Hi everyone.....Here is my first ever pattern written out.  I was given a protoype of a fish (in the picture) and I had to reverse engineer the pattern.  I mentioned it last Friday that someone needs these knit and is willing to pay for them (she will aslo have recurring orders).  I have decided not to knit them right now because I have so much going on with Camp Loopy and The Ravellenic Games starting this coming Friday, plus I am doing two more test knits (yes I am crazy....hence the title of my blog, knitphomaniac!)  For now, I have passed this opportunity on to my knitting friends and I am waiting to see if any of them want to do it.

I was so excited to have my first ever pattern written out that I decided to put it out here for free....enjoy!

Free Fishy Fishy Design:

Here Fishy Fishy

Sizes

Approx. 3” long and 1.25” tall

Yarn

1 Lily Sugar N Cream cotton white

1 Lilly Sugar N Cream Cotton your color choice

Needles

US 4 (3.5 mm)

Notions

Tapestry needle

Gauge

6-7 stitches per inch

Stitches

K – knit

P – purl

K2tog – knit 2 together

P2tog – purl 2 together

Kfb – knit into front and back of same stitch

Tail

With color yarn, CO 10 sts

Row 1:  k2, p2, k2, p2, k2

Row 2:  p2, k2, p2, k2, p2

Row 3:  k2, p2, k2, p2, k2

Row 4:  p2, k2, p2, k2, p2

Row 5:  k2, p2, k2, p2, k2

Row 6:  p2, k2, p2, k2, p2

Row 7:  k2, p2, k2, p2, k2

Row 8:  P2tog, K2tog, P2tog, K2tog, P2tog

Body

Change to White and leave about a 3” tail to weave in later

Do not cut yarn between colors, run yarn along side.

Row 1: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

Row 2: kfb, kfb, kfb, kfb, kfb

Change to Color

Knit 2 rows

Change to White

Knit 2 rows

Change to Color

Knit 2 rows

Change to White

Knit 2 rows

Change to Color

Knit 2 rows

Change to White

Knit 2 rows

Change to Color

Knit 2 rows

Change to White

Knit 2 rows

Change to Color

Row 1:  k4, k2tog, k4

Row 2: k9

Cut Color string with about 3” tail to weave in later

Head

Change to White

Row 1: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

Row 2: p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1

Row 3: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

Row 4: p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1

Row 5: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1

Row 6: p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1

Cut yarn with at least 3” length. 

Thread cut yarn on a tapestry needle, run tapestry needle through all stitches and take stitches off needle, pull yarn tight to bring all the stitches together to form a point/nose of fish.

Now, for the long white tail between the tail and body of the fish, thread the yarn on a tapestry needle, run the needle through the stitches on the back of the fish that meet between the body and the tail, this will help tighten the yarn to make the fish tail fan out better.  Once those stitches are tight, weave in ends to where the yarn is perpendicular to the stripes of the body, this will help enforce where the tail and body meet.

Do the same weaving in of long yarn tail between the body and the head as you did between the body and the tail.

Shape and block as needed.

You can use black yarn for mouth and eyes, or puffy paint application to get mouth and eye effect.

Happy Monday Everyone!