Dugong Amigurumi Pattern

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Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 in the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: [{sc 3}, inc, sc] 2 times (12)

Rnd 3: sc, inc 3, sc 3, inc 3, sc 2 (18)

Rnd 4: working in the BLO, sc in each st (18)

Rnd 5: slst 4, hdc 9, slst 5 (18)

Rnd 6: slst 4, inc 3, sc 3, inc 3, slst 5 (24)

Rnds 7-8: slst 5, hdc 15, slst 4 (24 x 2)

Rnd 9: sc in each st (24)

Rnd 10: [sc 3, inc] 6 times (30)

Rnd 11: [sc 4, inc] 6 times (36)

Rnd 12: sc in each st (36)

Rnd 13: sc 9, [sc 1, invdec 1] 6 times, sc 9 (30)

Rnd 14: sc in each st (30)

Add eyes between Rnds 6 – 7 about 11 sts apart on the hdc side of the face (not the slst side)

Rnd 15: sc 6, [sc 1, invdec 1] 6 times, sc 6 (24)

Rnds 16-17: sc in each st (24 x 2)

Stuff mostly.

Rnd 18: [sc 2, invdec 1] 6 times (18)

Rnd 19: sc in each st (18)

Rnd 20: [sc 1, invdec 1] 6 times (12)

Rnd 21: sc in each st (12)

Rnd 22: invdec in each st (6)

Stuff fully.

Rnd 23: inc in each st (12)

Rnd 24: sc in each st (12)

Press the tail flat horizontally, we’ll be crocheting into both sides at the same time to close off the tail. Line it up so the next st is even with the last st worked in Rnd 24 and work into both sts. Continue across the row making sure that you insert your hook through the st on the front half and the corresponding st on the back half.

Rnd 25: ch 1, {dc, p, dc}, sc, slst 2, sc, {dc, p, dc} (10 individual st making up the tail shape)

Cut and pull through. Hide the end in the tail.

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Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 in the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: sc in each st (6)

Rnd 3: sc 2, inc 2, sc 2 (8)

Rnd 4: sc 2, invdec 2, sc 2 (6)

Press the fin flat so the next st lines up with last st worked and work the next row through both halves of the fin to crochet it closed.

Rnd 5: ch 1, sc 3 (3)

Cut the yarn, ch 1, and pull through.

1. Attach the fins along Rnds 12 – 15 on either side of the body with the bottom of the fin curved towards the snout.

2. Dugongs' eyes are quite sunken in, so using a strand of grey yarn and your tapestry needle, make some small stitches back and forth next to the eyes and pull them slightly inward.

3. For the nostrils use a strand of black yarn and make 2 small horizontal lines 1 st wide between Rnds 2 – 3 about 2 st apart and centered on the snout.