This cacti and succulent loving amigurumi family keeps growing! The newest member is Ellie the whale!

She’s so sweet and caring that she always brings her plants up to take a breath with her!

Ellie was a fun project to crochet right from the beginning. I wanted to give her a really curved tail that would show off the fin so I worked to push the shape of this amigurumi to get that effect. The first question was: should I crochet her in one piece or more? After some tries I decided to go with several pieces so I could give her the shape I was aiming for.

Another detail that I really wanted to capture was that I wanted to give the impression that Ellie was coming up to breath and that’s why I chose the Adromischus cristatus (Crinkle-leaf plant) for her.

I had so much fun making her tummy! I really like the texture of the crochet stitch I chose, I think it’s perfect for the tummy of a whale!

For her face I wanted to give her a really sweet expression with an open mouth smile but in the end I thought that she looked even sweeter this way!

Check out the rest of the family: Yorick the skull, Ollie the sea otter and Edgar the elephant.

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If you can’t wait to grown your amigurumi garden you can get the first volume of Gardening with Crochet below!

Update! The pattern for Ellie is ready, click the image below to get it!