AMIGURUMI SHARK
You’ll need to be quick to grab the goodies with this toothy chap circling the table! By Ilaria Caliri.
YOU WILL NEED
■ Yarns and Colors Must-Have (100% mercerized cotton, 50g/125m), 1 ball of Yarn A Pacific Blue (067), small amounts of:
Yarn B Silver (094)
Yarn C Sunglow (013)
Yarn D Peridot (083)
Yarn E Pink Sand (040)
■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook
■ A pair of 9mm safety eyes
■ Black stranded cotton
■ ▼hite sewing thread
■ ▼hite felt for teeth
■ Stitch markers
■ Toy stuffing
For yarn stockists contact Wool Warehouse 01926 882818 www.woolwarehouse.co.uk MEASUREMENTS
16cm (6 in) long
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 90 There’s no need to be scared to go in the water with this cute little guy swimming around. Hooked in easy double crochet all round, with the odd half treble here and there, he’s the sweetest addition to any toy box. Who can resist his jawful of goofy teeth cut from white felt? They wouldn’t hurt a fly. We’ve made our shark using safety eyes, but if you’re making yours for a child under 36 months, make sure you embroider his eyes instead.
NOTES
All pieces are worked using the amigurumi method. Work in a continuous spiral without closing off each round with a slip stitch. You may find it helpful to place a marker in the first st of each round and move it up as you work.
The shark is worked in one piece from the nose to the tail. The belly and all the fins are sewn to the body afterwards.
HEAD
With Yarn A, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop. [6 dc]
Round 2 (2dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [8 dc]
Round 3 (3dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [10 dc]
Round 4 (4dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [12 dc]
Round 5 (3dc, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [15 dc]
Fasten off and weave in the yarn end.
MAIN BODY
With Yarn A, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop. [6 dc]
Round 2 (2dc in next st, dc) 3 times. [9 dc]
Round 3 (2dc in next st, 2dc) 3 times. [12 dc] Use pinking shears to cut a row of teeth for the shark from a small piece of white felt. The shark’s gills are made from three long embroidery stitches in stranded cotton.
Round 4 (2dc in next st, 3dc) 3 times. [15 dc]
Round 5 (2dc in next st, 4dc) 3 times. [18 dc]
Round 6 (2dc in next st, 5dc) 3 times. [21 dc]
Round 7 (2dc in next st, 6dc) 3 times. [24 dc]
Round 8 (2dc in next st, 7dc) 3 times. [27 dc]
Round 9 (2dc in next st, 8dc) 3 times. [30 dc] The Lower Jaw is joined in the next round.
Round 10 Hold the last round of the Lower Jaw close to Round 9, inserting the hook through both the sts of the Main Body and the Lower Jaw, dc in next 6 sts to join together, continue working around the Shark, (2dc in next st, 7dc) 3 times.
[33 dc]
Round 11 Working into the unworked sts of the Lower Jaw, dc in each of next 9 sts, continue working into sts of the Main Body, skipping join, dc in each of next 27 sts. [36 dc]
Round 12 (2dc, 2 dc in next st) 3 times, (8dc, 2 dc in next st) 3 times. [42 dc]
Round 13 Dc in each st around. [42 dc]
Round 14 (13dc, 2 dc in next st) 3 times. [45 dc]
Round 15 (14dc, 2 dc in next st) 3 times. [48 dc]
Round 16 Dc in each st around. [48 dc]
Round 17 (7dc, 2 dc in next st) 6 times. [54 dc]
Secure the safety eyes between Rounds 13 and 14 on either side of the head, using the image as a guide.
Start stuffing the Shark and continue stuffing as you go.
Round 18-30 Dc in each st around. [54 dc]
Round 31 (7dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [48 sts]
Round 32 Dc in each st around. [48 dc]
Round 33 (6dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [42 sts]
Round 34 Dc in each st around. [42 dc]
Round 35 (5dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [36 sts]
Round 36 Dc in each st around. [36 dc]
Round 37 (4dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [30 sts]
Round 38 Dc in each st around. [30 dc]
Round 39 (3dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [24 sts]
Round 40 (2dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [18 sts]
Round 41 (Dc, dc2tog) 6 times. [12 sts]
Round 42 10dc, dc2tog. [11 sts]
Round 43 9dc, dc2tog. [10 sts]
Round 44 8dc, dc2tog. [9 sts]
Round 45 7dc, dc2tog. [8 sts]
Round 46 (2dc, dc2tog) twice. [6 sts]
Fasten off and weave in ends.
