Dive into ocean crafting with this adorable Blue Whale! Built from aerodynamic 2D panels featuring ocean blue upper body, ribbed cream underbelly, and graceful swimming flippers.
Whether you are decorating your home for the autumn season or crafting gifts for friends, this pattern was designed from the ground up for relaxation and clean, crisp stitch definition.
One of the most common frustrations in crochet is vague sizing or running out of yarn right at the final row. That is why every stitch in this tutorial has been physically crocheted, swatch-tested, and audited with our designated 3.5 mm (US E/4) hook.
Standard Swatch: 20 sc x 22 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) using Single Crochet (sc) in rows with your designated 3.5 mm (US E/4) hook.
With 3.5mm hook and blue yarn, ch 7. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and across (6 sts). Ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Inc, sc 4, inc (8 sts). Ch 1, turn.
Rows 3–8: Expand front snout and forehead dome up to 24 sts.
Rows 9–22: Work even across body back (24 sts).
Rows 23–32: Decrease evenly along belly line down to 6 sts to form slender tail base.
Repeat shaping with cream yarn, working Row 4 and every 4th row in Back Loop Only (BLO) to emulate ribbed throat grooves.
Fasten off leaving seaming tail.
In blue yarn, ch 9. Sc in 2nd ch and across (8 sts). Ch 1, turn.
Rows 2–5: Sc across (8 sts).
Row 6: Dec, sc 4, dec (6 sts).
Row 7: Dec, sc 2, dec (4 sts). Fasten off, leaving long sewing tail.
In blue yarn, ch 6. Sc in 2nd ch and across (5 sts).
Increase along outer edge for 4 rows to flare into a whale fluke lobe.
Repeat for 2nd fluke lobe, seam together at tail centerline.
Attach 10mm safety eyes on front blue panel 4 rows back from snout.
Align blue upper body and cream underbelly panels right sides facing out.
Single crochet around perimeter in blue yarn, trapping pectoral flippers and tail flukes in place.
Stuff firmly with 45g polyfill before sealing the final 2-inch opening.
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Cut three 4-inch strands of white yarn, loop through the blowhole stitch at top of head using your crochet hook, and fray the ends with a comb for a misty water spout effect!
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