Turtle Trinket Box Crochet Pattern
Today's post is a little bit random.
Turtles. My sisters and I had a pet turtle as kids and her name was Murtle 🤷🏻♀️
I guess since then I've had a love for turtles - I even got a small turtle tattoo on my back.
And, aside from swimming with dolphins, I swam with sea turtles and walked among them on the beach in Hawaii. Honestly, best thing ever.
Anyway, after a friend shared this link with me I wanted to make a crochet turtle so I could make cute outfits for it because really, I don't see myself getting another live pet turtle any time soon. So I started crocheting and then I got creative and ended up making this Crochet Turtle Box!
This would be such a cute way to give someone a very special gift hidden inside or it would just look adorable on your desk or add to your bedroom decor. I use it for my jewellery and small hair accessories.
Turtle Box Crochet Pattern
Size: Approx 4” in length
Materials:
-Worsted weight yarn in four colours of choice (A, B, C, and D)
-Size 3.75mm hook
-Needle for joining parts
-Fibrefill for stuffing
-Safety eyes – I’m using size 4mm
-Black embroidery thread and needle
Notes: Unless otherwise stated, this pattern is worked in continuous rounds using stitch markers to locate the beginning/end of a round. Work in somewhat tight stitches.
Stitch Guide (US terms)
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase
Dec - decrease
BLO – back loop only
Head
Round 1: start 6 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 6 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: inc in each st (12 sts)
Rounds 3-5: sc in each st (12 sts)
Attach eyes and begin to stuff with fibrefill.
Round 6: dec 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Belly/Basket
Round 1: start 6 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 6 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: inc in each st (12 sts)
Round 3: [sc, inc] repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Round 4: [sc in next 2 sts, inc] repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Round 5: BLO in each st (24 sts)
Rounds 6-8: sc in each st (24 sts)
Fasten off and weave ends.
Body – Make 6 pentagons
Inner circle, with colour A
Round 1: start 5 sc in magic ring.
Or
Ch 2 and 5 sc in second ch from hook.
Middle circle, switch to colour B
Round 2: inc in each st (10 sts)
Outer round, switch to colour C
To change colour in this round insert hook into first st and draw new colour through into a sl st. Make a chain. If you’re not changing colours simply sl st to first st and make a chain.
Round 3: inc in same st as sl st, *sc in the next st, in the next st make [inc, ch, inc] *repeat 4 times around, sc in the next st, inc in sl st, ch, sl st to first st (25 sc, 5 ch spaces)
Hold pentagons right sides facing each other and with colour D sew together.
Sew the head to shell and the Secret Turtle Box is ready to use!
If you make this turtle box crochet pattern I'd love to see your creation, just tag me on Instagram @popsdemilk_crochet and use the hashtag #popsdemilk
Looking for more crochet sea creatures? Then you might like these:
Sperm Whale Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Dolphin Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Starfish Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
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This pattern is for personal use only. The pattern and its photos may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted in any way over the internet or offline.
You may sell finished items made from this pattern as long as it is handmade by you, not mass produced, giving the credit to Pops de Milk / Patricia Castillo as the designer. If you have any questions, you can email me at patricia@popsdemilk.com