Turkey Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Would you believe it? It’s Thanksgiving, so HAPPY THANKSGIVING, everyone! From Mr Gobble , the sock turkey, comes his cousin for crochet-lovers. Introducing Tutt the Turkey Amigurumi – just arrived in Craft Passion land this November to bring you lots of Thanksgiving love. If you enjoyed Mr Gobble, then making Tutt will be double “gobble, gobble” joy.
Tutt the turkey amigurumi stands at 11.5” tall and is crocheted using DK (equivalent to 12-ply) acrylic yarn and a 3.0mm hook. The tail, on the other hand, is crochet by using a 4.5mm hook. This turkey amigurumi tail was adapted from my previous turkey coaster pattern, which you may want to try. The tail on Tutt’s version is a little bigger and also a little differently done, and just as much fun to do.
Tutt Turkey Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern
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Just remember, the size of any amigurumi depends on yarn weight and crochet tension. Bulkier yarn with a bigger hook size means you’re creating a bigger turkey and vice versa, lighter yarn with a smaller hook gives you a smaller turkey. My crochet tension is quite snug (tight), so my Tutt could be a little smaller than yours. So have fun in amigurumi with different yarns, hooks, colors and even tensions to create your very own version of Tutt turkey amigurumi.
Tutt the turkey amigurumi isn’t a very big turkey. He’s also quite a shy turkey. In his turkey amigurumi family, Tutt is super helpful and loves to help his family members out. With Christmas coming around soon, he knows they need some extra pocket money for the holidays and thought of a great idea to sell the pumpkin amigurumi from their garden. He knows the other residents would love a good-sized pumpkin for family dinners. So, off he goes “gobble, gobble, gobble” to the town center with his pumpkins.
Turkey Amigurumi With Pumpkin Amigurumi Going To The Market…
Being a little shy, Tutt was a little overwhelmed by so many people gathering and chattering. It was so noisy and crowded! Now he’s starting to get a little nervous about meeting so many people all at the same time. But he knows he has a job to do, so he gathers up all his courage in his chest and tells himself, “I can do this, and there is nothing to be afraid of. These people are just like me”.
Taking a deep breath, Tutt begins with a warble and “Gobble, gobble …. pumpkinsssss for salllleeeeee….. who wants a pumpkinnnnnn…..”. With every warble, he gets a little braver and louder, till soon, his warble can be heard from one end of the marketplace to the other. Pretty soon, he’s surrounded by customers, all attracted by his loud warble and impressed by his beautiful pumpkins. My goodness, now there’s a queue lining up to pay for those pumpkins, too.
An hour later, all of Tutt’s pumpkins are sold out, except for one baby pumpkin. “What should I do with this one?” he asks himself. “It’s too little for a family but too wasteful to throw away. I’ll just pack this up and think about it on the way home.”
Waddling across the field, he bumps into a little boy crying quietly. “Why are you crying, little boy?” Tutt asks. “My ball fell into the river and it’s too dangerous for my dad to swim in and get it. My daddy says he doesn’t have money to buy me a new one. I don’t want to trouble my parents because they work really hard for food to eat. I don’t want them to see me crying but I miss my ball,” he sniffs.
Hearing this, Tutt smiled and said, “Have my last baby pumpkin. It’s the most special of all my pumpkins because I think it was reserved for you”. He hands over the cute pumpkin to the little boy, who wiped his eyes in surprise and leaned over to hug Tutt tightly. “Thank you, kind turkey amigurumi,” he whispers in Tutt’s ear. “It’s special because it’s from you”.
Tutt left him, playing in the field with his new baby pumpkin toy. “Now, my job is really done,” Tutt speaks to himself, smiling. His pockets are full of extra money for the holidays, and his heart is full of happiness. “Happy Thanksgiving to everyone”, he warbles in glee.
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Crochet!!!
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Tutt Turkey Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Free crochet pattern of cute and huggable-size Turkey Amigurumi, named Tutt, that you can crochet by following the instructions and written pattern. An absolutely perfect gift for Thanksgiving and to anyone who loves turkey.
