With this design, the shell section flips over changing your happy tortoise into a sad tortoise and vice versa! This toy is designed to help children to express how they are feeling.

This pattern includes lots of photos to help you every step of the way. It is written in English, using American crochet terms.

You will need:

Yarn of your choice. Yarn weight doesn’t really matter - the size of your project will simply turn out bigger or smaller! I used Knitcraft Cotton Blend Plain DK Yarn from Hobbycraft (this is quite a thick DK yarn so it is equivalent to aran or light worsted weight in other brands) & my finished tortoise measures 18cm long & 9cm tall.

For the happy tortoise, you will need the following colours:

Shell Colour - I used coral (approx. 44m),

Head, Legs & Tail Colour - I used mustard (approx. 37m),

For the sad tortoise, you will need the following colours:

Shell Colour - I used light blue (approx. 37m),

Head, Legs & Tail Colour - I used denim (approx. 44m),

Please Note = The amount of yarn used will vary according to yarn weight, hook size and stitch tension so these measurements are only a rough guide.

You will also need:

A suitable size hook for the yarn you have chosen - I used a 4mm hook.

Some dark grey thread or finer yarn for adding the details to the face & shell.

Toy stuffing.

A pair of 9mm black eyes & a pair of 12mm black eyes (I used different sized eyes on the happy and sad faces to give different expressions although this is optional).

Other tools you will need are a tapestry needle, some pins, some scissors and a stitch marker.

You are welcome to sell the items that you make using this pattern, but please do not sell / share the pattern itself. Feel free to contact me with any questions as I am more than happy to help. Thank you.