# Free crochet pink whale pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a pink whale, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 15 rounds. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Pink Whale |
| Designer | JaneW |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 1 piece · 15 rounds · 400 stitches · 2 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #FF97C8, #FFFFFF |
| Updated | 2026-09-17 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pink-whale |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Pink Whale

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** inc x6 → 12
- **Round 3:** (sc, inc) x6 → 18
- **Round 4:** (2 sc, inc) x6 → 24
- **Round 5:** (3 sc, inc) x6 → 30
- **Round 6:** (4 sc, inc) x6 → 36
- **Round 7:** sc around → 36
- **Round 8:** sc around → 36
- **Round 9:** sc around → 36
- **Round 10:** 3 sc, ch 4 back (3 hdc), 2 sc, ch 4 back (3 hdc), 9 sc, ch 3 back (2 hdc), 17 sc, ch 3 back (2 hdc), 5sc → 36
- **Round 11:** sc around → 36
- **Round 12:** (4 sc, dec)x6 → 30
- **Round 13:** (3 sc, dec)x6 → 24
- **Round 14:** (2 sc, dec)x6 → 18
- **Round 15:** (sc, dec)x6 → 12
- **Finishing:** fasten off

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| hdc | hdc | Half double crochet | htr |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |
| fasten off | FO | Fasten off | FO | cut & fasten off |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `(sc, inc) x6` — repeat what is in the brackets 6 times — also written 6x (sc, inc)
- `sc around` — one sc into every stitch of the round below, as many as that round has — also written sc in each st around, and sc across on a row
- `ch 3 back (…)` — chain 3, then work the listed stitches back down that chain

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pink-whale](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pink-whale) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** JaneW. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pink-whale