Simone the Sea Otter - Free Crochet Pattern

My beginner friendly crochet sea otter pattern is designed to give you a fast amigurumi project that is lifelike, fun and a little bit different. You’ll find full instructions with the written pattern, along with tips on how to join your own sea otter together fuss free.

Your kit list.
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Simone the Sea Otter’s crochet pattern.

It’s not just an adorable tendency to lay on their backs and prepare their lunch on their chests that makes sea otters unique. Unlike other otter species, they have full pale faces contrasting with dark bodies and arms. They also have the most incredibly sharp noses on their surprisingly pointed faces. All in all, you can see why I picked this animal for my most recent sea creature project.

Here’s What You Will Need:

4mm crochet hook
Stylecraft Highland Heathers aran yarn in grist
Sirdar Supersoft aran yarn in walnut
A few strands of dark gray yarn for the nose
Safety eyes
Toy stuffing
Tapestry needle

You can substitute in any aran weighted oaty toned yarn for the face and brown yarn for the body if you can’t get hold of these brands in your area. Your Simone won’t be an identical crochet sea otter to mine, but that only adds to the creativity!

Pattern Notes and Tips

This crochet pattern uses magic circles as the basis for each body part. These are increased and decreased with single crochets, and hand sewn together.

You can find full stitch tutorials here, and more information on making your basic magic loops here.

Every time I use an abbreviation for the first time I’ll explain it in written English, but you can also find a translation guide here if you need it.

Your Free Crochet Sea Otter Pattern

You will crochet your amigurumi sea otter in separate sections, which you will need to hand sew together as you go along.

Sea Otter Head

You will begin working the crochet sea otter’s face in the pale grist yarn. The magic circle will form the front point that you’ll use as the nose.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of six stitches (6)

Round 2

Put one single crochet into each stitch of the round.

1sc x 6 (6)

Round 3

Make two single crochets into each stitch.

2sc x 6 (12)

Round 4

1sc x 12 (12)

Round 5

Make one single crochet into the first stitch, then two into the next. Repeat in this manner for the rest of the round.

(1sc, 2sc) x 6 (18)

Round 6

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6 (24)

Round 7

1sc x 24 (24)

Round 8

(1sc x 3, 2sc) x 6 (30)

Round 9

(1sc x 4, 2sc) x 6 (36)

Round 10

(1sc x 5, 2sc) x 6 (42)

Round 11

1sc x 42 (42)

Round 12

(1sc x 6, 2sc) x 6 (48)

Round 13 – 14

Make one single crochet into each stitch for two rounds, then at the end of round 14 color change to brown

1sc x 48 (48)

cc brown

Round 15

1sc x 48 (48)

Round 16

(1sc x 6, sc2tog) x 6 (42)

Round 17

1sc x 42 (42)

Round 18

(1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 6 (36)

Round 19

(1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 6 (30)

Round 20

(1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 6 (24)

Round 21

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6 (18)

Insert the safety eyes into the front of your sea otter’s face, and with the dark gray strand of yarn sew the nose. Weave back and forwards across the protruding central section.

Round 22

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12)

Fill your otter’s head with toy stuffing.

Round 23

sc2tog to close.

Weave the loose end of yarn into your crochet sea otter’s head to hide it.

Sea Otter Ears

Use the 4mm crochet hook and your brown yarn.

Make a magic circle of six stitches, but don’t slip stitch to join it together.

That’s it, you’re done already! You just need to sew one of these to each side of your sea otter’s head now, in line with the position you chose for their eyes.