I remember when I was 14, this was my very first crochet project!!! I remember being so happy with it even though it didn't look nearly as good as I hoped because I was still struggling, but completing it encouraged me to keep going, and since then i've made shawls and scarves and beanies and blankets and lots of plushies!

I'm an absolute beginner and I actually just managed to make a cute turtle! I'm so proud of myself :) thank you

I loved these cute turtles. I made a few for my niece and stuffed them with sachet for her bureau. I put the sachet into small pouches I made from pantyhose and sewed the turtle together as you directed. She loved them! Thank you--MaryEllen.

This was my first crocheted creature! So fun! Thank you for being so clear in your instructions. I'm "hooked"! (oh dear, terribly sorry)

Thank you very much, 🙏 🐢 AND PLEASE PEOPLE keep the comments nice! These are free tutorials which take time and effort, say something nice, or just be shoosh!!

Hello, just wanted to let you know that my wife was new to crochet and she simply loves your tutorials as they are easy to understand and follow. So far she has made these lovely pair of baby turtles, Penguins, Christmas bells, snowflakes, Christmas tree bunting, Fingerless Mittens, Baby bib and the Granny square project is WIP.. I want to thank you on behalf of my Wife for lighting this passion for crochet in her heart and giving her Joy and a sense of accomplishment on the succession of each project, you have helped million others just like her. Thank you for your selfless jesture...God bless you

I’m absolutely in love 😍 I made a bumblebee turtle and gave it to my mother and she cried 💓💓 I love this. 💛🖤

I have never made a crochet project before so when I was looking for something easy I decided to give this tutorial a whirl. And every time I did the stitches I kept thinking about how amazed I was that I didn't mess up yet. Turns out, in the end I got myself a cute turtle with a purplish pink shell. It's so cute! Thank you for this tutorial and explaining every step very well, you don't know how proud I am of my little guy :D

i just made this as a little gift for my boyfriend :)) i made him into a keyring and he’s so cute, thankyou

I seem to always end up back with your patterns, they are quick and easy with the tutorial to begin, but I have to say so far I ABSOLUELY love my TURTLES. The quickest, easies and best ever pattern for the impatient person like me. Love it. Thank you. Lyn from South Australia age 66.

I am a 2 days beginner🥴after few hours of frustration... FINALLY!! a cute turtle 🐢❤️ THANKS!!

I've never crocheted in my life and my little turtle came out perfectly

I really love u I finally can do some fancy and nice things beside clothes I design myself, because I am autistic and I can´t understand the written patterns. Thank you a lot.

Never crocheted before in my life but somehow managed to make a turtle. Thanks for the video.

Love all your videos. You explain and show the technique really well so I have no problem making the things you show. And for any beginners out there I'm 13 and I can make these no problem.

i'm new to crocheting, and picked it up because m daughter wanted to learn. i've just done my first try at your turtle, and it came out pretty well! thanks for posting this and all your other videos. i'll be trying out more of them as i learn, and hopefully be able to teach my daughter at some point soon :)

Wow! You explain the circle so well!! Why has no one ever told me about the fake stitch before!! Life changer. Thank you 😀

Omg!! I love how easy you make it for beginners to actually make these adorable little turtles. Mine came out great! Thanks... please continue to make it this easy for us beginners. Love your tutorials.

Made one in less than an hour , I find your voice clear and easy to follow many thanks I’ve/ we have my granddaughter vey happy she loves turtles 🐢

Hi, Laura! I know this tutorial is 7 yrs ago but I just started making all of your food ami's and this is the first critter I made. I love him! He's adorable. TY for doing these tutorials.

I'm a beginner too and I'm happy I made it. Thank you so much❤ for explaining so well.

Thks for the clear slow pace explanation & stitching. Finally done my 1st turtle as a beginner. ❤ my 🐢.!

I followed this and i actually managed to make a GIANT TURTLE! im so happy! Thanks!

This is only the third project I have done and the first with a magic circle. Took a while and many restarts but I am so thrilled with the results. Thank you!! You are an amazing teacher!

Your voice is so calming I fell asleep. I watch the full video before doing a project so I know what to expect....but I fell asleep. You should do some meditation videos

What a cute little toy! My daughter is mad about tiny animals and such, it will go perfect with the little fluffy butterflies I made yesterday! Thank you for enduring the heat to share a lovely project with us!!

This is by far the best pattern on KZfaq thank you so easy to make 🙂

Thank you for this SO cute, easy to follow tutorial!! I used 100% cotton yarn in variegated green for the shell and natural color for the body with blue eyes. He's just about the most adorable little thing I've ever seen 😍

I love this so much that I made one for my friend.. After I gave it to her, everyone wanted one.. I have some work to do!!!

