Welcome to my crochet fish pattern. This pattern was another request. This is what the finished fish applique will look like.

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Crochet Fish 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 Sweet Treat 2 ply crochet cotton colours (201) Electric Blue, (173) Bluebell, (208) Yellow Gold, (106) Snow White, (110) Black and (403) Lemonade.
• A crochet hook, I used a 1mm hook.
• A darning needle to weave in ends.
• Scissors.

Size

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

12cm wide x 10.5cm high or 4.75” wide x 4” high

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

10cm wide x 8.5cm high or 4” wide x 3.5” high

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

7cm wide x 6.5cm high or 2.75” wide x 2” high

Nose

Using (173) Bluebell make a magic loop.

 

Row 1:  3 ch, work 3 tr in circle.  Pull circle tight.  (3 sts)

Join in (110) Black and fasten off the Bluebell leaving a tail to neaten nose.

Row 2:  5 ch, work 1 sl st in 2^nd ch from hook, 1 htr in each remaining ch and 1^st 2 sts, 3 htr in last st.  (9 sts)

Join in (173) Bluebell and fasten off the Black

 

Row 3:  1 ch, work 3 dc in 1^st st, 1 htr in next st, 1 dtr in each of following 2 sts, 1 sl st in next st.  Fasten off.

Join (201) Electric Blue to 1^st st of row 3 at bottom of fish.  I left a long tail at beginning to use for the neatening row.

Row 4:  1 ch, work 2 dc in 1^st st, 1 dc in each of next 5 sts, 1 htr in each of following 3 sts, 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc and 1 htr in end of chain.  Turn.  (15 sts)

Row 5:  1 ch, work 2 dc in 1^st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st.  Turn.  (17 sts)

Row 6:  1 ch, work 1 dc in each st.  Turn.  (17 sts)

Row 7:  1 ch, work 2 dc in 1^st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st.  Turn.  (19 sts)

Rows 8-9:  1 ch, work 1 dc in each st.  Turn.  (19 sts)

Row 10:  1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1^st 16 sts, a joined dc over next 2 sts.  Turn.  (17 sts)

Row 11:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 3 sts, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st.  Turn.  (16 sts)

Row 12:  1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1^st 13 sts, a joined dc over last 3 sts.  Turn.  (14 sts)

Row 13:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 3 sts, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st.  Turn.  (13 sts)

Row 14:  1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1^st 11 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts.  Turn.  (12 sts)

Row 15:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to end.  Turn.  (11 sts)

Row 16:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 1 tr in each of following 3 sts, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts.  Fasten off.

Neatening Row

You will need to work some extra stitches in the end of the fish on the neatening row, the row of Yellow Gold and the row of Black to have enough stitches for the top fin.  You will need about 2 extra stitches in each row.

 

Starting with the (201) Electric Blue and using the colours of the piece work 1 sl st in each st to end of fish, 1 or 2 dc in each st along end of fish and 1 sl st in each st to beginning of row.  Fasten off.

Join (208) Yellow Gold to 2^nd st along end where shown.

Work 1 dc in each of next 3 sts, 1 or 2 htr in each st along to end.  Work 2 sl st along the side of the last htr.  Sl st in neatening row.  Fasten off.

Join (110) Black to 1^st st along end.

Work 1 dc in each of next 5 sts, 1 htr in each of following 2 sts, 2 tr in next st, 1 tr in each of following 2 sts, 1 or 2 dtr in each st to end.    Work 3 sl st along the side of the last dtr.  Sl st in neatening row.  Fasten off.

Bottom Fin

Join (403) Lemonade to 1^st black st on back bottom where shown.

Row 1:  1 ch, work 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of following 2 sts, a joined dc over next 2 sts.  Turn.

Row 2:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 dc in next st, a joined htr over following 2 sts.  Turn.

Row 3:  2 ch, work 1 htr in 1^st st, 1 tr in next st, 1 htr in last st.  Fasten off.

Neatening Row

Join (403) Lemonade 4 sts before the fin.

Work 1 sl st in each st up and around fin.  Fasten off.

Tail Bottom

Join (403) Lemonade to 3^rd st after fin.

2 ch, work 1 htr in same st as join, 2 htr in next st and 1 htr in following st.  Fasten off.

Top of Tail

Join (208) Yellow Gold to 1^st st of tail bottom.

Row 1:  2 ch, work 2 htr in 1^st st, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 2 htr in last st.  Turn.  (6 sts)

Row 2:  2 ch, work 2 htr in 1^st st, 1 htr in next st, 1 tr in each of following 2 sts, 1 htr in next st, 2 htr in last st.  Turn.  (8 sts)

Row 3:  2 ch, work 2 htr in 1^st st, 1 htr in next st, 1 tr in each of following 4 sts, 1 htr in next st, 2 htr in last st.  Fasten off.

Top Fin

Join (208) Yellow Gold to 2^nd st after tail bottom.  I left a long tail at beginning for the neatening row. 

 

Row 1:  1 ch, work a joined dc over next 2 sts, 1 dc in each remaining st along black row.  Turn.

Row 2:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts.  Turn.

Row 3:  1 ch, work a joined dc over 1^st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to last 3 sts, a joined dc over last 3 sts.  Turn.

Row 4:  2 ch, work a joined htr over 1^st 2 sts, 1 htr in next st, 1 tr in each remaining st.  Fasten off.

Neatening Row

Using the cotton left at beginning of fin work 1 sl st in each st around fin.  Fasten off.

Eye

Using (106) Snow White make a magic loop.

 

1 ch, work 7 dc in circle.  Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in top of 1^st st.  Fasten off.

To Make Up

Weave in ends.  Embroider on centre of eye.

Attach eye to head.

Embroider black markings to body.

And there’s the finished fish applique. I’ve also made it in different sizes and colours.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the pattern. Have a look at some of my others, including the crochet starfish, the turtle, the octopus, the angelfish pattern, the dolphin, the tropical fish, the clown fish pattern and the crochet sea towel.