Baby Humpback Whale

For my first finished project of the year, I finished up a WIP, this whale!

I saw the pattern ages ago and had to make it when I was gifted this velvet yarn! It ended up ~15 inches (38 cm) long.

Pattern: Baby Humpback Whale
Yarn: Bernat Baby Velvet in colors Emerald and Vapor Gray
Hook: F (3.75mm)

The eyes are 9mm safety eyes. I added the white rings to make them stand out more using some lightweight white yarn I had.

The pattern said to sew the top and bottom together using mattress stitch, but I crocheted them together instead using the emerald yarn:

I like taking photos outside when I can to show colors better, but it’s hard when there’s so much snow (and not a lot of sun)!


So I used my sunroom for the rest of the photos (still cold, but much easier to use :laughing:).

Some in-progress pictures:




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He is great! And you have done such a good job working with velvet yarn! (I can only do mushrooms :joy:) Colors looks great! Such a nice boy (or girl)!

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So cute!

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He looks so soft and snuggly! Great expression, too. Wonderful first project!

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I looked at the pattern and finished project in the link you gave…your whale has a much better looking mouth because of the crochet finish! Thanks for the tips…the yarn looks a lot better as well…I hope it is still available!

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Gah! I just want to snuggle him. Absolutely wonderful!

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He came out absolutely amazing!

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He looks so soft and pet-able. What a cutie!

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I agree, the crochet join definitely takes it up a notch. Great project!

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I just love this soft squishy whale!!

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So cute!

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I want to squish him. :purple_heart: He looks so soft and squishable lol Great job!

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I luvs it! I didn’t pay attention to the category, so the first photo had me thinking you’d sewn this from thick, chenille upholstery fabrics of some sort.

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I love it!

I think I’ll be making one or more of those in the future too.
Was going to make my own pattern, but this pattern looks great.

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What a fun project! I agree with AIMR, I like your version better than the original. The addition of the white to make the eyes stand out was a smart choice. Your whale looks so soft and squishy!

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He’s the coolest!!!

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Thank you everyone! :blue_heart:

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He’s adorable!! :whale:

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Super cute! love it!

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:snowflake: :blue_heart: :thread: Congratulation! Your Baby Humpback Whale is a Featured Project this week! :thread: :blue_heart: :snowflake:

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