Miniature Koopa Shell

Louie's Loops

Medium difficulty

Medium

45 minutes

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What you'll create

What you'll learn

What you'll need

Cotton Yarn

Weight

Colors

Shell Color
Tan (Bottom)
White (Border/Wings)
Black (Holes)
Crochet Hook Size G6 / 4.00mm

Crochet Hook

G6 / 4.00 mm

Stuffing

Darning Needle

Abbreviations

ch

Chain Stitch

st

Stitch

slst

Slip Stitch

sc

Single Crochet

inc

Increase

dec

Decrease (Sharp)

invdec

Invisible Decrease

FLO/BLO

Front / Back Loops Only

hdc

Half-Double Crochet

Other Useful Info

Gauge

5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 2.5” tall

Worked

In the Round unless otherwise stated

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The Pattern

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(1:23) The time codes match to the pattern video

01Base

[All in Tan]
Ch 2 or use magic loop method

Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc] repeat 6 times (18)

Cut the yarn and hide the end.

02Shell

[Starting in Shell Color]
Ch 2 or use magic loop method

Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

Rnd 3: sc in each st (12)

Rnd 4: sc 1, inc, sc 1, [Change to Black] inc, [Change to Shell Color] sc 1, inc, sc 1, inc, sc 1, [Change to Black] inc, [Change to Color] sc 1, inc (18)

[Change to Black for the rest of the Shell top]

Underlined = Working into the BLO
Regular = Working into both loops

Rnd 5: sc 1, dec, sc 1, dec, sc 1, dec, sc 1, dec, sc 1, dec (12)

Rnd 6: dec in each st (6)

Stuff the piece, cut the yarn and pull through leaving a long enough end to sew closed. Try to make the tail end stick straight out from the bottom.

03Border

[All in White]
Ch 19

Cut the yarn and pull through leaving a long enough end to sew all the way around the piece.

04Sewing Together

It is highly suggested to see the video instructions for this portion, as it is hard to explain

Place the Shell and Base facing each other and sew the black tail end of the Shell out the top of the Base to hold it in place.

Using the long end of the Border chs on a needle, enter the Shell just before the beginning of Rnd 4 (above where the Red stitches end). Exit the Top under the front loop of the first stitch from Rnd 4.

Now enter the back loop of the next ch along the Border.
Next enter the front loop of the next stitch along the Shell.
Finally enter the back loop of the adjacent stitch along the Base.

Continue this process to sew the Border, Shell, and Base together. When you get to a hole (black stitches from Rnd 4 of the Shell) leave the Base for two stitches and go around the black stitches on the Shell sewing on the Border. There should be three stitches and chs used for each hole.

When you come back around to where you began, use the other tail end from the Border to sew into the Shell and out through the top of the Base. Then use the original tail end from the Border to make a hidden end around the first ch and out through the Base.

Cut the ends and hide them in.

05Spikes

[All in White]
Ch 2

Working into the BLO of the 2nd ch from the hook, sc 1

Ch 1, cut the yarn and pull through.

Sew these all onto the shell. 3 around each hole and 1 sticking from the top.

06Wings

[All in White]
Ch 5

{} = Worked into the same st/ch

Working into the BLO of the 2nd ch from the hook,
sl.st 1, sc 1, ch 1, {sc 1, ch 1, sc 1}, sc 1 (5 sts not counting chs)

Sew these onto each side of the shell.

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3 thoughts on “Miniature Koopa Shell”

  1. For anyone reading this before doing the pattern : if you do the blue shell, do the spikes RIGHT AFTER having done the top part of the shell and BEFORE sewing the top and bottom part of the shell, it’ll be way easier to sew on the spikes, I struggled way too much but didn’t want to redo it lol

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