Featuring: How to Crochet No-Sew Rose Turtle Plushie (Pastel & Red Variations)

Author: Talha

I am a crochet designer, macramé maker and a crafter who also loves doing MATH.

Featuring: TJ & NJ of Passionate Crafter

They are the twin sister crochet & craft designers and through mycraftybasket became our friends.

Pattern Type: Video Tutorial, Free WRITTEN & ad-free PDF, all by the passionate crafter.

Looking for the CUTEST love-present “sea turtle variation”? Learn how to crochet this 100% no-sew rose shell turtle plushie in any of the 2 variations for both the summer and the spring + Valentine’s Day. With the super bulky chenille yarn, you will end up with a medium-sized rose turtle plush with 4 no-sew layers of the petals.

You can use yarns of different weights, up to cotton amigurumi yarn, to crochet it as a rose turtle keychain. Choose from the unicorn rose turtle variation, red rose and green body variation, and the pastel pink rose and pastel green variation.

30mm glitter eyes make this crochet sea turtle with rose shell look even CUTER than if you used smaller diameters. You can also use the 20mm or 24mm pair in case you want smaller eyes. Since I am sure you will definitely want to recreate this crochet turtle, continue reading to learn more about this project.

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Crochet No-Sew Rose Turtle Plushie

Let’s crochet a no-sew rose turtle. First, you crochet the head and four triangular fins. For the shell base, you crochet half double crochets in the round. You then work in the third loops to create spirals.

The rose petals are formed by crocheting stitches directly into these visible front loops. Next, you change colors and crochet the body, attaching the head and fins as you go by working through both pieces at once. After stuffing the body, you decrease to close the bottom. Finally, a yarn needle is used to secure the wobbly head.

Difficulty Level:

Intermediate.

This pattern requires knowledge of working in a spiral, crocheting in the “third loop” of a half double crochet to leave ridges, making complex petal clusters (combining single, half double, and double crochets in tight spaces), and joining multiple pieces (head and fins) seamlessly.

Pattern Abbreviations

MR: Magic Ring
sc: Single Crochet
inc: Increase
dec: Invisible Decrease
hdc: Half Double Crochet
dc: Double Crochet
sl st: Slip Stitch
ch: Chain
hdc inc: Half Double Crochet increase
TR: Treble crochet

Learn Crocheting Now!

Better learn the whole method of crocheting this plushie turtle with a loop at the top with the following tutorial:

Written Pattern?

You can buy an ad-free PDF pattern or use the “ask” feature of the tutorial to retrieve the quick pattern. Both these methods are designer-compliant!