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It is Day 10 of the Spring 2026 Little Amazon Mini Amigururmi Crochet Along, and today's animal is a little bit different than the rest of the animals so far in this series. Today's unique animal lives in the Amazon River itself, the Pink Amazon River Dolphin.
There is a big difference between this little dolphin and the other animals so far in this series. Every other animal has used the same basic body pattern, but as I mentioned in the announcement post for this crochet along there will be one or two animals in this set that will not use that body style. I can turn that body and head pattern into a lot of different animals but there are some that it just really doesn't work for, especially water animals, insects, and some reptiles or amphibians. This little dolphin happened to be one of them.
Even though I did not use the same body I tried to make sure that the size kind of matched with the others so the head of the dolphin is similar in size to the other animals but turned in a different orientation. Then instead of the head and body being 2 distinct sections like the other animals, with the dolphin it just kind of flows together in a tapered shape.
A Pink Amazon River Dolphin looks a little bit different than other dolphins, even beyond just the coloring. One of the differences is that its mouth or snout is longer and skinnier than other dolphins. I didn't make mine super long, just because of the small size of the amigurumi, but wanted to give the effect of long and skinny. They also have a low ridge-like dorsal fin rather than the taller fin that is one of the most recognizable features of other dolphins. They also have a bump on their foreheads, but I didn't include that on my dolphin.
The Little Pink Dolphin only uses one color of yarn, pink. I wanted a kind of rosy pink or muted pink rather than a bright pink so I used Big Twist in Light Rose.
Ten days down, only 2 more to go! Come back tomorrow to see what the second to last animals will be.
How to Crochet a Little Pink Dolphin
Finished Size: about 5" long
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in light pink (sample made in Big Twist Value in Light Rose)
- G crochet hook (4 mm)
- 2- 6 mm safety eyes
- Polyfil fiberfill
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
The body is made in one piece beginning with the snout, the other pieces are made separately and sewn on. Most pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr), the beginning of each piece will indicate if it starts with a magic ring or a chain.
Body
Make 1 with pink, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Rounds 2-4: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Round 5: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 8-11: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 8-9 about 9-10 stitches apart (the shorter distance is the between the eyes is the top of the body)
Round 12: [sc2tog, sc in next 6 sts] repeat around (21 sc)
Round 13: 1 sc in each st (21 sc)
Round 14: [sc2tog, sc in next 5 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 15: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts] repeat around (15 sc)
Round 17: 1 sc in each st (15 sc)
Round 18: [sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 19: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 20: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 21: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Round 22: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off, stitch opening closed and weave in ends
Tail Fins
Make 2 with pink yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Fold in half and crochet the next round through both layers
Round 3: 1 sc in each set of sts around the edge working through both layers (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the tail fins to the back of the dolphin
Dorsal Fin
Make 1 with pink yarn, beginning with chain
ch 5
sl st in ch closest to hook, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, sl st in las ch
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the fin to the center back of the dolphin
Flippers
Make 2 with pink yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Round 4: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the flippers to the side of the body
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