crochet amigurumi pattern

Chubby the fish

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Skills needed
You need to know how to make a single crochet and how to increase / decrease a stitch

Abbreviations
beg BO dr

Yarn requirements
Use whatever yarn U like, try everything you can find. You might result in something very adorable. I use catania from Schachenmayr. It is a 100 % cotton yarn and a typical yarn to make potholders from.

Needles
Use the needle size to obtain gauge given on your yarn. If you find your tension to be very loose try using a needle size smaller. It is important to make tight stitches due to a firm and substantial form of your doll.

Stuffing
Stuff firmly! I tend to overstuff my dolls. Overstuffing leads to a well shaped look of your dolls and they hold their shape quite nicely.

Finished size
The finished size of your amigurumi goes hand in hand with the yarn and needle you choose. However using a 3.5 mm needle / E hook you will receive dolls of about 4 to 7 high. Chubby measures 3 / 8 cm high and 5 / 12 cm wide.

- begin, beginning - bind off - double ring: prevents holes at beginning of work: to make a double ring wrap yarn around your finger two times, remove resulting loops from finger and start crocheting desired number of stitches into these loops. Holding the stitches firmly with one hand, pull on the yarn tail with the other. One after the other both loops will drawn closed. Insert a marker at the beginning/end of the round. esc - extended single crochet; Insert hook in next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, draw through one loop, yo, and draw through all loops on hook f&b - front and back m2 - make 2, i.e. make two single crochets into one stitch m2[x,y] - make 2, make stitches given in parenthesis into one stitch, follow given order sc - single crochet sc2tog - decrease 1 stitch tog - together

Final Tip
Use a row counter or something else to keep track with your finished rounds. Mark the beginning of your row; it helps a lot with counting. I prefer waste yarn pieces like thread or pearl cotton to mark my stitches. Plastic or metal stitch markers often leave little holes in tight crocheted fabric.

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Body / Head
1 2 3 4 5 make dr with 6 sts m2 x6 (m2, sc1) x6 (sc2, m2) x6 sc8, m2, sc2, m2, sc2, m2, sc6, m2, sc2 6 sc2, m2, sc7, m2, sc4, m2, sc12 7 sc11, m2, sc3, m2, sc3, m2, sc8, m2, sc2 8 sc2, m2, sc11, m2, sc4, m2, sc15 9 sc15, m2, sc6, m2, sc11, m2, sc3 10 sc4, m2, sc36 11 sc17, m2, sc7, m2, sc16 12 m2, sc43 13 sc19, m2, sc8, m2, sc16 14 sc1, m2, sc45 make 4 rows (sc48) -- change to new color -19 sc3, (sc2tog, sc6) x5, sc2tog, sc3 make 1 row (sc42) 21 (sc2tog, sc5) x6 make 1 row (sc36) 23 sc2, (sc2tog, sc4) x5, sc2tog, sc2 make 1 row (sc30) 25 (sc2tog, sc3) x6 26 (sc2, sc2tog) x6 27 (sc2tog, sc1) x6 28 sc2tog x6 BO

Dorsal Fin

same color as behind part of your fish's body 1 make a chain with smaller hook for a firmer tension: chain 8, change back to normal working hook start in 2nd chain from hook: sc6, m3 into last chain, turn, sc6 sc1, sc2tog, sc3, m2, sc1, m2, sc3, sc2tog, sc1 sc1, sc2tog, sc3, m2, sc1, m2, sc4, sc2tog sc7, m2 x2, sc6

2 3 4 5 BO

have a look at your fish's body, do you see the last increase area at the top that goes "m2, sc8, m2" ? this will help you mark the middle / top side of your doll. Now use pins to fix the dorsal fin in place, behind the color change line. Start seaming and stuff as you do so BO, secure yarn ends also see the pictures on the next page to identify the top of your fish

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Caudal Fin
same color as behind body

Red Arrow marks row 13, which includes: m2, sc8, m2 These two increases mark the spots above both eyes.

part A 1 make dr with 6 sts 2 (m2, sc1) x3 make 2 rows (sc9) 5 sc5, row not finished! cut yarn (enough to tie to part B when mentioned, about 8" / 20cm) enlarge loop to secure it and start part B part B 1 make dr with 6 sts 2 m2 x6 3 sc5, m2 x4, sc3 4 sc7, (m2, sc1) x2, m2, sc4 5 1 row (sc19) 6 sc8, (sc2tog, sc1) x2, sc2tog, sc3 7 sc2tog, sc1, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog x3, sc3 8 sc1, sc2tog, sc3, add part A: sc7, back to B, skip 2 sts, sc3 9 sc4, sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog, sc2 use yarn tail of A to close hole between both parts, secure end 10 sc4, row not finished! BO

Front pin marks one increase as pictured above. Place the dorsal fin centered between both increases and fix it at the behind of the fishs body before you sew it to the body.

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Stuff the caudal fin (not too tight) and sew it to body: place former part B (larger one) right above the bind off row of body and seam neatly, dont lay the ends flat but seam in a circle, this way the fin will pop up nicely and wont flutter (if you wish so, seam end flat) BO securely and hide yarn ends in fish's body.

Thats all, youre finished and can have playtime with your new fishy friend.

Eyes
White yarn 1 make dr with 6 sts 2 m2 x6 3 (m2esc, esc1) x6 BO dark/black 1 make 6 esc into dr BO

Place the dark spots in the middle of the white circles and sew them both together. Place eyes below formerly marked increases (see pictures on page 4) or where you like them best and sew them to body. BO securely and hide yarn ends in Chubbys body.