About the pattern
Crochet fish pattern
Materials
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Catania yarn in 3 different colors
- Stuffing material
- needle
- 8 mm safety eyes
Abbreviations (US terms)
ch – chain, sc – single crochet, sl st – slip stitch, inc – increase, dec – decrease, hdc – half double crochet, dc – double crochet, tr – triple crochet
We work in rounds. Instead of starting with two chain stitches, you can also start with a magic ring. Each fin is crocheted directly onto the fish. Mark the beginning of the round with a stitch marker.
Crochet fish pattern
Head and body
With white color (in my case) – 2 ch
Round 1 – 6 sc
Round 2 – inc x6 (12)
Round 3 – (2 sc, inc) x4 (16)
Round 4 – (3 sc, inc) x4 (20)
Round 5 – 5 sc, mark with stitch marker the place for the safety eye, 9 sc, mark the second eye, 6 sc (20)
Round 6 – (4 sc, inc) x4 (24)
Round 7 – sc in each stitch
Round 8 – 23 sc, color change in the last stitch (24)
Round 9 – (5 sc, inc) x4, (28), insert the safety eyes
Round 10 – 3 sc, crocheting only in the back loop: 3 sc, in both loops: 17 sc, only in the back loop: 3 sc, in both loops: sc, color change. Round 11 – sc in each stitch
Round 12 – (6 sc, inc) x4 (32)
Round 13 – sc in each stitch
Round 14 – (dec, 14 sc) x2 (30)
Round 15 – (dec, 13 sc) x2 (28)
Round 16 – (dec, 12 sc) x2 (26)
Round 17 – (dec, 11 sc) x2 (24)
Round 18 – (dec, 10 sc) x2 (22)
Round 19 – (dec, 9 sc) x2 (20) – stuff it
Round 20 – (dec, 8 sc) x2 (18)
Round 21 – (dec, 7 sc) x2 (16)
Round 22 – (dec, 6 sc) x2 (14)
Round 23 – (dec, 5 sc) x2 (12) – change color in the last stitch
Round 24 – sc in each stitch
Round 25 – (sc, inc) x6 (18) – stuff it again Round 26 – slightly flatten it and crochet the two sides together with 9 sc, turn it over. Round 27 – 3 ch, 2 tr in the same stitch, then: dc, hdc, sc, sl st, sc, hdc, dc, 2 tr, 3 ch, and sl st in the same stitch where you crocheted the 2 tr. Cut the thread, weave in.
Right and left fin
In the remaining first stitch of the 10th round, crochet with the second color:
Row 1 – 3 sc, ch, turn (3) Row 2 – inc, sc, inc, ch, turn (5)
Row 3 – sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc+sl st in the same stitch.
Cut the thread and weave in.
Dorsal fin
Crochet directly onto the fish
Start at the top of the fish, where there is a color change at the bottom. If you haven’t crocheted a treble crochet (tr) yet, no worries, it’s not too complicated. It differs from a double crochet (dc) in that you wrap the yarn around the hook twice at the beginning, and at the end, when you take the stitches off the hook two at a time, you will have 3×2 stitches. I marked it with tr when this stitch comes up.
Row 1 – sl st, sc, hdc, dc, 5x 2 tr, dc, skip one stitch, sl st Cut the thread and weave in.
Tail fin
crocheted onto the fish
Start two rows before the color change. Row 1 – sl st, ch 3, tr into the same stitch, 2x 2 tr, skip one stitch, sl st.