Plump Little Whale
Plump Little Whale is a 13 cm tall amigurumi in 3 parts, 1620 single crochet stitches in worsted cotton on a 3.5 mm hook.
What was checked: every round's stitch count, the finished size from the gauge, each part touching its neighbour and the figure standing on the ground, the yarn estimate from the stitch count.
- Finished size
- 12.9 cm tall × 7.6 cm wide
- Yarn
- Worsted cotton, about 65.2 m in 3 colours
- Hook
- 3.5 mm
- Gauge
- 2.0 sc × 2.0 rounds per cm
- Stitches
- 1,620 single crochet, 3 parts
- Also needed
- Stuffing, 6 mm plastic craft eyes
The first rounds are free to read below. Every library pattern and its PDF are included with any plan.
- worsted cotton yarn, sky blue
- worsted cotton yarn, white
- worsted cotton yarn, pale spout blue
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Polyester fibre stuffing
- 6 mm plastic craft eyes
Body
Make 1 · Sky blue| Round | Instruction | Sts |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | 6 sc in a magic ring | 6 |
| R2 | (inc) x6 | 12 |
| R3 | (sc 1, inc) x6 | 18 |
| R4 | (sc 2, inc) x6 | 24 |
| R5 | (sc 3, inc) x6 | 30 |
| R6 | (sc 4, inc) x6 | 36 |
Every library pattern and its PDF are included with any plan. The first rounds, the supplies and the notes are free to read.
| Category | Item | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| yarn | worsted cotton yarn, sky blue | 1 |
| yarn | worsted cotton yarn, white | 1 |
| yarn | worsted cotton yarn, pale spout blue | 1 |
| hooks | 3.5 mm crochet hook | 1 |
| stuffing | Polyester fibre stuffing | 1 |
| stuffing | 6 mm plastic craft eyes | 1 |
Inputs
Sizes are computed from these fixed inputs: sts per (cm) 2, rows per (cm) 2, yarn worsted cotton, hook (mm) 3.5. A different gauge or stock makes a different size; the counts do not change.
Brief
“A plump little whale, about 13 cm long, in soft sky blue with a white belly and a small spout on top.”
Checks
The counts, part sizes and placement were checked by computation on 29 September 2026 (verified on attempt 2); the piece has not yet been made by hand. If yours comes out differently, tell us and we will look at it.
