30)

R6: * sc 2, inc * X10 (40)

R7: * sc 7, inc * X5 (45)

R8: sc around (45)

R9: sc around (45) FO

From black felt cut two pupils. Make is less round on

one side

Iris (Make 2)
brown yarn

R1: 20 ch (20)

R2: sc 19 (19) FO

(Check if the iris go around pupil except for the less

round side)

Reflection in eye (Make 2)

white yarn

R1: 4 sc in MR (4)

R2: inc around (8)

Eyelid (Make 2)
light olive yarn

R1: 25 ch (25)

R2: ss 2, sc 6, hdc 2, dc 4, hdc 2, sc 6, ss 2 (24)

R3: ss in 2-nd, ss, sc 4, hdc, dc 8, hdc, sc 4, ss (21) FO

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Sew the first hexagon exactly in the center of shell.

Sew the remaining 6 hexagons around shell, just like

You see on the photo.

Sew the outline around the edge of the shell.

The gap in outline will be a place for the head.

Sew the belly to the shell, before sewing to the end

stuff firmly.

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Sew pupils to the eyes. Less round side should be
aligned to the edge of the eye.

Sew Brown iris around pupil.

Sew reflections (See the photos for reference)

Stuff eyes and then sew them to the head.

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Sew dots on the head.

Sew eyelids on the back of the eyes.

Stuff legs.

Sew dots to both legs.

Stuff front legs if You didn't before.

Sew dots to both front legs.

Sew head to the body very, very firmly

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He is looking cute already, isn't he :)

Sew front legs to the place where belly and head are
joined.

The wavy side of legs should be facing shell.

Sew back legs...

...and You can now hug Your little Squirt.

That is THE END of this tutorial I hope You have

enjoyed it :)

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