Materials
- Crochet Hook: 3.0mm & 4.5mm
- DK Acrylic yarn in Dark Brown, Yellow, Brown, White and Red colors
- Polyester fiberfill
- 12mm Black Safety Eye, 1 pair
Tools
- Darning needle (Long)
- Fabric marker (water erasable)
- Scissors
- Pins
- A pair of blunt point tweezers for stuffing small parts
Instructions
- Crochet and stuff all parts by following the crochet patterns stated below to make Body, Head, Eye-White, Beak, Snood, Wing, Feet and lastly, the beautiful Tail.
- Assemble the head with eyes, beak, and snood.
- Sew body to the head followed by wings, feet, and tail to the body
- Add some strips of short yarns onto the top of the head.
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Abbreviations (US terms)
ch: chain
BS : *Bubble Stitch
dc: double crochet
hdc: half double crochet
sc: single crochet
inc: 2sc increase
inv dec: invisible decrease
ps3: puff stitch (hdc3tog)
*Bubble Stitch: Yarn over (YO), hook through ch and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops on hook. Repeat the same step in the same ch till you get 5 loops on hook, YO and pull through all 5 loops on hook.
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TURKEY AMIGURUMI CROCHET PATTERN
Body
With Dark Brown yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: ch5, Inc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 2, 5sc in the last ch. Continue on the other side of the chain base, sc 2, 3sc in the last ch. {14}
Round 2: Inc, sc 4, [Inc] 3 times, sc 4, [Inc] 2 times. {20}
Round 3: Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc, Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc. {26}
Round 4: Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times, Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times. {32}
Round 5: Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc, Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc. {38}
Round 6: Inc. sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times, Inc, sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times. {44}
Round 7: Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2. {50}
Round 8: Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times, Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times. {56}
Round 9: sc around. {56}
Round 10: sc 25, Inc, sc 27, Inc, sc 2. {58}
Round 11: sc 26, Inc, sc 28, Inc, sc 2. {60}
Round 12: sc 27, Inc, sc 29, Inc, sc 2. {62}
Round 13: sc 28, Inc, sc 30, Inc, sc 2. {64}
Round 14 – 21: sc around. {64}
Round 22: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 14] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 8. {60}
Round 23: sc around. {60}
Round 24: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 13] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 7. {56}
Round 25: sc around. {56}
Round 26: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 12] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 6. {52}
Round 27: [Inv dec, sc 11] 4 times. {48}
Round 28: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 10] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 4. {44}
Round 29: [Inv dec, sc 9] 4 times. {40}
Round 30: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 8] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 2. {36}
Round 31: [Inv dec, sc 7] 4 times. {32}
Round 32: [sc 6, Inv dec] 4 times. {28}
Round 33: sc around. {28}
Round 34: [sc 5, Inv dec] 4 times. {24}
Round 35: sc around. {24}
Stuff the body firmly with polyester fiberfill.
Round 36: [sc 4, Inv dec] 4 times. {20}
Round 37: sc around. {20}
Round 38: [sc 3, Inv dec] 4 times. {16}
Round 39 - 43 : sc around. {16}
Round 44: [Inv dec] 8 times. {8}
Fasten and hide yarn end.
Head
With Dark Brown yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}
Round 2: [inc] 6 times. {12}
Round 3: [sc, inc] 6 times. {18}
Round 4: sc around. {18}
Round 5: [inc, sc 2] 6 times. {24}
Round 6: sc around. {24}
Round 7: [sc3, inc] 6 times. {30}
Round 8: sc around. {30}
Round 9: sc 2, [inc, sc 4] 5 times, inc, sc 2. {36}
Round 10: sc around. {36}
Round 11: [sc5, inc] 6 times. {42}
Round 12: sc around. {42}
Round 13: sc 3, [inc, sc 6] 5 times, inc, sc 3. {48}
Round 14: sc around. {48}
Round 15: [sc 7, inc] 6 times. {54}
Round 16: sc around. {54}
Round 17: sc 4, [inc, sc 8] 5 times, inc, sc 4. {60}
Round 18 - 24: sc around. {60}
Install eyes at round 16. Hide white yarn end into the head.
