The shell’s soft yarn is woven with love and care, creating a cozy and charming sea-inspired keepsake. This crochet creation brings a piece of the serene ocean into your home, reminding you of the calm and beauty that nature offers.

Materials Needed

• Two skeins of polyester yarn (each skein approximately 80 meters long, 5mm wide).
• A 6mm crochet hook (or 5mm if you want a tighter and thicker shell).
• Stitch marker.

Basic Stitches and Techniques

• Slip knot
• Chain stitch (ch)
• Single crochet (sc)
• Slip stitch (sl st)

Abbreviations

• ch: Chain
• sc: Single Crochet
• sl st: Slip Stitch
• st: Stitch

Instructions

Foundation and Cup

• Make a slip knot.
• Draw the thread and make 6 sc ([Video Time: 3:40]).
• Tighten the slip knot and form a circle by joining the beginning with the end of the row using a sl st.
• Make 3 ch stitches.
• Yarn over, slip the hook under both loops of the first st, draw the yarn and crochet two stitches together; repeat this for all 6 initial stitches.

Creating the Whorls

General Principle

• The whorls are made in spiral rounds with single crochets and slip stitches at right angles.
• Gradually increase the number of stitches in each row until the eighth section.

First Whorl

• Make 2 ch stitches.
• Make a sc into the first ch stitch.
• Join this row with the cup by slipping the hook under both loops of the first sc and making a sl st.
• Repeat turning the work around, making chain stitches, slipping hooks under back loops, and single crochets as shown from [Video Time: 11:52 to 13:55].

Sections Breakdown

• First Section: Rows consist of 3 sc plus 1 sl st.
• Second Section: 5 pairs of rows (4 sc + 1 sl st each).
• Third Section: 6 pairs of rows (5 sc + 1 sl st each).
• Fourth Section: 8 pairs of rows (6 sc + 1 sl st each).
• Fifth Section: 9 pairs of rows (7 sc + 1 sl st each).
• Continue incrementing the number of sc for each section following the video tutorial principles.

Hook

• For the hook, once you decide the length of the shell, start crocheting the hook from the last made row.
• Make 5 sc in one direction.
• Turn the work around, skip the first stitch and add another row.
• Create 4 ch stitches for the hook slot and start crocheting back making single crochets.
• Continue transitioning from the shell to the hook as demonstrated.

Finishing Touches

• Steam the work for a neat finish.
• Crochet around the connecting lines between the whorls to define the contours.
• Hide the thread ends inside the shell.

Size and Additional Notes

• This finished shell is about 36 cm long and 18 cm at the widest part.
• 2 skeins of the yarn mentioned above were used.
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