Materials
-Yarn Bee Lil’ Dollop yarn in your color
choice. One skein will make one fish.
Green- Applessence
Pink- Sunrise Sprinkles
Blue- Puddin’ Pie
-Or about 90 yards of any #4 medium
weight yarn
-Yarn needle
-Stuffing
-3.5 mm crochet hook
-Scissors
-Stitch marker
-12 mm safety eyes
US Terms
Single Crochet sc
Half double crochet hdc
Slip Stitch sl st
Decrease dec
Single crochet two stitches together
Increase inc
Work two single crochet stitches into
the same stitch
Body
Rnd. 1: Make 6 sc in an adjustable ring (6)
Rnd. 2: sc 2x in each stitch (12)
Rnd. 3: sc 1x, inc 6x (18)
Rnd. 4: sc 2x, inc 6x (24)
Rnd. 5: sc in each stitch (24)
Rnd. 6: sc 3x, inc 6x (30)
Rnd. 7: sc in each stitch (30)
Rnd. 8: sc 4x, inc 6x (36)
Rnd. 9: sc in each stitch (36)
Rnd. 10: sc 5x, inc 6x (42)
Rnd. 11: sc in each stitch (42)
Rnd. 12: sc 6x, inc 6x (48)
-Insert the eyes now between rows 6 and 7. Space the eyes 12 stitches apart.
Rnd. 13-23: sc in each stitch (48)
Rnd. 24: sc 6x, dec 6x (42)
Rnd. 25: sc in each stitch (42)
Rnd. 26: sc 5x, dec 6x (36)
Rnd. 27: sc in each stitch (36)
Rnd. 28: sc 4x, dec 6x (30)
Rnd. 29: sc 3x, dec 6x (24)
Rnd. 30: sc 2x, dec 6x (18)
Rnd. 31: sc in each stitch (18)
Finish off and stuff.
Caudal Fins (Tail) Make 3
Worked flat.
Ch 37, begin in 2nd ch from hook
Row. 1: hdc 14x, hdc dec 4x, hdc 14x, ch 4, turn (36)
Row. 2: begin in 2nd chain from hook,
hdc 14x, hdc dec 4x, hdc 13x, ch 4, turn (35)
Row. 3: begin in 2nd chain from hook,
hdc 13x, dec 4x, hdc 10x, ch 1, turn (28)
Row. 4: beginin 2nd chain from hook,
hdc 8x, dec 4x, hdc 9x (21)
Finish off.
Dorsal Fin (Top)
Worked Flat
Ch 4, begin in 2nd ch from hook
Row. 1: hdc 3x, turn (3)
Row. 2: ch 1, hdc 2x, hdc inc, turn (4)
Row. 3-5: ch 1, hdc 4x, turn (4)
Row. 6: ch 1, hdc 2x, hdc dec, turn (3)
Row. 7: ch 1, hdc 1x, hdc dec (2)
Finish off.
Pectoral Fins (Sides) Make two
Worked Flat
Ch 9, begin in 2nd ch from hook
Row. 1: hdc 3x, sc 3x, sl st 2x, turn (8)
Row. 2: ch 1, sl st 2x, sc 3x, hdc 3x, turn (8)
Row. 3: ch 1, hdc 3x, sc 3x, sl st 2x, turn (8)
Row. 4: ch 1, sl st 2x, sc 3x, hdc 3x (8)
Finish off.
Assembly
-Stack the three Caudal Fins and stitch them together at the center point.
-Next pinch the opening at the back of the body shut vertically. Line up the point of the fins with the vertical
opening, sandwich the fins between the two body openings and stitch thru all the layers to secure.
-Stitch the Dorsal Fin to the top of the body, the shorter end should face forward.
-Stitch the Pectoral Fins to the sides of the body in line with the Dorsal Fin and below the eyes.
The green fish was made using the standard single crochet stitch. The pink fish was made using the yarn under
method. You can see the size difference. The yarn under method produces a tighter stitch and therefore a slightly
smaller toy. There are many YouTube videos you can look up to learn the yarn under single crochet stitch.