Round 25: sc 4, [inv dec, sc 8] 5 times, inv dec, sc 4. {54}
Round 26: [inv dec, sc 7] 6 times. {48}
Round 27: sc 3, [inv dec, sc 6] 5 times, inv dec, sc 3. {42}
Round 28: [inv dec, sc 5] 6 times. {36}
Round 29: sc 2, [inv dec, sc 4] 5 times, inv dec, sc 2. {30}
Round 30: [inv dec, sc 3] 6 times. {24}
Stuff with polyester fillings.
Round 31: sc, [inv dec, sc 2] 5 times, inv dec, sc. {18}
Round 32: [inv dec, sc] 6 times. {12}
Round 33: [inv dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Eye-White
Make 2 with White yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}
Round 2: [inc] around. {12}
Round 3: [inc, sc] around. {18}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew 2 circles alongside together (about 2 stitches) to form the eye-white.
Beak
With Yellow yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 4 in magic ring. {4}
Round 2: sc around. {4}
Round 3: [inc, sc] 2 times. {6}
Round 4: sc around. {6}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Snood
With Red yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: Sc 4 in magic ring. {4}
Round 2: [inc] around. {8}
Round 3: [sc 3, inc] 2 times. {10}
Round 4 - 6: sc around. {10}
Round 7: [inv dec, sc 3] 2 times. {8}
Round 8: sc around. {8}
Stuff with polyester fillings or red yarn scraps.
Round 9: sc, [inv dec, sc 2], inv dec, sc. {6}
Round 10: sc around. {6}
Round 11: [inv dec, sc] 2 times. {4}
Round 12 - 26: sc around. {4}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Wings
Make 2 starting with Brown yarn and 3mm hook:
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}
Round 2: [inc] 6 times. {12}
Round 3: [inc, sc] 6 times. {18}
Round 4: [sc 2, inc] 6 times. {24}
Round 5: sc, [inc, sc 3] 5 times, inc, sc 2. {30}
Fold the piece into half and sc across then turn. {15}
Row 6: ch 2, [BS, hdc] 7 times, BS. Turn. {15}
Change yarn to Yellow color
Row 7: ch 1, [sc 2, 2sc in next sc] 5 times. Turn. {20}
Row 8: ch 2, [BS, hdc] 9 times, BS. {20}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Feet
Make 2 with Yellow yarn and 3mm hook:
Toe (make 3, name them toe1, toe2, toe3)
Round 1: sc 3 in magic ring. {3}
Round 2: [inc] 3 times. {6}
Round 3 - 6: sc around. {6}
Fasten only 2 toes. Continue to the foot part from 3rd toe.
Foot
Round 7: sc 3 on toe3, sc 3 on toe2, sc around on toe1, sc 3 on toe2, sc 3 on toe3 to join up the toes to the foot. {18}
Round 8: sc around. {18}
Round 9: [inv dec, sc] 6 times. {12}
Round 10: sc around. {12}
Stuff with polyester fillings or yellow yarn scraps.
Round 11: [inv dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
Make 2 starting with Brown yarn and 4.5mm hook:
Round 1: ch3 (as 1 dc), dc 14 in magic ring. slst to the first st of the round. {15}
Round 2: ch3 (as 1 dc), dc in the same st, [2dc] 14 times. slst to the first st of the round.{30}
Round 3: ch3 (as 1 dc), 2dc, [dc, 2dc] 14 times. slst to the first st of the round. {45}
Change Yarn to Dark Brown color
Round 4: ch 1, sc in same st, sc 44. slst to the first st of the round. {45} Fasten off but do not cut the yarn of one of the tail. **Reserve the yarn for joining up the tailpieces and outlining (pic Tail 2).
Tail Feather
Change Yarn to White Color
Row 1: (ch3, dc, ch, 2dc) in same st, [skip 2 sts, (2dc, ch, 2dc) in next st] repeat 9 times.
Fasten and hide yarn
Change Yarn to Yellow Color
Row 2: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, dc, ch, 2dc) in the same space, [(2dc, ch, 2dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times.
Fasten and hide yarn
Change Yarn to Brown Color
Row 3: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 2dc, ch, 3dc) in the same space, [(3dc, ch, 3dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times.
