Create your own plush stingray with me in this full step-by-step tutorial! This ray is super easy to make and comes together in just 45 minutes! Want to make this stingray with a different yarn weight? Just follow the pattern as shown with the yarn weight of your choice! A ray made from this tutorial with #4/medium weight yarn will be 4 inches (10 cm) wide and 3.5 inches (9 cm) long. You can find the written PDF for this little ray on my website here: https://www.theresascrochetshop.com/collections/new-releases/products/plush-rory-the-ray The materials you will need to make this plush ray are: #6/super bulky weight yarn*: blue or gray (20 yards needed) and white (15 yards needed) 5mm crochet hook 1 strand of black embroidery floss for the smile a yarn needle 12mm black safety eyes a tiny bit of polyester fiber fill stuffing *For this video, I used Parfait Chunky yarn from Premier Yarns (affiliate link): https://premier-yarns.pxf.io/ The following stitches are used to make this ray: chain, single crochet, the increase stitch, and the slip stitch, abbreviated as follows: ch – chain sts – stitches sc – single crochet sl st – slip stitch TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:18 Materials Needed 0:54 Stitches Used 1:22 Row 1 2:06 Increase Stitch Explained 2:28 Row 2 2:58 Row 3 3:27 Row 4 4:00 Row 5 4:29 Row 6 5:02 Row 7 5:28 Row 8 5:58 Row 9 6:54 Row 10 7:31 Inserting the Eyes 7:53 Making the Belly (see 1:22) 8:10 Crocheting the Pieces Together 9:50 Weaving in Ends 10:21 Stuffing the Ray 10:42 Sewing on the Smile 11:53 Finishing Crocheting the Pieces Together 13:11 Hiding Messy Stitches Along the Bottom 13:32 Crocheting the Tail 15:25 Sewing on the Spots 17:21 Final Remarks For 150+ easy-to-follow crochet animal patterns, visit my pattern shop: https://www.theresascrochetshop.com/ Or find me on Instagram or Facebook where I share my newest projects, sales, giveaways, and more: https://www.instagram.com/theresascrochetshop https://www.facebook.com/TheresasCrochetShop Music: Relaxing Ballad Musician: Alexander Nakarada Site: https://freepd.com/ License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode