Spring Turtle

"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

I know it's still winter in most part of the world but it's never too early to be prepared for welcoming the spring right?? I've been wanting to make sea turtles for a while and added flowers on the top for a unique look. So here i am with a free pattern for Spring Turtle. The colorful flowers on them reminds me of spring and hence the name. Read below for instructions on how to make them.

Materials needed:

> Acrylic yarn.

> Crochet hook according to the size of your yarn

> Black beads or safety eyes 

> Poly fibre fill

This project is worked in continuous rounds unless stated otherwise

sc -single crochet
st- stitch
sl st - slip stitch
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
inc - 2 sc in same st
sc dec - sc 2 together


Head
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
R5-7 : sc in each st (24)
R8: *sc in next 2 st, dec1*, rep ** (18)
R9: *sc in next st, dec 1*, rep ** (12)
Stuff and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing

Shell:
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
R5: *sc in next 3 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (30)
R6: *sc in next 4 st, 2sc in next st* rep ** (36)
R7: *sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** (42)
R8: sc in each stitch (42)
R9: *sc in next 5 st, dec 1 in next st* rep ** (36)
R10: sc in each stitch (36)
Switch to head color 
R11: (back loops only)  sc in each st (36)
R12: *sc in next 4 st, dec 1 in next st* rep ** (30)
R13: *sc in next 3 st, 1 dec in next st* rep** (24)
R14: *sc in next 2 st, 1 dec in next st* rep** (18)
R15: *sc in next st, 1 dec in next st* rep** (12)
Stuff firmly
R16: dec 6 times (6)
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing

Front Flippers ( make 2)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
Fold it into half and sew the parts together. You will get two pieces of half circles

Back Flippers (make 2)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
Fold it into half and sew the parts together. You will get two pieces of half circles smaller than the fore legs

Flowers:
(blue)
 6 sc in magic ring
*sc in next 2 st, sc inc in next* (8)
switch color
for the petals, *ch 7 and hdc in 3rd chain from hook, hdc in next 2 chain, sc in the next 2 chain, join with sl st in same space* and repeat ** in the same space once again and sl st to next sc space.
Repeat ** for other sc space as well. we'll get a total of 12 petals having 2 in each stitch.

pattern for the yellow flower can be found here

Leaf:
ch 7, sl st in 2nd chain from hook, sc in next, hdc in next 2 st, dc in next, 5 dc in next, dc in next, hdc in next 2 st, sc in next and sl st in the last chain.

Assembling:
Attach head piece to the side of turle shell.
Attach legs as shown above
Attach the flower and leaf to the shell top.
Sew in eyes

Hope you like the pattern. Have a cheerful day! 

Blog hop!

It's monday and time for posting my 'Around the world blog hop' post. Thank you, Ranjitha from Hookingtheyarn for inviting me to this blog hop..  Ranjitha is one of my very first blogger friend and her crochet creations are wonderful! do check out her blog. You'll fall in love with her lovely blog:)

This blog hop comes with some questions to answer.. here it goes..

1) What am i working on?

Nothing big at the moment. whipped up a peter pan crochet collar with matching bracelets

Making flowers with some scraps of color paper...

Also working on with the felt that i bought recently.. made this small pooh key chain plush. Happy that my first trial came out well :)

2) Why do i write/create what i do?

I create because of the sheer joy of making things! It feels wonderful when my crochet project turns out good or when i finish a drawing. Another reason is to avoid boredom.. i'm not much of a TV person and like to learn some new things everyday. I also love to see someone's face lit up when i give them handmade gifts.

3) How does my writing/creating process work?

I enjoy drawing, quilling, papercrafts apart from crocheting. So i tend to hop from one craft to another very easily. Sometimes, i'll be working on my project all day while other times, i'll put all my project on hold to read a good book or to watch movies :) I'm not much of an creative person and tend to depends upon written patterns for crochet from the net.. i modify a little to my liking.. I get a lot of inspiration from other blogs and Pinterest..

I'm passing this blog hop to
Joy from Loving crochet

Have a great day! Cheers :)

Bubbly bobble clutch

Seems like my obsession with bobble stitch isn’t over yet... inspired by Raspberry bag, I decided to make some clutches too..

An easy and quick project that takes only a couple of hours.. making this clutch is so addicting that i ended up doing three more :)

Do let me know which one you like the most

see you all with a new post soon.. happy crocheting!!