Amigurumi Thanksgiving Turkey

You want to make the turkey on Thanksgiving but your mom always calls dibs? You feel like having leftovers but everyone always leaves just the dark meat? You want to make something totally impressive to take to dinner besides your green bean casserole? You're in the right place. Crocheted turkey keeps well, is shelf-stable, and is 100% vegan, assuming you use acrylic yarn!

Here's a video tutorial I made to make this super cute Thanksgiving Turkey!

For those of you who want the pattern too, of course, here you go!

Materials:

Rust worsted weight yarn

Off-white sock yarn

Off-white worsted cotton yarn

Royal blue sport yarn (optional)

Artificial leaves

Polyester fiberfill

Tools:

D crochet hook

B crochet hook

Yarn needle

Hot glue gun

Body: 

Rnd 1: With rust yarn and D hook, make adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 6 in ring. Pull closed.

Rnd 2: 2 Sc in each st.

Rnd 3: *(2 sc in next st, sc in next st), repeat around (18 sts)

Rnds 4-5: Sc in each st.

Rnd 6: *(Sc2tog, sc in next 7 sts), repeat around (16 sts)

Rnd 7: Sctog, sc in each st (15 sts)

Rnd 8: Sc2tog, sc in each st (14 sts)

Rnd 9: *(Sc2tog, sc in next 5 sts), repeat around (12 sts)

Rnd 10: *(Sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts), repeat around (10 sts)

Stuff Body firmly.

Rnd 11: Sc2tog around (5 sts)

Weave in ends.

Legs (make 2):

Rnd 1: With rust yarn and D hook, make adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 5 in ring. Pull closed.

Rnd 2: 2 Sc in each st.

Rnd 3: Sc in each st (10 sts)

Rnd 4: *(Sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts), repeat around (8 sts)

Rnd 5: *(Sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts), repeat around (6 sts)

Change to B hook and off-white sock yarn for bones with a sl st.

Rnd 6: Working into back loops only of each st, sc into each st (6 sts)

Rnd 7: Sc2tog, sc in each st (5 sts)

Rnd 8: Sc2tog, sc in each st (4 sts)

Rnd 9: Bobble in next st, sl st in next st, bobble in next st, sl st in next st (4 sts)

Fasten off and weave in ends. No stuffing is necessary.

Wings (make 2):

Row 1: With rust yarn and D hook, ch 12. Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2, sl st in next ch, skip 3 chs, sl st in next ch, sc in next 2 chs, 2 hdc in last ch, sl st in same ch.

Fasten off and leave a long tail.

Assembly:

Stitch Wings into place towards the top of the Body on each side. Using the same tail, stitch Legs on each side of Body. Weave in ends.

Platter:

Rnd 1: With worsted off-white yarn and D hook, ch 5. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 2 chs, hdc 6 into last ch, turning to work into opposite side of ch, sc in next 3, hdc 6 into last ch (15 sts)

Rnd 2: Sc in next 5, 2 hdc in next 3, sc in next 6, 2 hdc in next 3, sc in next st (24 sts)

Rnd 3: Sc in next 7, 2 hdc in next 2, sc in next 10, 2 hdc in next 2, sc in next 3 (28 sts)

Rnd 4: *(2 sc in next st, sc in next 3), repeat from * around (35 sts)

Rnd 5: Change to blue sport yarn and sl st in each st around.

Rnd 6: Change to worsted off-white yarn, *(2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts), repeat from * around (42 sts)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Use hot glue to attach pieces of greenery to platter. Attach turkey to platter with hot glue.

Hang from the center of the turkey or edge of platter with colorful twine.

Yummy!