Guppy Mermaid - Free Amigurumi Pattern

Guppies are a popular, colourful aquarium fish. To go along with my free koi mermaid pattern, I made a guppy version! This one has slightly longer hair with curls, and a different fin shape from the koi one. Guppies come in all kinds of colours, so you can use any colour combination to make your plush toy. Don't limit yourself to just blue and purple!

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Guppy Mermaid Free Amigurumi Pattern

Materials

• Yarn (I used Loops & Threads Soft Classic Solid yarn)
  
• Crochet hook (I used a 4.5mm hook)
  
• Safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing
• Stitch marker
• Scissors

Abbreviations (US terms)

• ch - chain
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• hdc - half double crochet
• dc - double crochet
• tc - triple crochet
• ss - slip stitch
• FLO - front loops only
• BLO - back loops only
• mc - magic circle
• (...) - repeat the part in parenthesis specified number of time
• (#) - number of stitches after finishing the round

 

Finished Size

About 7.5 inches tall. May be different for everyone based on yarn thickness, hook size, and tension.

 

Pattern Instructions 

Tail fin 

In purple
1. Chain 6, skip the first chain then do 4 sc, 3 sc in one chain. Working on the other side of the chain, do 3 sc, inc (12)
2. Sc around (12)
3. In blue: sc around (12)
4. (Dec, 4 sc)x2 (10)
5. (Dec, 3 sc)x2 (8)
Fasten off with a tail for sewing, and do not stuff

Body

In blue
1. 6 sc in mc (6)
2. (Sc, inc)x3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc)x3 (12)
4. Sc around (12)
5. (5 sc, inc)x2 (14)
6. (6 sc, inc)x2 (16)
7. (7 sc, inc)x2 (18)
8. (8 sc, inc)x2 (20)
9. (9 sc, inc)x2 (22)
10. (10 sc, inc)x2 (24)
11-14. Sc around (24) (4 rounds total)
Start stuffing the body
15. In skin tone: BLO sc around (24)
16-17. Sc around (24) (2 rounds total)
18. (6 sc, dec)x3 (21)
19. In purple: sc around (21)
20. (5 sc, dec)x3 (18)
21. Sc around (18)
22. In skin tone: (4 sc, dec)x3 (15)
23. (3 sc, dec)x3 (12)
Fasten off 

Head

In skin tone
1. 6 sc in mc (6)
2. (Inc)x6 (12)
3. (Sc, inc)x6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc)x6 (24)
5-10. Sc around (24) (6 rounds total)
Insert eyes between rounds 7-8, and about 5 stitches apart. Start stuffing the head 
11. (2 sc, dec)x6 (18)
12. (Sc, dec)x6 (12)
Fasten off with a tail for sewing 

Arms (make 2)

In skin tone 
1. 6 sc in mc (6)
2-9. Sc around (6) (8 rounds total)
Fasten off with a tail for sewing, and stuff

Hair

In purple
1. 6 sc in mc (6)
2. (Inc)x6 (12)
3. (Sc, inc)x6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc)x6 (24)
5. This next round has 24 hairs
[Chain 15, skip the first chain then do (inc)x6, 8 sc, sc into the next stitch]x6
[Chain 4, skip the first chain then do 3 sc, sc into the next stitch]x6 
[Chain 15, skip the first chain then do (inc)x6, 8 sc, sc into the next stitch]x12
Fasten off with a long tail for sewing 

Frill around hips

It's easiest to do this before sewing, but can also be done after sewing the pieces together. 

Reattach purple yarn to the front loops of round 15 of the body, and inc in each stitch. 
Fasten off and weave in the ends

Attaching Parts

 

Start by sewing the hair around round 4 of the head. Make sure the short hairs make the bangs in front of the face. I recommend pinning it in place while you sew so that it doesn't move around.

 

Sew the opening of the head to the opening of the body. 

Sew the tail fin to the end of the body. Make sure the flat face is facing in the same direction as the face.

Sew the arms to the space between the top of the shirt and the bottom of the head.

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