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Several years ago I was on the design team for Fairfield World, the company that makes Poly-fil. They also make a lot of battings, pillow inserts, interfacing, etc, a lot of the stuff you use on the inside of a project. I would design projects using there projects and post the patterns to their website, or sometimes to my own site. I still love and use their products all the time, especially Poly-fil, but after a few years I decided to leave the design team just because I wanted more time to focus on other projects.
All of those patterns remained on their website with links on my site to the projects. One of the patterns I shared there that was always pretty popular this time of the year was my crocheted turkey. I always reshare it around this time of the year, but when I shared some halloween patterns earlier this year I noticed that the patterns weren't showing up and the page just gave an error. This could be a temporary thing that may be fixed soon, but since it has been that way for a while and I don't know when it may be fixed I thought I would just re-publish the turkey pattern, and maybe some of the others, here on my site. That way you can still access it regardless of whether or not they get it fixed. In addition to posting the pattern here I am also going to have a PDF version available so that you can purchase it instead if you prefer that format.
This little turkey is crocheted in a few pieces and sewn together. I typically now make my heads and bodies all in one, but since this is an older pattern I made it a little bit differently, the head and body are made separately and sewn together. Then there are wings, a beak, and a wattle that are also sewn on. Each of the five feather are made individually, I chose to make them colorful, but you could make them all one color, more neutral colors, or whatever you would like. I thought the colorful leaves kind of gave a fun handprint turkey kind of vibe, where you would trace your hand and color all of the fingers different colors for the feathers. But all a different shade of brown, or maybe an orange or red would be great too.
The original turkey had a weighted base, which is great for helping it sit up nicely, but on the version I remade for pictures for this post I did not add the weighted base and it was fine that way too. There is also a video I will link showing how to make the feet, because there was a little bit of confusion with those.
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How to Crochet a Turkey
Finished Size: about 5.5" tall sitting (bottom of body to top of head)
You will need:
- worsted weight yarn in brown, gold, red, green, blue, orange or desired colors (new sample in photos in this post made with Loops & Threads Soft Classic in Dark Taupe, Mustard, Clay, Ginger, Leaf Green, and Cornflower; original sample made in Red Heart Super Saver in Cafe Latte, Cherry Red, Carrot, and Gold, and Lion Brand Heartland in Glacier Bay, and Joshua Tree, )
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 8 mm safety eyes
- Poly-Fil Fiber Fill
- Poly-Fil ® Poly Pellets ® Weighted Stuffing Beads (if making weighted base)
- 6" scrap of fabric, sewing needle, and thread (if making weighted base)
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
Begin by making the weighted pouch that will sit inside the base of the turkey if you are going to add it, if not skip to the crochet instructions. (Here is a video of making a weighted base that may be helpful)
Cut 6″ diameter circle from fabric
Knot one end of the thread and stitch around the outside of the circle with a running stitch
Pull thread to cinch up partway, fill with weighted stuffing beads
Cinch up the rest of the way and stitch through the top a few times to secure
Body
Make 1 with brown yarn, beginning with a magic ring
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 3: [1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next], repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (30 sc)
Round 6: [1 sc in first 4 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (36 sc)
Round 7: 1 sc in each stitch (36 sc)
Round 8: [1 sc in first 5 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (42 sc)
Rounds 9-13: 1 sc in each stitch
Round 14: [1 sc in first 5 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (36 sc)
Round 15: 1 sc in each stitch (36 sc)
Round 16: [1 sc in first 4 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (30 sc)
Round 17: 1 sc in each stitch (30 sc)
add weighted pouch to bottom of the body if using
Round 18: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (24 sc)
Round 19: 1 sc in each stitch (24 sc)
begin stuffing the body and continue stuffing as you work the last couple of rows
Round 20: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (18 sc)
Round 21: [1 sc in first stitch, sc2tog], repeat around (12 sc)
Round 22: sc2tog, repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off, tuck yarn end inside of the body
Head
Make 1 with brown yarn, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 3: [1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next], repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (24 sc)
Round 5: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, 2 sc in next], repeat around (30 sc)
Rounds 6-10: 1 sc in each stitch (30 sc)
Round 11: [1 sc in first 3 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12: [1 sc in first 2 stitches, sc2tog], repeat around (18 sc)
Round 13: 1 sc in each stitch (18 sc)
Finish off, cut yarn leaving long end for sewing
Attach safety eyes, I placed mine between rounds 7 and 8, about 3 stitches apart
Stuff head and sew onto the top of the body (the body is worked from bottom up and the head is worked from top down)
Wings
Make 2 with brown yarn, beginning with a magic ring
Row 1: in mr, ch 1, 5 sc (5 sc)
Row 2: ch1, turn, sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc (2 sc, 4 hdc, 2 dc)
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc, sc, 2 hdc, 2dc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc, sc (4 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc)
Finish off, cut yarn leaving long end for sewing
Sew wings to the sides of the body
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc, sc, 2 hdc, 2dc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, sc, sc (4 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc)
Beak
Make 1 with gold yarn, beginning with a chain
starting in the 2nd ch from hook dc3tog
Finish off, cut yarn leaving long end for sewing
Sew the beak to the head below the eyes
Wattle
Make 1 with red yarn, beginning with a chain
ch 5hdc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, slip stitch in last 2
Finish off, cut yarn leaving end for sewing
Sew wattle to head next to beak
Feet
Make 2 with gold yarn, beginning with a chain, you will make 3 “toes” first and then start crocheting in the round as you make the legs
Row 1: [ch3, dc in first ch, ch 1, slip stitch in first ch] repeat 2 more times (3 dc “toes”)Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in the top of each toe, ch 3
the next row you will begin working in the round by working in the sc across the front and the ch across the back
Row 3: 1 sc in each of the 3 sc across front of foot, 3 sc in ch (6 sc)
Row 4-9: 1 sc in each stitch (6 sc)
Finish off, cut yarn leaving ends for sewing
Sew the legs to the bottom front of the body
Feathers
Make 5 - 1 each in blue, orange, red, green, and gold, or desired colors of yarn, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next] repeat (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 2] repeat (8 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 3] repeat (10 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 4] repeat (12 sc)
Round 6-8: 1 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 9: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 5] repeat (14 sc)
Round 10-14: 1 sc in each stitch (14 sc)
Round 15: [sc2tog, sc in next 5] repeat (12 sc)
Round 16: 1 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next 4] (10 sc)
Finish off, cut yarn leaving long end for sewing
Sew feathers to back of turkey in a semicircle shape
Round 2: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next] repeat (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 2] repeat (8 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 3] repeat (10 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 4] repeat (12 sc)
Round 6-8: 1 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 9: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 5] repeat (14 sc)
Round 10-14: 1 sc in each stitch (14 sc)
Round 15: [sc2tog, sc in next 5] repeat (12 sc)
Round 16: 1 sc in each stitch (12 sc)
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next 4] (10 sc)
Finish off, cut yarn leaving long end for sewing
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