Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey

You’ll need:

DK Acrylic yarn in Dark Brown, Yellow, Brown, White and Red colors;

Crochet hooks 3 mm and 4,5 mm;

Polyester fiberfill;

12mm Black Safety Eye, 1 pair;

Darning needle (Long);

Fabric marker (water erasable);

Scissors;

Pins;

A pair of blunt point tweezers for stuffing small parts.

Used Patterns

Bubble Stitch: Yarn over (YO), hook through ch and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops on hook. Repeat the same step in the same ch till you get 5 loops on hook, YO and pull through all 5 loops on hook.

Instructions

Crochet and stuff all parts by following the crochet patterns stated below to make Body, Head, Eye-White, Beak, Snood, Wing, Feet and lastly, the beautiful Tail.

Assemble the head with eyes, beak, and snood.

Sew body to the head followed by wings, feet, and tail to the body

Add some strips of short yarns onto the top of the head.

Body

With Dark Brown yarn and 3mm hook

Round 1: ch5, Inc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 2, 5sc in the last ch. Continue on the other side of the chain base, sc 2, 3sc in the last ch. {14}

Round 2: Inc, sc 4, [Inc] 3 times, sc 4, [Inc] 2 times. {20}

Round 3: Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc, Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc. {26}

Round 4: Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times, Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times. {32}

Round 5: Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc, Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc. {38}

Round 6: Inc. sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times, Inc, sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times. {44}

Round 7: Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2. {50}

Round 8: Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times, Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times. {56}

Round 9: sc around. {56}

Round 10: sc 25, Inc, sc 27, Inc, sc 2. {58}

Round 11: sc 26, Inc, sc 28, Inc, sc 2. {60}

Round 12: sc 27, Inc, sc 29, Inc, sc 2. {62}

Round 13: sc 28, Inc, sc 30, Inc, sc 2. {64}

Round 14 – 21: sc around. {64}

Round 22: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 14] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 8. {60}

Round 23: sc around. {60}

Round 24: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 13] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 7. {56}

Round 25: sc around. {56}

Round 26: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 12] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 6. {52}

Round 27: [Inv dec, sc 11] 4 times. {48}

Round 28: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 10] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 4. {44}

Round 29: [Inv dec, sc 9] 4 times. {40}

Round 30: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 8] 3 times, Inv dec, sc 2. {36}

Round 31: [Inv dec, sc 7] 4 times. {32}

Round 32: [sc 6, Inv dec] 4 times. {28}

Round 33: sc around. {28}

Round 34: [sc 5, Inv dec] 4 times. {24}

Round 35: sc around. {24}

Stuff the body firmly with polyester fiberfill.

Round 36: [sc 4, Inv dec] 4 times. {20}

Round 37: sc around. {20}

Round 38: [sc 3, Inv dec] 4 times. {16}

Round 39 - 43 : sc around. {16}

Round 44: [Inv dec] 8 times. {8}

Fasten and hide yarn end.

Head

With Dark Brown yarn and 3mm hook:

Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}

Round 2: [inc] 6 times. {12}

Round 3: [sc, inc] 6 times. {18}

Round 4: sc around. {18}

Round 5: [inc, sc 2] 6 times. {24}

Round 6: sc around. {24}

Round 7: [sc3, inc] 6 times. {30}

Round 8: sc around. {30}

Round 9: sc 2, [inc, sc 4] 5 times, inc, sc 2. {36}

Round 10: sc around. {36}

Round 11: [sc5, inc] 6 times. {42}

Round 12: sc around. {42}

Round 13: sc 3, [inc, sc 6] 5 times, inc, sc 3. {48}

Round 14: sc around. {48}

Round 15: [sc 7, inc] 6 times. {54}

Round 16: sc around. {54}

Round 17: sc 4, [inc, sc 8] 5 times, inc, sc 4. {60}

Round 18 - 24: sc around. {60}

Install eyes at round 16. Hide white yarn end into the head.

Round 25: sc 4, [inv dec, sc 8] 5 times, inv dec, sc 4. {54}

Round 26: [inv dec, sc 7] 6 times. {48}

Round 27: sc 3, [inv dec, sc 6] 5 times, inv dec, sc 3. {42}

Round 28: [inv dec, sc 5] 6 times. {36}

Round 29: sc 2, [inv dec, sc 4] 5 times, inv dec, sc 2. {30}

Round 30: [inv dec, sc 3] 6 times. {24}

Stuff with polyester fillings.

Round 31: sc, [inv dec, sc 2] 5 times, inv dec, sc. {18}

Round 32: [inv dec, sc] 6 times. {12}

Round 33: [inv dec] 6 times. {6}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Eye-White

Make 2 with White yarn and 3mm hook:

Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}

Round 2: [inc] around. {12}

Round 3: [inc, sc] around. {18}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew 2 circles alongside together (about 2 stitches) to form the eye-white.

