Crochet Titanic - free pattern

 

Hi, if you are a regular reader of my blog you might remember the Titanic that I crocheted in 2014 for my son's 10th birthday. If not you can check the post here. Sadly my son is no more. I lost him last year to a motorbike accident just a few days after his 19th birthday.

I never wrote a pattern for the old Titanic though some of my readers had asked me to share a pattern for it. I was just not interested and it seemed too tedious, but a few months ago I was asked by a reader for a pattern. She wanted to make one for her son who was a ship builder and had had some kind of accident. He had to undergo multiple surgeries and was recovering. This motivated me to make a better version of the previous one for my son 's 20th birthday. I'm sure he would have loved it. 

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Materials required:

•    Medium worsted weight yarns in black, white, yellow, brown and red
•    Crochet hook 3.5 mm
•    Yarn needle
•    Stitch markers
•    Black felt sheet
•    Glue
•    Thick and thin cardboards for lining the interior of ship
•    Cotton for stuffing
•    2 bamboo sticks for masts
•    Thread or metal wires for securing poles to the deck

Size:

About 13 inches wide and 8 inches high excluding the poles.

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

** - work instructions within asterisks as many times as needed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

sc2tog - single crochet worked together in 2 consecutive stitches (sc decrease)

Note:

The pattern is written in standard American terms.

Instruction
Base

Row 1: Using red, ch 2, 3 sc in 2^nd ch from hook. Turn. (3 sts).

Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next st, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (5 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (5 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (7 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (9 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (9 sc)

Row 8: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next 7 sts, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 9: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (11 sts)

Row 10: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next 9 sts, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (13 sts)

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (13 sts)

Row 12: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in next 11 sts, 2 sc in last st. Turn. (15 sts)

Row 13 to 55: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (15 sts)

Place markers at the beginning and end of row 13 and 55

Row 56: sc2tog, sc in 11 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (13 sts

Row 57: sc2tog, sc in 9 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 58: sc2tog, sc in 7 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (9 sts)

Row 59: sc2tog, sc in 5 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 60: sc2tog, sc in 3 sts, sc2tog. (5 sts)

Do not turn. Continue working the body.

Body

Place a marker at the 1^st st of this round.

Round 1: Work 5 sc up to the marked st. (5^th st will be worked in the marked st), work 42 sc up to the next marker working the last st in the marked st, 12 sc along the slanted part, 3 sc at the tip, 12 sc along the slanted part on the opposite side, 42 sc from marked st to just before the next marked st, 5 sc from marked st up to the top, sc in each of the next 5 sts. (5+42+12+3+12+42+5+5 =126 sts). Do not join.

Round 2 (work into back loops only): Place marker at the 1^st st and work sc in the back loop of each sc around. (126 sts)

Round 3 to 5: Sc in each st around. (126 sc).

Round 6 to 12: Pull black through the loop and work sc in each st around using black. (126 sc).

Round 13: Pull yellow through the loop and work sc in each st around. Cut off yarn.

Deck

Using brown work rows 1 to 60 of base and the 1^st round of body. You’ll have 126 sts. Place a marker at the last st and cut off yarn leaving a long tail which will be used later for sewing. 

Accommodation

Side 1

Row 1: Using white, ch 27, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in rest of the chs across. Turn. (26 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in 24 sts, sc2tog. Turn (25 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in rest of the 23 sts. Turn (24 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in 22 sts, sc2tog. Turn (23 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in rest of the 21 sts. Turn (22 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in 20 sts, sc2tog. Turn (21 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in rest of the 19 sts. Turn (20 sts)

Row 8: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (20 sts)

Top

Row 9 (back loops only): Pull brown through the loop, ch 1, sc in the back loops of each st across. Turn. (20 sts)

Row 10 to 24: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (20 sts)

Side 2

Row 25 (back loops only): Pull white through the loop, ch 1, sc in the back loops of each st across. Turn. (20 sts)

Row 26: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (20 sts)

Row 27: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in rest of the sts across. Turn. (21 sts)

Row 28: Ch 1, sc in 20 sts, 2 sc in the last st. Turn. (22 sts)

Row 29: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in rest of the sts. Turn. (23 sts)

Row 30: Ch 1, sc in 22 sts, 2 sc in the last st. Turn. (24 sts)

Row 31: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st st, sc in rest of the sts. Turn. (25 sts)

Row 32: Ch 1, sc in 24 sts, 2 sc in the last st. Cut off yarn. (26 sts)

Side 3

Row 1: Join yarn at the center brown part on one side and work 16 sc across the brown part.

