Ingredients:
Scraps of DK yarns
Safety eyes
Crochet hook to give you a nice tight gauge for amigurumi. I used a 3mm hook, but I crochet loosely.
Fish is worked in rounds of single crochet (double crochet in UK terminology!), all rounds start with a ch1 and end with a sl st to join, this is to make the stripes look neat. If you aren't as obsessive as me, you can work it in a continuous spiral instead, just make sure to place a stitch marker to mark the beginning of rounds. The pattern starts at the head end of the fish and finishes at the tail end.
The '--'s denote where I changed colour for the orange stripes.
Rnd 1: Make a magic ring, sc 6 into ring, and tighten.
Rnd 2: 2sc in every stitch (henceforth known as inc)
Rnd 3: *sc, inc* around
Rnd 4: *2 sc, inc* around
Rnd 5: *3 sc, inc* around
Rnd 6: *4 sc, inc* around
Rnd 7: *5 sc, inc* around
Rnd 8: *6 sc, inc* around
Rnd 9: sc around
Rnd 10: *7 sc, inc* around
Rnd 11: sc around
--
Rnd 12 & 13: sc around
--
Rnd 14-18: sc around
--
Rnd 19-20: sc around
--
Rnd 21: sc around
Rnd 22: *7 sc, dec* around
Rnd 23: sc around
Rnd 24: *6 sc, dec* around
Rnd 25: sc around
Remember to put in the safety eyes somewhere round here
--
Rnd 26: *5 sc, dec* around
Rnd 27: sc around
--
Rnd 28: *4 sc, dec* around
Rnd 29: sc around
Rnd 30: *3 sc, dec* around
Rnd 31: sc around
Stuff
Rnd 32: *2 sc, dec* around
Rnd 33: sc around
Rnd 34: *sc, dec*
Dec around until hole is closed
Top fin
Row 1: Pick up and sc 10 sts
Row 2: inc in every st
--
Row 3 and 4: sc. Fasten off.
--
Row 5: sc around entire fin
Tail
Row 1: Pick up and sc 12
Row 2: inc in every st
Row 3: sc
--
Row 4: inc in every st
Row 5: sc
--
Row 6 & 7: sc
Fasten off.
--
Row 8: sc around entire tail
Bottom Fins x2
Row 1: Pick up and sc 6
Row 2: inc in every st
--
Row 3: sc
Row 4: sc, fasten off
--
Row 5: sc around entire fin
I'm happy for you to sell Freddes made from my pattern, please just include a link to my pattern if selling online.