Beak

With Yellow yarn and 3mm hook:

Round 1: Sc 4 in magic ring. {4}

Round 2: sc around. {4}

Round 3: [inc, sc] 2 times. {6}

Round 4: sc around. {6}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Snood

With Red yarn and 3mm hook:

Round 1: Sc 4 in magic ring. {4}

Round 2: [inc] around. {8}

Round 3: [sc 3, inc] 2 times. {10}

Round 4 - 6: sc around. {10}

Round 7: [inv dec, sc 3] 2 times. {8}

Round 8: sc around. {8}

Stuff with polyester fillings or red yarn scraps.

Round 9: sc, [inv dec, sc 2], inv dec, sc. {6}

Round 10: sc around. {6}

Round 11: [inv dec, sc] 2 times. {4}

Round 12 - 26: sc around. {4}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings

Make 2 starting with Brown yarn and 3mm hook:

Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring. {6}

Round 2: [inc] 6 times. {12}

Round 3: [inc, sc] 6 times. {18}

Round 4: [sc 2, inc] 6 times. {24}

Round 5: sc, [inc, sc 3] 5 times, inc, sc 2. {30}

Fold the piece into half and sc across then turn. {15}

Row 6: ch 2, [BS, hdc] 7 times, BS. Turn. {15}

Change yarn to Yellow color

Row 7: ch 1, [sc 2, 2sc in next sc] 5 times. Turn. {20}

Row 8: ch 2, [BS, hdc] 9 times, BS. {20}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Feet

Make 2 with Yellow yarn and 3mm hook:

Toe (make 3, name them toe1, toe2, toe3)

Round 1: sc 3 in magic ring. {3}

Round 2: [inc] 3 times. {6}

Round 3 - 6: sc around. {6}

Fasten only 2 toes. Continue to the foot part from 3rd toe.

Foot

Round 7: sc 3 on toe3, sc 3 on toe2, sc around on toe1, sc 3 on toe2, sc 3 on toe3 to join up the toes to the foot. {18}

Round 8: sc around. {18}

Round 9: [inv dec, sc] 6 times. {12}

Round 10: sc around. {12}

Stuff with polyester fillings or yellow yarn scraps.

Round 11: [inv dec] 6 times. {6}

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail

Make 2 starting with Brown yarn and 4.5mm hook:

Round 1: ch3 (as 1 dc), dc 14 in magic ring. slst to the first st of the round. {15}

Round 2: ch3 (as 1 dc), dc in the same st, [2dc] 14 times. slst to the first st of the round.{30}

Round 3: ch3 (as 1 dc), 2dc, [dc, 2dc] 14 times. slst to the first st of the round. {45}

Change Yarn to Dark Brown color

Round 4: ch 1, sc in same st, sc 44. slst to the first st of the round. {45} Fasten off but do not cut the yarn of one of the tail. **Reserve the yarn for joining up the tailpieces and outlining (pic Tail 2).

Tail Feather

Change Yarn to White Color

Row 1: (ch3, dc, ch, 2dc) in same st, [skip 2 sts, (2dc, ch, 2dc) in next st] repeat 9 times.

Fasten and hide yarn

Change Yarn to Yellow Color

Row 2: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, dc, ch, 2dc) in the same space, [(2dc, ch, 2dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times.

Fasten and hide yarn

Change Yarn to Brown Color

Row 3: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 2dc, ch, 3dc) in the same space, [(3dc, ch, 3dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times.

Fasten and hide yarn

Change Yarn to White Color

Row 4: start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 2dc, ch, 3dc) in the same space, [(3dc, ch, 3dc) in the next ch space] repeat 9 times. fasten and hide yarn

Change Yarn to Brown Color

Row 5 – start at the ch space of the previous row, (ch3, 8dc) in the same space, [9dc in next ch space] repeat 9 times. fasten and hide yarn.

Fasten and hide yarn

Tail Outline

The tail outlining and detailing are made while joining both layers. All stitches must go through both pieces for joining up.

Place a tailpiece on top of another tailpiece, with the wrong side facing each other. Line up edges.

The bottom arc of the tail: From the yarn reserved** at Round 4, sc across both layers.

The side edge of the tail: *ch 1, sc, repeat * until you reach the corner of the tail. Single crochet 9 stitches on the shell and 1 stitch between the 2 shells.

Crochet 1 chain, then single crochet at the space between 2 shells on the following row.

Repeat the stitches until you get to the end of the feather.

sc in the first and second skip stitches of round 5.

Crochet 1 chain, then single crochet again between 2 shells on the following row to work up to the top again.

Continue to crochet by repeating the stitches for the rest of the tail details.

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

Sew the slanted eyebrows with a short dark brown yarn above the safety eyes. You may create other expressions by altering the angles of the slope.

Parts to be added to the head: head with eyes installed, beak and snood.

Sew the beak below the center of the eye-whites.

Followed by sewing the snood enfolded on the top of the beak.

Crochet all the parts as per the pattern above and get ready for the final assembly.

Sew to join head to the body.

Then sew wings followed by the feet to the body.

Position the tail on the back of the body, pin.

Sew the bottom arc of the tail to the body.

Sew the rest of the arc of the tail to the body.

Cut some shorts strand of yellow yarn and tie them around the tip of the head.