Learn how to crochet a tiny but perfectly detailed dolphin amigurumi keychain with a step-by-step tutorial presented by Cozy Day Diary. This small dolphin charm features cute details like flippers and a fin, which are sewn onto the body for a realistic look. However, beginners can easily crochet it if comfortable with sewing.
You will find two variations in color like the dolphin amigurumi in sky blue and turquoise. This tiny dolphin can be used as a keychain, bag charms, or a little gift.
The complete video guide will be available at the end of this post which will take only a few minutes. The dolphin can also be completed within 15 minutes. Check out the important details about this project at the end.
Skill Level: To crochet the tiny dolphin amigurumi, basic crochet skills are essential, including a magic ring, single crochet stitches, and increases and decreases to shape the body.
Beginners should be comfortable with working in the round and attaching small parts, as the fins, tail, and eyes require careful positioning to create a balanced design.
The precision with sewing and stuffing skills helps ensure the dolphin holds its tiny, rounded shape, and using stitch markers can help maintain row counts.
Guide Span: Only about 7 Minutes
Tip from Tutor: The tutor recommends sewing the fins and eyes carefully to ensure the right proportions and balance in the finished piece.
Personlaization Tips: Use the chenille bulky yarn and a large crochet hook to crochet a large amigurumi dolphin doll.
Crochet Tiny Dolphin Amigurumi
The tutor in this crochet tiny dolphin amigurumi keychain tutorial introduced a novel approach. There will be available pictures for almost every step and a written pattern for each row. This will make the learning process easy. Here is an even quick overview of the crochet dolphin amigurumi pattern:
- Body Construction: Begin with a magic ring and use single crochets to build the dolphin’s shape, switching between blue and white yarn.
- Adding Fins and Flippers: Small fins and flippers are made separately using magic rings and single crochets. Attach them to specific body rounds for balance.
- Finishing Touches: Sew black seed beads as eyes and close the body securely, ensuring the dolphin’s shape holds.
- Rows and Round Counts: Detailed stitch counts ensure proper shaping; 24 rounds establish the body’s base.
- Flippers and Fins: Placed between rounds 9–16, with calculated stitch increases for proportional limbs.
Supplies Used
Following are the materials and tools used in the crochet Tiny Dolphin Amigurumi tutorial as recommended by the tutor:
- 2.25 mm crochet hook
- Acrylic yarn in blue and white for the dolphin’s body
- Black seed beads for eyes
- Tapestry needle for sewing and assembling parts
- Fiberfill stuffing for a plump shape
- Scissors
Stitches Used
The Tiny Dolphin Amigurumi uses the following crochet stitches:
- Magic Ring: Start with a loop, insert hook through, pull yarn, and begin stitching in the loop for a seamless round.
- Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over again, pull through both loops on hook.
- Increase (inc): Work two single crochet stitches in the same stitch to widen the round.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook into front loop of next two stitches, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, pull through both loops.
- Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook for a seamless join.
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