Fish Amigurumi – Free crochet pattern

This Fish Amigurumi is swimming its way onto the blog today! The designer of this pattern is 小师妹手作 (Handmade by little junior sister).

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Materials:

• 4 ply cotton yarn, colors of your choice
• Black eyes of 6mm
• Crochet hook of 2 mm
• Fiberfill
• Needle
• Scissors

If the mentioned materials are used, the fish will be 16 cm long.

Abbreviations: here

Head and body

• 1. 6sc in MR, 1slst, 1ch = 6
• 2. 6inc, 1slst, 1ch = 12
• 3. (1sc, inc)x 6, 1slst, 1ch = 18
• 4. (5sc, inc)x 3, 1slst, 1ch = 21
• 5. (3sc, inc, 3sc)x 3, 1slst, 1ch = 24
• 6. (7sc, inc)x 3, 1slst, 1ch = 27
• 7. 6sc, inc, 13sc, inc, 6sc, 1slst, 1ch = 29
• 8. 13sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 1slst, 1ch = 31
• 9. 7sc, inc, 15sc, inc, 7sc, 1slst, 1ch = 33
• 10. 33sc, 1slst, 1ch
• 11. 33sc, 1slst, 2ch
• 12. 4dc, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 4 , (BLO 1sc), 4dc, 1slst, 2ch = 33
• 13. 2dc, dec-dc, (BLO: inc3dc, skip 2st), (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 3, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc3dc), 4dc, 1slst, 2ch = 32
• 14. 3dc, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 4, (BLO 1sc), 2dc, dec-dc, 1slst, 2ch = 31
• 15. 1dc, dec-dc, (BLO: inc3dc, skip 2st), (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 3, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc3dc), 3dc, 1slst, 2ch = 30
• 16. 2dc, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 4, (BLO 1sc), 1dc, dec-dc, 1slst, 2ch = 29
• 17. 3dc, skip 2st, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 3, (BLO 1sc), skip 2st, 3dc, 1slst, 2ch = 25
• 18. 1dc, dec-dc, (BLO: inc3dc, skip 2st), (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 2, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc3dc), 3dc, 1slst, 2ch = 24
• 19. 2dc, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 3, (BLO 1sc), 1dc, dec-dc, 1slst, 2ch = 23
• 20. 3dc, skip 2st, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 2, (BLO 1sc), skip 2st, 3dc, 1slst, 2ch = 19
• 21. 1dc, dec-dc, (BLO: inc3dc, skip 2st), (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st), (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc3dc), 3dc, 1slst, 2ch = 18
• 22. 1dec-dc, (BLO: 1sc, skip 2st, inc5dc, skip 2st)x 2, (BLO 1sc), 1dec-dc, 1slst, 2ch = 16. Stuff it! Don’t cut the thread.

Tail

• 23. 16ch, from the second ch from hook crochet 2 slst, 13sc, then insert the hook through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn,

• 24. BLO: 11sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn
• 25. BLO: 1slst, 11sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn
• 26. BLO: 9sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 27. BLO: 1slst, 9sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 28. BLO: 7sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 29. BLO: 1slst, 7sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 30. 16ch, from the second ch from hook crochet 2 slst, 13sc, then insert the hook through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 31. BLO: 11sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn
• 32. BLO: 1slst, 11sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn
• 33. BLO: 9sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 34. BLO: 1slst, 9sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 35. BLO: 7sc, 1slst, 1ch, turn,
• 36. BLO: 1slst, 7sc, through the 2 rows of stitches: 1slst, 1ch

After the tail is completed, crochet the fins on the back of the fish body:

• 37. Without cut the thread in the second last row where are the free loops, crochet: inc3sc, then in the following loops left free on the back of the fish body: 1slst, 1ch, inc3hdc, 1slst, 1ch, (inc5hdc, 1slst, 1ch)x 3

Now attach the thread to the round 12 to the head (the first row crocheted in BLO) and crochet in FLO:

• 38. 1slst, 2sc, 2hdc, 4dc, 1hdc, 1sc, 3slst (the second sl st must be at the highest point of the fish’s back), 1sc, 1hdc, 4dc, 2hdc, 2sc, 1slst = 25 (there are only 25 free loops)

Insert and glue the eyes on the sides, between rounds 5 and 6, with 10 sc distance between them.

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