GAUGE:

5-rnd gauge circle = 1.75”/4.5cm Gauge isn’t terribly important in amigurumi, so it is okay to use a slightly larger hook if that is all you have. However, you don’t want to see stuffing through the stitches, so don’t get too big.

TECHNIQUES &
STITCHES:

• Magic ring (MR)
• Single crochet (sc)
• Increase (inc)
• Invisible decrease (invdec)
• Double crochet (dc)
• Bobble (4-bob and 5-bob)
• Invisible join

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Free crochet fish pattern instructions:

BODY

• Worked in the round in Color A.
• On bobble rounds 4-bob indicates you should make a 4 step bobble, and 5-bob indicates a 5 step bobble.
• In the first round you will form a puckered lips by making two 5-bob.

Rnd 1: MR, 5-bob, sc 2, 5-bob, sc 2. [6 sts]
Rnd 2: Inc x 6. [12 sts]
Rnd 3: *Inc, sc* x 6. [18 sts]
Rnd 4: *Sc, inc, sc* x 6. [24 sts]
Rnd 5: *Sc 3, inc* x 6. [30 sts]
Rnd 6: *Sc 2, inc, sc 2* x 6. [36 st]
Rnd 7: *Inc, sc 5* x 6. [42 sts]
Rnd 8: *Sc 3, inc, sc 3* x 6. [48 sts]
Rnd 9: *4-bob, sc 3* x 12. [48 st]
Rnd 10: *Sc 15, inc* x 3. [51 sts]
Rnd 11: *Sc 8, inc, sc 8* x 3. [54 sts]
Rnd 12: *5-bob, sc 3, 5-bob, sc 4* x 6. [54 sts]
Rnd 13 – Rnd 14: Sc 54.
Rnd 15: *5-bob, sc 3, 5-bob, sc 4* x 6. [54 sts]
Rnd 16: *Sc 8, invdec, sc 8* x 3. [51 sts]
Rnd 17: *Sc 15, invdec* x 3. [48 sts]
Rnd 18: *4-bob, sc 3* x 12. [48 sts]
Rnd 19: *Sc 3, invdec, sc 3* x 6. [42 sts]
Rnd 20: *Invdec, sc 5* x 6. [36 sts]
Rnd 21: *4-bob, sc 2* x 12. [36 sts]
Rnd 22: *Sc 2, invdec, sc 2* x 6. [30 sts]
Rnd 23: Sc 30. Begin stuffing the body
firmly using small bits of stuffing at a time.
Rnd 24: *Sc 3, invdec* x 6. [24 sts]
Rnd 25: Invdec x 12. [12 sts]
Break the yarn, thread the yarn tail through the front loops of the remaining 12 stitches, add additional stuffing, and pull the tail to draw the opening closed.

*Don’t worry if the lips don’t line up exactly as you are making the bobbles.
They will align when you pull the tail of the magic ring tight.

TAIL

• The tail begins with a chain, but you will join as a ring and continue working in the round.
• Begin in Color A.
• Leave a long tail at the beginning of your chain that you will use to sew the tail to the body.
• After Rnd 7, flatten the work and begin working in rows.

Rnd 1: Ch 30, then sc into the first ch to
form a ring. Sc 29 in remaining chs. [30 sts]
Rnd 2: Sc 15, *invdec, sc 3* x 3. [27 sts]
Rnd 3: Sc 15, *Sc, invdec, sc* x 3. [24 sts]
Rnd 4: Sc 15, *sc, invdec* x 3. [21 sts]
Rnd 5: Sc 21.
Rnd 6: *Invdec, sc 3* x 3, invdec x 3. [15 sts]
Rnd 7: Sc 15.
Rnd/Row 8: Sc 3, then flatten the work
so the active stitches are lined up. Now sc 7
through both layers of stitches.
Row 9: Change to Color B, ch 2, dc 4 in the same stitch, sk 1, sl st, dc 4 in next st, sk 1, sl st, dc 4 in final st, ch 2, then break the
yarn and join the weave in the tail, working through the base of the final st first.
Pin the tail to the body so that the 30 sts of Rnd 1 of the tail align with the 30 sts of
Rnd 23 of the body. Begin sewing the tail to the body and pause to stuff before sealing completely.

FINS

• Worked in the round until Rnd 5, when you will flatten the work and begin working in rows.
• Begin in Color A.

Rnd 1: MR, sc 6.
Rnd 2: Inc x 6. [12 sts]
Rnd 3: *Inc, sc* x 6. [18 sts]
Rnd 4: *Sc 5, inc* x 3. [21 sts]
Rnd 5: Change to Color B, flatten the work, ch 1, then Sc 10 through both layers, ignoring the first st; turn, ch 1. [10 st]
Rnd 6: Sk 2, 6-dc in next, sk 1, sl st 2, sk 1, 6-dc in next, sk 2. Break the yarn and join the final st. Weave in the tail

CHEEKS

• Worked in the round in Color E.

Rnd 1: MR, sc 6, sl st in the first st of the rnd, break the yarn leaving a tail, and
invisible join.

OUTER EYE (2)

• Worked in the round in Color C.

Rnd 1: MR, sc 7.
Rnd 2: Inc x 7; sl st in the first st of the rnd, break yarn leaving a tail, and invisible join.

IRIS (2)

• Worked in the round in Color D.

Rnd 1: MR, sc 7; sl st in first st, break the yarn, and invisible join.
Sew the iris to the center of the outer eye, then sew the cheeks and eyes to the body on either side of the puckered mouth, overlapping the eyes over the cheeks slightly.

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