I've made two of these cuties so far, and I'll definitely be making more in the future. My sister absolutely loved the one I gave her. I'll be turning them into keychains, since that's what she wanted.

I ended up making four of these and I believe I will be making even more. My mom loves turtles and once my friends saw one they wanted one as well! Thank you so much for the tutorial!

I’m a beginner with only a little experience and omg I’m so proud it looks so cute and I’m currently nearly done my second one!!

Thank you for your awesome instructions and fun projects. Yeah I have numbness in my fingers and I found all the other instructions to try and teach myself me how to crochet going too fast and unclear. But I too just made my first Turtles. I'm proud of myself it came out pretty good not as good as yours. And I love the magic circle I took me 19 tries to get it right because of my finger numbness but I got it now...

Thank you, love the way you tutorial, sound warm n gentle : )

I just wanted to thank you for making your videos. I can follow you very easily and these little turtles are so quick and easy. They go over well at work! Just something I've picked up along the way, but you can use cotton balls for stuffing small projects like these. They are very cheap and can be pulled apart if you don't quite need a whole ball. Just incase you wanted to know. :)

thanks. these has been the only things I have been able to crochet without looms. your videos are really great.

I don't have a sewing needle but a smaller sized crocheting needle works, the Tut is awesome!! I love my little turtle even tho the whole thing is the same color

I love this pattern I had made it for my granddaughter!!!! She absolutely loves it..

I made an entire herd of these cute lil turtles!! Thank you for the great tutorial 👍💖

thank you so much for this!! It was a bit tricky for a beginner like me especially with the multiple magic circles but I really learned a lot from it and it came out so cute!

this is my first finished crochet thing last started but first finished I love the turtle my 2 year old sister loves it too thank you so much for this amazing video hope you make more cute little animals like this. x

Loved making this turtle and I actually managed to follow the instructions. If you can't follow this easy project then I would personally give up crocheting and turn to something else. Thank you

Just love, love, love your tutorials/videos. It brings me so much happiness to see the smiles on the kids and adults faces.

I've made quite a few of these by now and just want to pop in and say that they are still adorable if they don't have eyes. I may or may not end up with evil looking turtles when I try to add them on. That you for such an easy to follow style of videos!

My daughter is watching over my shoulder and has already requested I make her a family of these.. :) guess what I'll be doing this weekend ? Lol ! Thank you so much I love them. -April

I love this so much!!! I’m a beginner and this tutorial was super easy to follow and my turtle turned out great!

Hi Laura! I'm a more experienced crocheter and I love your patterns! I'm using several of them to create a door decoration for spring and summer. It will be a bit like a shadow box with a little scene in it including birds, butterflies, flowers, turtle, and more. I can't wait till it's done!

I just wanted to say how great your videos are I have done your little turtle and whale and you are the best I have ever watched thanks so much!!!

If it’s a sea turtle they are called flippers just so you are aware. Kinda like a dolphin or a whale. I love the movie Dolphin Tale. If you haven’t seen it yet maybe you should. It’s very touching and heart-warming

just made one and it's so cute. thanks for the video. most of the time I cudnt follow what you were trying to explain but when ever you said how many stitches I should have, I did my own thing. so i guess even tho I was lost, you still guided me through each step so thank you! 😄

Thank you I just made turtle..it is adorable..it was my 4 project all together in life :) clear instructions I would recommend to beginners too ...

HappyBerry, TYVM! This is one of the best crochet animals I can do for a boy. Most I search for to make my grandchildren are for girls. I've put this one on a crochet chain to wear around their neck, and they love it. The ones I did in white got so dirty, so going with the greens...thank so much for sharing you tuts.!

I love all your videos, especially because of your voice and patient demeanor. But this was the first I tried. I made some edits. I. I added changeable shells (velcro attached) and I did post single crochet finishing on the edges of the shells. Thank you for sharing your time and talent. Cheers

omg I LOVE IT.This christmas I'm getting a Kitty and I've been wanting to give her some toys when she arrived so she wouldn't be so jumpy or scared. (since we have a dog and we adopted her from a shelter) I decided to make her some toys from yarn since I don't have much money and I have A LOT of yarn.I've made her a mouse but THIS IS SO ADORABLE I'm making her one now.Ty for sharing this with us!!

This was such a fun project, thank you so much for sharing! I made it for my 4 year old, she is so happy :)

This is one of the best youtube tutorials i've ever seen! You are so wonderful at explaining things! I made two (admittedly rough) turtles last night!

I love these little animals and have made the turtle, snail, frog (very sweet), butterfly and am working on the granny owl. You are so easy to follow even though I have to translate from single to double and double to treble! Many thanks.

These are too cute. I'm going to whip a pair up for my daughter she collects turtles. Thank you for the pattern!

You helped me so much! Everyone else always complicates things even though they are teaching us!

