Welcome to my crochet angelfish pattern. This is a request that I received. This is what the finished angelfish applique will look like.

Finished crochet angelfish pattern 2 ply landscape

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Crochet Angelfish Pattern

Abbreviations 

  • st – stitch
  • sts – stitches
  • ch – chain
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • dc – double crochet
  • htr – half treble crochet
  • tr – treble crochet
  • dtr – double treble crochet

Materials Used

  • Any thickness crochet cotton or yarn, I used Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush colours (106) Snow White, (110) Black and (208) Yellow Gold.
  • A crochet hook, I used a 1mm hook.
  • A darning needle to weave in ends.
  • Sewing thread and needle to stitch the fish together.
  • Scissors.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply cotton

Size

Large fish (Using 8 ply yarn & a 3mm hook)

12.5cm wide x 15cm high or 5” wide x 6” high

Medium fish (Using 4 ply crochet cotton & a 1.5mm hook)

8.5cm wide x 10cm high or 3.25” wide x 4” high

Small fish (Using 2 ply crochet cotton & a 1mm hook)

7cm wide x 8cm high or 2.75” wide x 3” high

Head & Body

Using (106) Snow White work 4 ch.

Row 1: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 2: 2 ch, work 3 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in next st, 3 htr in last st. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 3: 3 ch, work 2 tr in 1st st, 2 htr in next st, 1 dc in each of following 3 sts, 2 htr in next st, 2 tr in last st. Turn. (11 sts)

Crochet angelfish 2 ply head

Join in (110) Black, I left a long tail of black at the beginning and crocheted over the top of it to take it to the other side for the neatening row. I left the white joined for the neatening row.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for first black section

Row 4: 2 ch, work 2 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st. Turn. (13 sts)

Crochet angelfish 2 ply first black section row 1

Row 5: 2 ch, work 1 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st. Turn. (14 sts)

Crochet angelfish 2 ply first black section

Join in (208) Yellow Gold, I left a long tail of yellow gold at the beginning and crocheted over the top of it to take it to the other side for the neatening row. I fastened off the black leaving a long tail for the neatening row.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for first yellow section

Row 6: 2 ch, work 2 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 1 htr in last st. Turn. (15 sts)

Row 7: 3 ch, work 2 tr in 1st st, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to last 3 sts, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 2 tr in last st. Turn. (17 sts)

Crochet angelfish 2 ply first yellow section

Join in (110) Black, I left a long tail of black at the beginning and crocheted over the top of it to take it to the other side for the neatening row. I fastened off the yellow gold leaving a long tail for the neatening row.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for second black section

Row 8: 2 ch, work 2 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st. Turn. (19 sts)

Row 9: 3 ch, work 2 tr in 1st st, 1 htr in next st, 1 dc in each of following 4 sts, 1 htr in next st, 1 tr in following st, 2 dtr in next st, 1 tr in following st, 1 htr in next st, 1 dc in each of following 6 sts, 1 htr in next st, 2 tr in last st. Turn. (22 sts)

Crochet angelfish 2 ply second black section

Join in (208) Yellow Gold, I left a long tail of yellow gold at the beginning and crocheted over the top of it to take it to the other side for the neatening row. I fastened off the black leaving a long tail for the neatening row.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for second yellow section

Row 10: 6 ch, work 1 sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc in next ch, 1 htr in each of next 3 ch, 1 htr in 1st st of row 9, 1 dc in each of next 4 sts, a joined dc over following 2 sts, 1 dc in next st, a joined dc over following 2 sts, 1 dc and 1 htr in following st, 1 htr in next st, 1 htr and 1 dc in following st, a joined dc over following 2 sts, 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, a joined dc over following 2 sts, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 2 tr in last st. 6 ch.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply chain for second yellow section

Crochet angelfish 2 ply yellow fin

Row 11: Work a sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc in next ch, 1 htr in each of last 3 ch, 2 htr in 1st st of row 10, 1 htr in each of next 3 sts, 1 dc in each of following 5 sts, 1 dc and 1 htr in next st, 1 htr in following st, 1 htr and 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in following st, a joined dc over next 2 sts, 1 dc in each of following 6 sts, 1 sl st in each remaining st. Don’t turn or fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply body

Neatening Row

Work 3 ch, miss 1st ch and work 1 sl st in each remaining ch, using the colours of the fish work 1 sl st in each st to 1st st of row 1 of fish, (3 ch, work 1 tr in same st as ch, 3 ch, sl st in same st as tr, sl st in next st) 2 times, sl st in each st to start of row 11.  Fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply first neatening part

Tail Stump

Join (110) black to middle st of row 11.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for tail stump

3 ch, work 2 tr in same st as ch.  Fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply tail stump

Tail

Using (110) Black work 13 ch.

 

Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc and 1 htr in next st, 1 htr and 1 tr in following st, 1 htr and 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of following 4 sts, 1 dc and 1 htr in next st, 1 htr and 1 tr in following st, 1 htr and 1 dc in next st, 1 sl st in last st.  Fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply tail

Stitch the tail to the end of the body where shown.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply body with tail

Neatening Row

Join (110) Black to 1st st of the tail stump.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply joining for tail neatening row

Work 1 sl st in each st around the tail.  Fasten off.  To make the tail a bit longer you could work 3 ch, miss 1st ch and work 1 sl st in each remaining ch, at the tip of each side.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply tail neatened

Inner Eye

Using (110) Black make a magic loop.

 

1 ch, work 2 dc in circle. Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in top of 1st st. Fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply inner eye

Outer Eye

Using (106) Snow White make a magic loop.

 

1 ch, work 8 htr in circle. Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in top of 1st st. Fasten off.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply outer eye

To Make Up

Weave in ends.  Embroider a small white dot on the inner eye.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply inner eye with dot

Stitch the inner eye at the side of the outer eye.

Crochet angelfish 2 ply eye

Attach the eye to the fish.

Finished crochet angelfish 2 ply landscape

I’ve also made the angelfish applique in different sizes.

Finished crochet angelfish 2 ply group landscape

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the pattern. If you’ve liked it you may enjoy some of my other patterns including the crochet dolphin, crochet goldfish pattern, clownfish, tropical fish, crochet shark and a turtle.

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