Row 2 to 8: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (16 sc). Cut off yarn.

Side 4

Similarly join yarn at the other side of the brown part and repeat as the opposite side.

Cut out pieces of cardboard to match each part (one center square and 4 sides)

Sew all the 4 corners together on the wrong side and then pull the right side out. 

Glue the cardboard pieces to the top and 3 sides leaving out the slanted front part. 

Attaching accommodation to the deck

There are horizontal lines or ridges visible on the deck.  From the curved part (stern) of the ship count 7 ridges and mark the 7^th ridge where the straight part of the accommodation will be placed. Place the accommodation and sew the straight back part to the 7^th ridge. 

Then sew the sides joining 26 sts on the sides of the accommodation to the 26 sts on the deck from the 7^th ridge. Sew both the sides. 

You’ll have the front slanted part remaining. Fill the accommodation space with fiberfill or any other stuffing pushing in as much as possible without distorting the shape.

Then place the cardboard inside the slanted part and sew the front side of the accommodation shut. 

 The front part will be on the 10^th ridge from the pointed tip (bow) of the ship.

Railing

Bow of ship (pointed front part)

The pointed part of the deck will have 2 sts at the tip. Count 15 sts from each one and place a marker at the 15^th st on both the sides. The markers will be between the 7^th and 8^th ridge from the top. You’ll have 30 sts from one marker to the next. 

Row 1: Join white at a marked st and work sc into the back loops of each st up to the next marked st. Turn. (30 sts)

Row 2 and 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (30 sts)

Ch 1, work 3 sc coming down along the side, then work sc in the back loops of 4 sts on the deck. Turn.

Row 4: Ch 1, sl st in each of the 4 sts on the deck, sl st in 3 sc going up and in next 30 sts, ch 1, work 3 sc going down the side, sc in the front loops of 4 sts on the deck. Turn.

Ch 1, sl st in 4 sc on the deck and in the 3 sc going up. Fasten off. 

Stern of ship

Place markers at both the ends of the 5^th ridge from the top. You will have 20 sts.

Row 1: Join white at a marked st and work sc into the back loops of each st up to the next marked st. Turn. (20 sts)

Row 2 and 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (20 sts)

Ch 1, work 3 sc coming down along the side, then work sc in the back loops of 2 sts on the deck. Turn.

Row 4: Ch 1, sl st in each of the 2 sts on the deck, sl st in 3 sc going up and in next 20 sts, ch 1, work 3 sc going down the side, sc in the front loops of 2 sts on the deck. Turn.

Ch 1, sl st in 2 sc on the deck and in the 3 sc going up. Fasten off. Join all the loose ends of yarn. 

Joining deck to the base of the ship

Fold the base of the ship vertically and place a marker at the tip of the pointed part dividing the body of the ship into 2 vertical halves each having 63 sts (total number of sts is 126) 

Similarly divide the deck into 2 vertical halves.

Place the deck on top of the bottom part of ship and place markers aligning the sts. 

Place cardboard at the bottom of the ship and sew the edges together. 

When half completed fill with stuffing and place the cardboard and complete the sewing.

Chimneys (make 4)

Round 1: Using yellow make a magic ring, ch 1 and work 8 sc into ring. Do not join.

Round 2 (back loops only): Sc in the back loops of each st around (8 sts)

Round 3 to 10: Sc in each st around.

Round 11 to 14: Pull black through the loop and continue the rounds using black. Fasten off and weave in the loose ends of yarn.

 Roll out a thin piece of card and insert it into the chimneys. 

Sew the chimneys to the top of the accommodation.

Cut out tiny squares of black felt sheet and glue them to the sides and front of the cabin.

Lifeboats (make 6)

Round 1: Using white ch 5, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, 2 sc in next 2 ch, 2 sc in the last ch, 2 sc in next 2 ch on the other side, sc in next st.

Round 2: Sc in the back loops of each st around (12 sts)

Round 3: Sl st in each st around. Join and cut off yarn.

Sew or attach with glue the lifeboats on both the sides of the chimneys.

Mast

Apply glue at about an inch below the top end of the pole and wrap the thread a few times around the pole and make few knots to secure tightly leaving long pieces of thread at both ends.

Then attach the bamboo sticks to the front and back of the deck. You can insert one end of the stick through the sts and glue it to the cardboard underneath the surface of the deck.

Secure the ends of thread to the sides of the deck. Do this for both the poles. Tie a thread between the 2 poles. Instead of thread you can also use metal wires.