These little guys were so much fun to make. Thank you for your tutorial

Thank you for enduring the heat to share a lovely project with everyone! I love your videos for little animals so ADORABLE!!! You male it look so easy.

This is so cute! Perfect for a newbie Like me! Thank you for sharing! 😊

Quarantine crafts here we go!!

I know this tutorial is old but I just started doing amigurumi a few days ago and my turtle has come out so cute. Thank you so much!

These are so adorable. Just whipped up a dozen for a wall hanging.

Just made my husband a little turtle, Haha. So adorable. TY!

I use a bigger hook and bigger yarn doing my turtles which makes them a little bigger. You can always make more rows for the body and count for the legs to see how much you would need and then make the head a little bigger. Make the shell larger. You just have to practice it...

Thank you! You're so easy to follow and a beginner like me did it! Thank you so much!!! I'm so excited! 😆 My mom loves it too ! 😘

Made this a key chain ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE RESULT!!! Thank you SOO much!!!

Thank you so much, this was very easy to follow, just made my first turtle, never made anything other than blankets, till I found your videos, so thanks again... 😊

This was a fun project! I added two chain stitches for a little tail. Great video!

I love my little turtle! Thank you! You are an excellent teacher.

U r very talented..ur instructions r very clear,also ur videos r addictive,it's 2 a.m. Here in my country n I am crocheting turtle,alphabets...etc.plz post if possible cat,dog etc.n alphabets like G,N. ...list is very long.thanks for the hard work

I love this video. I made 10 already using my different color scrap yarn! Thank you for posting such easy to follow videos :)

I have made many stuffs by seeing your videos.... I have made a baby turtle ,a small doll.....

my second crochet. such a beginner & my turtle is perfect!!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I tried it, and though it's not perfect yet, now I can give turtles to my friends!

Tipp: If you don't have a yarn needle, you can just use your hook. It's a bit more difficult but it worked greatt for me!

You have an amazing talent and I love watching your tutorials because there easy to follow! I love your animals and other ideas you put on KZfaq! I'd like to make a small elephant but idk how. Please keep posting more because I really do enjoy watching your videos and learning something new everyday!

I love this! And I really like your table, it makes a beautiful background!

I just made two little baby turtle, I find them so adorable!

I LOVE TURTLES🐢🐢🐢🐢

Im crocheting some if these out if plastic bags. Its kinda difficult, but definitely worth it

Hi, not only are you fantastic, I love your personality ♡ thank you for your easy, step by step lesson ♡

Thank you so much this tutorial was the one that got me into aragrumi

for the legs you started the round with a leg and ended with four slipstitches. I would split that last group of slipstitches into two at the beginning and two at the end. So the "seam" of the circle-joins points exact into the middle between the hind-legs. And another tip: instead of starting the under part separate from the center, you can also do the round with the legs into the backloops at the edge of the finished shell. Just use single-crochets instead of slipstitches. And then do hidden decreases in the next rounds to close the bottom (stuff it through the round hole)

Great video thank you so much! I can't wait to make some of these to dazz up my plant desks Lol

Thank you very much for this cute little turtle. This is my first "amigurumi" and you really made it really easy with your great instructions!

yeah the turlte is quite cute thanks for the tutorial well done denise for creating your first turtle. i sewed my turtle shell to the wrong side first off i was s ooo annoyed

You know what? I even added a little tail to our tiny turtle :-) Thank you for the tutorial! I really enjoyed it!

So so cute !!! Proud to finished my first Turtle.....beginning of Noahs ark.... Thank you :-)

This is the first time crocheting for me. I came across your tutorial for a flower and became addicted! I love all your tutorials! I've made a few things and have a few other projects going on. I'd love to see a tutorial for a stuffed unicorn or a mermaid if you ever have chance to make one. Can't wait to see the more holiday tutorials! :)

i’ve crocheted for years and even i found this tricky and fiddly. My turtle came out slightly, funky😂

your tutorials are the best ever on utube!

This is so cute and so easy! Thank you for sharingnthis tutorial and greetings from across the pond.

Just done it 3rd thing I have started 1st that I finished wish I could show you it's a bit munted but my daughter loves it

Thank you for posting this video! I was able to follow along very well and got a cute little turtle by the end of it. Can't wait to see what else you upload. :)

Thanks a lot for all your tutorials. You videos are my favourite crochet tutorials and I always look for your tutorials for making stuff. I made this baby turtle as a gift for a friend and I am really satisfied with the outcome. I hope you keep up the good work. Also could you do a tutorial on making a soccer ball with crochet? If you could that would be nice.

I actually just finished my own little turtle. Very helpful for beginners such as myself. But I think you might need a closer shot just to make it clear which stitch goes where.

I made this using rainbow yarn! so cute and easy!