Plesiosaur Dinosaur Amigurumi

[All in Color A]
Magic loop

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

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

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

Fold in half, ch 1, working into both the next st and the last stitch...

Rnd 4: sc 2, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 2 (10, stopping early)

Ch 1, cut the yarn and pull through leaving a long enough end to sew onto the body.

[All in Color A]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 4 in magic loop (4)

Rnd 2: [sc, inc] 2 times (6)

Rnd 3: [sc 2, inc] 2 times (8)

Rnd 4: [sc 3, inc] 2 times (10)

Rnd 5: [sc 4, inc] 2 times (12)

Rnds 6-8: sc each st around (12 x 3)

Rnd 9: [sc 2, invdec] 3 times (9)

Add eyes between Rnd 5 – 6 in sts 3 and 8.

Rnd 10: sc 4, invdec, sc 3 (8)

Stuff the head.

Rnds 11-20: sc each st around (8 x 10)

Rnd 21: sc 2, inc, sc 5 (9)

Rnd 22: [sc 2, inc] 3 times (12)

Rnd 23: [sc 3, inc] 3 times (15)

Fold a pipe cleaner in half, forming a small arrow at one end, and a loop on the other end, twist fully to strengthen and stuff into the neck. Stuff around this with a pencil.

Rnd 24: [sc 4, inc] 3 times (18)

Rnd 25: [sc 5, inc] 3 times (21)

Rnds 26-31: sc each st around (21 x 6)

Rnd 32: sc 12, invdec 1, sc 1, invdec 1, sc 1, invdec 1, sc 1 (18)

Rnd 33: [sc 4, invdec] 3 times (15)

Rnd 34: [sc 3, invdec] 3 times (12)

Stuff mostly, insert a heavy coin or small rock into the stomach to help hold up the body.

Rnd 35: sc 10, invdec (11)

Rnd 36: sc 9, invdec (10)

Rnd 37: sc 8, invdec (9)

Rnd 38: sc 7, invdec (8)

Rnd 39: sc 6, invdec (7)

Rnd 40: sc 5, invdec (6)

Stuff fully.

Rnd 41: sc 4, invdec (5)

Rnd 42: sc 3, invdec (4)

Cut and pull through, sew closed.

To sew together use the two tail ends from each of the Fins to sew onto the sides of the body just after the neck (around Rnds 24 – 26) and just before the tail (around Rnds 33 – 35). Make sure both tail ends are exiting out the same stitch, double knot tightly, and stuff back into the body.

You can individualize your dinosaur a bit more by adding spots, stripes or zigzags! The easiest of which is stripes. Begin with a long end of yarn in Color B on a needle and begin creating lines evenly lined up along the back going 4 rounds between lines down to the tail. Then travel back up the back adding stripes between the stripes you made going down to fill it in fully. See video at (1:33:50) for detailed instructions.