TAIL
With Yarn A, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop. [6 dc]
Round 2 2dc in next st, 5dc. [7 dc]
Round 3 2dc in next st, 6dc. [8 dc]
Round 4 2dc in next st, 7dc. [9 dc]
Round 5 2dc in next st, 8dc. [10 dc] Round 6 3dc, 1htr, 2tr in each of the next 2 sts, 1htr, 3dc. [12 dc]
Round 7 3dc, 2htr, 2tr in each of the next 2 sts, 2htr, 3dc. [14 dc]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.
DORSAL FIN
With Yarn A, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop. [6 dc]
Round 2 2dc in next st, 5dc. [7 dc]
Round 3 2dc in next st, 6dc. [8 dc]
Round 4 (2dc, 3dc) twice. [10 dc]
Round 5 (2dc, 4dc) twice. [12 dc]
Round 6 (2dc, 5dc) twice. [14 dc]
Round 7 (2dc, 6dc) twice. [16 dc]
Round 8 (2dc, 7dc) twice. [18 dc]
Round 9 (2dc, 8dc) twice. [20 dc]
Round 10 (2dc, 9dc) twice. [22 dc]
Round 11 Dc in each st around. [22 dc]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.
SIDE FINS MAKE 2
With Yarn A, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop. [6 dc]
Round 2 2dc in next st, 5dc. [7 dc]
Round 3 2dc in next st, 6dc. [8 dc]
Round 4 (2dc, 3dc) twice. [10 dc]
Round 5 (2dc, 4dc) twice. [12 dc]
Round 6 3dc, 2htr, 2tr in each of the next 2 sts, 2htr, 3dc. [14 dc]
Round 7 4dc, 2htr, 2tr in each of the next 2 sts, 2htr, 4dc. [16 dc]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff lightly.
BELLY
With Yarn B, ch6.
Round 1 Dc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in each of next 3 ch, 5dc in last ch, rotate to work along opposite side of starting chain, dc in each of next 3 ch, 4dc in next st. [16 dc]
Round 2 (5dc, 2dc in next 3 sts) twice. [22 dc]
Round 3 *5dc, (2dc in next st, dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [28 dc]
Round 4 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 2dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [34 dc]
Round 5 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 3dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [40 dc]
Round 6 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 4dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [46 dc]
Round 7 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 5dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [52 dc]
Round 8 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 6dc) 3 times;
repeat from * once more. [58 dc]
Round 9 *5dc, (2dc in next st, 7dc) 3 times; repeat from * once more. [64 dc]
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
PARTY HAT
Using Yarn C, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop [6 dc]
Round 2 Change to Yarn D, (2dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [8 dc]
Round 3 Change to Yarn C, (3dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [10 dc]
Round 4 Change to Yarn D, (4dc, 2dc in next st) twice. [12 dc]
Round 5 Change to Yarn C, (3dc, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [15 dc]
Round 6 Change to Yarn D, (4dc, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [18 dc]
Round 7 Change to Yarn C, (5dc, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [21 dc]
Round 8 Change to Yarn D, (6dc, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [24 dc]
Round 9 Change to Yarn C, dc in each st around. [24 dc]
Round 10 Change to Yarn D, dc in each st around. [24 dc]
Fasten off and weave in the yarn end.
POMPOM
With Yarn E, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st), 6dc into the loop [6 dc]
Rounds 2-3 Dc in each st around. [6 dc]
Fasten off leaving a tail of yarn for sewing the pompom on top of the hat.
TO MAKE UP
Using black stranded cotton, stitch 3 long stitches alongside each eye. Using a piece of white felt fabric, cut a long and narrow stripe and make tiny teeth using pinking shears or very sharp scissors. Stitch the teeth to the upper part of his mouth using white sewing thread.
Using the image as a guide, sew the Tail onto the Shark’s Body, then stitch the Dorsal Fin onto the Shark’s back between Rounds 20 and 31. Sew Side Fins onto each side of the body between Round 20 and Round 27.
Sew the Belly to the underside of the Shark. For the shark’s belly, start with a chain of 6 sts and crochet around both sides of the chain. His cute little party hat is worked in stripes and topped off with a crocheted pompom.