Fasten and hide yarn
Change Yarn to White Color
Row 4: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 2dc, ch, 3dc) in the same space, [(3dc, ch, 3dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times. fasten and hide yarn
Change Yarn to Brown Color
Row 5 – start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 8dc) in the same space, [9dc in next ch space] repeat 9 times. fasten and hide yarn.
Fasten and hide yarn
Tail Outline
The tail outlining and detailing are made while joining both layers. All stitches must go through both pieces for joining up.
Place a tailpiece on top of another tailpiece, with the wrong side facing each other. Line up edges.
The bottom arc of the tail: From the yarn reserved** at Round 4, sc across both layers. (pic Tail 3)
The side edge of the tail: *ch 1, sc, repeat * until you reach the corner of the tail. Single crochet 9 stitches on the shell and 1 stitch between the 2 shells. (pic Tail 4)
Crochet 1 chain, then single crochet at the space between 2 shells on the following row. (pic Tail 5-9)
Repeat the stitches until you get to the end of the feather. (pic Tail 10)
sc in the first and second skip stitches of round 5. (pic Tail 11)
Crochet 1 chain, then single crochet again between 2 shells on the following row to work up to the top again. (pic Tail 12-14)
Continue to crochet by repeating the stitches for the rest of the tail details.
Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.
Front (pic Tail 15)
Back (pic Tail 16)
More Details on how to crochet the Turkey Amigurumi
Sew the slanted eyebrows with a short dark brown yarn above the safety eyes. You may create other expressions by altering the angles of the slope.
Parts to be added to the head: head with eyes installed, beak and snood.
Sew the beak below the center of the eye-whites.
Followed by sewing the snood enfolded on the top of the beak as shown in the picture.
Crochet all the parts as per the pattern above and get ready for the final assembly.
Sew to join head to the body.
Then sew wings followed by the feet to the body.
Tutt the turkey amigurumi doesn’t feel happy without its beautiful tail attached.
Position the tail on the back of the body, pin.
Sew the bottom arc of the tail to the body.
Sew the rest of the arc of the tail to the body.
The tail is attached but Tutt still feels something missing on its head.
Hmmm… Perhaps Tutt wants some hair (or crest) on its head to make it looks better.
Cut some shorts strand of yellow yarn and tie them around the tip of the head.
Tutt is now happy that it has a beautiful tail and hair. Though the eyebrows expression doesn’t match its feeling, trust me Tutt is happy with how it looks. He is just a little worried about its mission in the market.
I am pretty pleased with how Tutt the turkey amigurumi has turned out to be.
Especially the full and fluffy tail that boosted Tutt’s self-confidence.
Notes
Depending on how much time you spend on this project, the total time is only an estimate.
Stuff the parts firmly and densely to give your turkey amigurumi a nice shape.
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Rosana
Saturday 14th of August 2021
Lindissimo! Obg
Translation (by Google): Beautiful! THX
Rosee
Tuesday 30th of March 2021
For some reason my tail ended up looking like a back pack sitting high on his back. Either I made the body to long in length, which I doubt I did as I had stitch counters pee rows or his tail needs a extra row to sit lower like in the picture. Still very cute though from the front. My mum will love him
S McGee
Wednesday 25th of November 2020
I made a miniature version- came out pretty cute- he's about 7" tall so had to adjust sizes but he's done for Thanksgiving- thank you for the great idea/pattern
Craft Passion
Wednesday 25th of November 2020
Ah, hope we have an opportunity to see the miniature Tutt. Please tag us @craftpassion if you happened to share on your social media. Thank you.
Joyce
Tuesday 17th of November 2020
This is the very best Turkey pattern I have seen. I will surely make him. I'm a slow crocheter , but he should be ready for next year. I love him. Thank you for sharing.
Patricia
Friday 6th of November 2020
Would it be alright if I did a crochet along youtube video for Tutt the Turkey?
Sandra Dorman
Tuesday 10th of November 2020
Hey would you mind helping me? I'm not quite sure how to read it from the very beginning. I have only worked in the round starting with a magic circle.