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Small Turkey Crochet Pattern: Free Thanksgiving Amigurumi

A round, plump brown crochet turkey with a small head, an orange beak, a red wattle, and a fan of autumn-coloured tail feathers. This is a quick, beginner-friendly Thanksgiving crochet pattern: 8 pieces worked in spiral rounds of single crochet, about 15 cm when it's finished. It's free with a Craftuary account.

Finished size	about 15 cm
Yarn	Worsted weight
Hook	3.5-4.0 mm
Level	Beginner
Time	about 1-3 hours
Rounds	52, each with its stitch count
Price	Free

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What you need

Worsted weight (CYC 4). A (chestnut brown) about 40 yd (37 m), B (orange) about 15 yd (14 m), C (red) about 5 yd (5 m), D (autumn gold) about 15 yd (14 m)
Hook: 3.5-4.0 mm
Stuffing, a stitch marker and a yarn needle

Shop the supplies

Worsted weight yarn 3.5 mm crochet hook Fiberfill stuffing Stitch markers Yarn needles

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What you'll make

8 pieces (Body, Head, Beak, Wattle, Gold Feather, Orange Feather, Wing, Foot), 52 rounds in all, every round with its stitch count written at the end so you can check as you go.

Little Turkey crochet amigurumi close up

Tips

Work in continuous spiral rounds and move your stitch marker up every round.
Count your stitches at the end of each round; the number in brackets is what you should have.
Use a hook a size smaller than your yarn label suggests, so the stuffing doesn't show.
Make one for each place setting, or a few together as a table centrepiece.

The free pattern

US crochet terms. The number at the end of each round is how many stitches you should have.

Size: about 15 cm (5.9 in) tall in worsted yarn (approximate; it depends on your tension)

Yarn: Worsted weight (CYC 4). A (chestnut brown) about 40 yd (37 m), B (orange) about 15 yd (14 m), C (red) about 5 yd (5 m), D (autumn gold) about 15 yd (14 m)

Hook: 3.5-4.0 mm (smaller than the yarn label, for a tight fabric with no stuffing showing)

Notions: a little yarn for the embroidered details, fiberfill stuffing, stitch marker, yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS (US terms): MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc 2 sc in one stitch, dec single crochet 2 together (invisible decrease recommended), st(s) stitch(es), sl st slip stitch, FO fasten off, Rnd(s) round(s)

Notes: Worked in continuous spiral rounds; move your stitch marker up each round. The number in brackets is the stitch count at the end of the round.

PROPORTIONS: The head is smaller than the body on purpose. Sew it on firmly with many small stitches.

Body (make 1, colour A), about 6.7 cm (2.7 in) across at its widest

Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
Rnd 5 sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 30
Rnd 6 (sc 4, inc) x 6 36
Rnds 7-11 sc in each st around 36
Rnd 12 (sc 4, dec) x 6 30
Rnd 13 sc, dec, (sc 3, dec) x 5, sc 2 24
Rnd 14 (sc 2, dec) x 6 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

Rnd 15 (sc, dec) x 6 12
Rnd 16 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Head (make 1, colour A), about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) across at its widest

Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
Rnds 5-6 sc in each st around 24
Rnd 7 (sc 2, dec) x 6 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

Rnd 8 (sc, dec) x 6 12
Rnd 9 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Beak (make 1, colour B), about 1.5 cm (0.6 in) across at its widest

Rnd 1 4 sc in MR 4
Rnd 2 sc in each st around 4
Rnd 3 inc in each st around 8
Rnds 4-5 sc in each st around 8

FO, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly if you like.