Free Crochet Pattern Plush Crab

Free Crochet Pattern: Plush Crab by Maria Kostyuchenko

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush crab using soft yarn in shades of red and pink. The finished toy measures approximately 33 cm diagonally, with a body width of 15 cm.

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Materials and Tools

• Main Yarn: YarnArt Dolce, 80 g
• White Yarn for Eyes: YarnArt Jeans, 10 g
• Hooks: 2 mm and 3.5 mm
• Black Thread or Embroidery Floss for eye details
• Stuffing for the toy
• Needle
• Scissors

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Abbreviations

• KA: Magic ring
• ch: Chain stitch
• sl st: Slip stitch
• sc: Single crochet
• inc: Increase
• dec: Decrease
• (…) x n: Repeat instructions in parentheses n times

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Crochet Instructions for Plush Crab

Body

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

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Claws

First Part of the Claw

1. Round 1: 2 ch, 4 sc in the second chain from the hook (4)
2. Round 2: (inc, 1 sc) x 2 (6)
3. Round 3: 2 inc, 4 sc (8)
4. Round 4: 2 inc, 6 sc (10)
5. Round 5: 2 inc, 8 sc (12)

Second Part of the Claw

1. Round 1: 2 ch, 4 sc in the second chain from the hook (4)
2. Round 2: (inc, 1 sc) x 2 (6)
3. Round 3: 2 inc, 4 sc (8)
4. Round 4: 2 inc, 6 sc (10)
5. Round 5: 2 inc, 8 sc (12)
6. Round 6: 2 inc, 10 sc (14)
7. Round 7: 2 inc, 12 sc (16)

Join both parts with 1 sc and continue working in a round:
8-9. Rounds 8-9: 28 sc

10. Round 10: (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
11. Round 11: (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
12. Round 12: (3 sc, dec) x 4 (16)
13. Round 13: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
14. Round 14: (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
15. Round 15: (dec, 2 sc) x 2 (6)
    16-19. Rounds 16-19: 6 sc

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Back Legs

1. Round 1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
   2-7. Rounds 2-7: 6 sc

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Eyes

1. Round 1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. Round 2: 6 inc (12)
   3-4. Rounds 3-4: 12 sc
3. Round 5: 6 dec (6)
4. Round 6: dec, 4 sc (5)
   7-9. Rounds 7-9: 5 sc

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Pupils (YarnArt Jeans, 2 mm hook)

1. Round 1: 2 ch, 8 sc in the second chain from the hook (8)
2. Round 2: 8 inc (16)
3. Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)

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Assembly

• Sew all parts together at the level of Rounds 12-13 of the body.
• Decorate the eyes as desired to create a unique look for your crab.

Your plush crab is now complete! 🦀