Turtle Box Crochet Pattern

Today's post is a little bit random. Turtles. My sisters and I used to have a pet turtle and her name was Murtle (yeah, I know, super creative). I guess since then I've had a love for turtles - I even got a small turtle tattoo on my back when I was 22. 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!

Want a special place to hide little treasures? Keep scrolling for the free pattern or you can purchase the ad-free and inexpensive PDF version in my shop and on Etsy.

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
Turtle Box Crochet Pattern
Turtle Box Crochet Pattern

Turtle Crochet Box

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

Shark Pin Crochet Pattern

Giant Squid 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

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