Difficulty level: easy

With this description, you can crochet a plush crab. Any plush yarn in red and pink shades is suitable for amigurumi crochet.

The finished toy size is about 33 cm diagonally, body width — 15 cm.

Materials and tools:

Main yarn YarnArt Dolce, 80 grams
White yarn YarnArt Jeans for eyes, 10 grams
Hook 2 mm and 3.5 mm
Black thread or floss for embroidering the eyes
Stuffing for toys
Needle
Scissors

Symbols:

MR — magic ring
ch — chain
sl st — slip stitch
sc — single crochet
inc — increase
dec — decrease
(…) x n — repeat n times

Description of amigurumi plush crab crochet

Body:

1: 2 ch, in the second from the hook 8 sc
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 8 (56)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 8 (64)
9-12: 64 sc
13: (6 sc, dec) x 8 (56)
14: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (48)
15: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
16: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
17: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
18: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
19: 8 dec (8)

Claws:

First part of the claw

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