1010. Fish Appliques.

Seaweed and fish appliques are very easy to make even for beginners - here is a free crochet pattern with a pictures of every step! Here
are applique crochet patterns for a Goldfish, Angelfish and Seaweed. The crochet appliques look gorgeous and can be used for baby
blankets, afghans, baby hats, bags and clothes. You can also make a panno with it - just glue the appliques to the canvas or paper and
frame it to decorate a nursery or a child's room! Have fun making a lot of crochet appliques in many colors!

Recommended weight yarn: Medium to worsted weight
(weight category #4) I used Red Heart Super Saver .
Recommended crochet hook size: I 9 (5.5 mm) to J 10
(6.00 mm)
Abbreviations and stitches used:
CH - chain, SC - single crochet, DC - double crochet, TC - treble
crochet.
Crochet seaweed and fish appliques approximate sizes if you use recommended weight yarn and crochet hook:
Angelfish: 2 1/2 in by 3 in (6.5 cm by 7.5 cm)
Goldfish: 2 1/2 in by 2 1/2 in (6.5 cm by 6.5 cm) without the tail
Seaweed: stems are 5 in (13 cm) long and the leaves are 3 in (7.5 cm) by 1 in (2.5 cm) - but you can easily adjust the size to your needs.

GOLDFISH FREE CROCHET APPLIQUE PATTERN




CH 3, join in a ring with a slip
stitch.
Row #1: SC 6 in the ring.

Row #2: 2 SC in each stitch,
total will be 12 stitches.
Row #3: [SC, 2 SC] repeat [ ] 6
times around the row, total will
be 18 stitches.
The tail: CH 4





DC in the next stitch, but do not
finish it: draw the yarn through 2
SC in the next stitch, do not
finish it and leave all 3 loops on
Yarn over and draw through all 3
loops at once. Cut off the orange
Attach the yellow yarn to the tail
loops only once and leave 2 loops
on the hook.
the hook.

yarn and weave in the end. as shown.





CH 13 with yellow yarn. Make a slip stitch in the top of
the orange tail.

CH 11, and make a slip stitch in
the same place where the
previous slip stitch was done.
CH 9, slip stitch in the same
place .





The tail of the goldfish is ready!
:)
The fin: Attach the yellow yarn
to the back, CH 4.

DC in the next stitch of the back. SC in the next stitch of the back,
slip stitch.





The tail and the fin are ready! :) Eye: white yarn: CH 3 and join
in a ring with a slip stitch
Black yarn: make a simple
knot.

Insert the black knot in the white
ring and sew the eye on the fish
applique.
The goldfish crochet applique is
ready! :)



ANGELFISH FREE CROCHET APPLIQUE PATTERN




Make a circle (Rows 1-3 as for
the Goldfish crochet applique
The bottom fin: CH 4, slip
stitch in the 2nd from the hook
DC in the next stitch. SC in the next following stitch,
pattern)
Make a slip stitch at the end of
Row #3.
stitch (to make it pointed).

slip stitch.





The tail: CH 5, slip stitchin the
next stitch,
CH 5

Slip stitch in the same stitch - the
tail is ready!
The top fin: 2 slip stitches, SC,
DC.





CH 1 and slip stitch on the top of
the DC to make the fin pointed
CH 4, slip stitch in the next stitch
of the body.

The nose: make 4 slip stitches
along the body, CH 1
Slip stitch in the same stitch. The
nose is ready!

The eye: black yarn - make a knot and tie it to the fish applique or sew it on. (as for the Goldfish).

SEAWEED FREE CROCHET APPLIQUE PATTERN.




Step 1: The stem: CH 33
(or less, or more), slip stitch
in the second from the hook
stitch.
Step 2: leaf: SC, DC 7, SC,
slip stitch.

Step 3: The stem: slip
stitches all along till the end
of the chain.
CH 33 for the second stem
and repeat Steps 2-3 as
many times as you need.



Seweed crochet applique is ready! (I made 3 stems).