How to Crochet Colorful Turtle Keychain for Decor

Learn how to crochet a very colourful turtle keychain with a step-by-step tutorial presented by GraceHandcrafts. It features a floral pattern on its round shell and a moveable head attached to the string up to the keyring which can be inserted in the shell pouch.

You can also turn it into a small purse for keeping the Airpods and other small things. You can complete this clever idea within half an hour with the many colour schemes available from the tutor.

Find the complete video tutorial at the end of this post including the quick guides for crocheting this turtle keychain.

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Skill Level: Intermediate. Crocheting this colourful turtle keychain involves all six basic crochet stitches and a variation of stitch called spike stitch. Frequent color-changes will make it a bit difficult for beginners to crochet it.

Guide Span: 17 Minutes

Personalization: Choose from colors like pink, blue and purple or seagreen, light yellow, beige and pink or yellow, dark purple or beige. You can also crochet it using bulky weight yarn and fill stuffing in the shell instead

Abbreviations and Stitch Guides

Following are the abbreviations used in the crochet turtle keychain and the stitch guides:

Magic Ring (MR)
Chain (ch): Make a slip knot, yarn over (yo), pull through loop on hook. Repeat.
Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook into stitch, yo, pull through both stitch and loop on hook.
Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up loop (2 loops on hook), yo, pull through both loops.
Half Double Crochet (hdc): Yo, insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up loop (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through all loops.
Double Crochet (dc): Yo, insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up loop (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through first 2 loops, yo, pull through last 2 loops.
Treble Crochet (tr): Yo twice, insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up loop (4 loops on hook), yo, pull through first 2 loops, yo, pull through next 2 loops, yo, pull through last 2 loops.
Spike Stitch (spike st): Insert hook into a stitch in a previous row, yo, pull up loop to current row height, yo, pull through both loops.
Increase (inc): Work two stitches into the same stitch.
Decrease (dec): Insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up loop, insert hook into next stitch, yo, pull up loop (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through all loops.