A finished bracelet is 19cm long.
Materials:
- Cotton yarn. I used colour cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g. Colors: blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, dark blue, white. You may use any left over yarn as the consumption is minimal. You may want to be creative and use different colour for the fish.
- A crochet hook, I have 1,0 mm crochet hook
- A sewing needle, matching sewing threads
- 2 buttons
- Black colour embroidery yarn/thread
- Beads
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc - double crochet
tr - treble crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times
Fish can be an application for clothes, bags, as well as a magnet for the refrigerator.
Fish
Choose 3 matching colours. I have colour A – yellow, colour B – purple, colour C – pink.
Start with the colour A.
2 ch
1) in the 2nd ch from hook 2 sc, ch, turn (2)
2) 2 inc, ch, turn (4)
3) 1 sc, 2 inc, 1 sc, ch, turn (6)
4) 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, ch, turn (8)
5-6) dec, 1 sc, 2 inc, 1 sc, dec, ch, turn(8)
Change the yarn to colour B.
7) 8 sc, ch, turn (8)
Change the yarn to colour C.
8) dec, 4 sc, dec, ch, turn (6)
9) dec, 2 sc, dec, ch, turn (4)
10) 2 dec, turn (2)
11) crochet tail: (6 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, 1 sl st; 1 sl st in the next loop)х 2 times
12) crochet the fish around: 3 sc, crochet a fin - 3 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook 2 hdc; continue 16 sc, crochet a fin - 3 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook 2 hdc; continue 3 sc
Fasten off, cut off.
Eyes (make 2)
Crochet with white colour yarn.
1) 6 sc in Magic Ring
Fasten off, cut off.
Sew on the eyes. Sew the pupils – black beads. Embroider a smile. Décor fish with beads (on request).
Crochet 2-3 fish.
Seaweed (make 2)
Crochet with green colour yarn.
1) 9 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, inc, 1 sc, dec, 3 sc (8)
2) 18 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 1 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, 2 dec, 1 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc (19)
3) 12 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 inc, 2 sc (11)
Fasten off, cut off.
The basis of the bracelet is waves.
Crochet with blue colour yarn.
If you want to make your bracelet shorter/longer, then instead of 80 ch make 10 ch or 20 ch less/more.
74 ch
1) from the 2nd ch from hook: 73 sc, 3 ch, turn (73)
2) 2 dc, 5 ch, skip 3 loops, (3 sc, 9 ch, skip 7 loops)х 6 times, 3 sc, 5 ch, skip 3 loops, 2 dc, 1 ch, turn (89)
3) 89 sc, 1 ch, turn (89)
4) 4 sc, (9 ch, skip 9 loops, 3 sc)х 7 times, 1 sc, 1 ch, turn (89)
5) 89 sc, 3 ch, turn (89)
6) 2 dc, 5 ch, skip 5 loops, (3 sc, 9 ch, skip 9 loops)х 6 times, 3 sc, 5 ch, skip 5 loops, 2 dc, 1 ch, turn (89)
7) 89 sc, 1 ch, turn (89)
8) 4 sc, (9 ch, skip 9 loops, 3 sc)х 7 times, 1 sc, 1 ch, turn (89)
9) 89 sc, 3 ch, turn (89)
10) 2 dc, 5 ch, skip 5 loops, (3 sc, 9 ch, skip 9 loops)х 6 times, 3 sc, 5 ch, skip 5 loops, 2 dc, 1 ch, turn (89)
11) 89 sc, 1 ch, turn (89)
12) 4 sc, (7 ch, skip 9 loops, 3 sc)х 7 times, 1 sc, 1 ch, turn (75)
13) 75 sc (75)
Don’t cut off the thread. Crochet from A to B:
14) 3 sc, 7 ch, 7 sc, 7 ch, 3 sc, 1 ch, turn (27) – these are the loops for buttons.
15) 27 sl st.
Fasten off, cut off. Sew on the buttons.
Sew on the fish and seaweeds. The bracelet is completed!