Want a fun little crochet food piece with a simple amigurumi shape? This turkey leg uses brown yarn, a white bone, and basic stitches for a playful finished look.
The leg is crocheted in brown yarn from a magic ring, with increases creating the upper section before decreases narrow the piece toward the bottom. A short white bone is then made separately and added to the stuffed opening.
The small size makes the shaping easy to follow, but the finishing order matters. The brown crochet piece needs to be stuffed before the white bone is sewn securely into place, so keeping the opening accessible until assembly will make the final steps much easier.
Credit Knit Elsa
Materials & Tools
- Brown yarn
- White yarn
- 6 mm crochet hook
- Scissors
- Needle
- Fiberfill stuffing
Abbreviations
- MR: Magic Ring
- sc: Single Crochet
- inc: Increase – 2 sc in the same stitch
- dec: Decrease – join 2 sc into 1
- sl st: Slip Stitch
- ch: Chain
- FLO: Front Loops Only
- BLO: Back Loops Only
Crochet the Brown Turkey Leg
The main leg starts at the top with a magic ring and gradually changes shape through increases and decreases. Work each round carefully because the stitch counts become smaller as the leg narrows.
Leg – Brown Yarn
Round 1: Start with a Magic Ring (MR). Work 6 single crochets (sc) into the MR. (6 sts)
Round 2: Increase (inc) in every stitch around. (12 sts)
Round 3: Single crochet (sc) in every stitch around. (12 sts)
Round 4: Single crochet (sc) in every stitch around. (12 sts)
Round 5: Work the following pattern 3 times: [2 sc, 1 dec]. (9 sts)
Round 6: Single crochet (sc) in every stitch around. (9 sts)
Round 7: Work the following pattern 3 times: [1 sc, 1 dec]. (6 sts)
Round 8: Single crochet (sc) in every stitch around in the Front Loops Only (FLO). (6 sts)
Fasten off the brown yarn and leave a tail for weaving in.
Shape check: By Round 7, the stitch count has reduced to 6 stitches, so the leg should be noticeably narrower than it was after the first increase round. The final FLO round gives the opening a defined edge for the next part.
Make the White Bone
The bone is worked separately in white yarn and is deliberately small. It will sit inside the opening at the top of the brown leg, so leave a long yarn tail when fastening off.
Bone – White Yarn
Round 1: Using white yarn, chain 6. In the Back Loops Only (BLO), work the following sequence: 1 sc in the first stitch, 1 sl st in the same stitch, chain 2, 1 sc in the same stitch, then 4 sl sts, one in each of the remaining chains.
Fasten off the white yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Watch the first chain: Several stitches are worked around the same first stitch, so follow that sequence closely rather than treating each instruction as a separate chain. The small grouped stitches are what give the white piece its bone-like shape.
Stuff and Assemble the Turkey Leg
Now that both crocheted pieces are ready, the brown leg can be given its shape before the bone is attached.
Stuff the brown leg part with fiberfill stuffing.
Stuffing check: Add enough stuffing to give the brown piece a firm, rounded shape, but keep the opening accessible. The white bone still needs to be inserted into this opening and sewn in place.
Insert the white bone piece into the top opening of the stuffed brown leg.
Using your needle and the long white yarn tail, securely sew the bone to the leg.
Weave in any remaining loose ends.
The finished piece now has the simple shape of a crochet turkey leg, with the brown stuffed portion forming the meat and the white crocheted piece creating the bone at the top.
