Koi Mermaid - Free Amigurumi Pattern

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What's prettier than a regular mermaid? A koi mermaid, of course! Koi fish are beautiful to watch, so I wanted to make a calico koi fish themed mermaid with orange and black spots. This plush toy has one large black and orange spot on the tail, and tricolour hair. 


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Koi Mermaid Free Amigurumi Pattern

Materials

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 fins (make 2)

In white
1. 4 sc in mc (4)
2. (Sc, inc)x2 (6)
3. (2 sc, inc)x2 (8)
4. (3 sc, inc)x2 (10)
5-6. Sc around (10) (2 rounds total)
7. (3 sc, dec)x2 (8)
8. (2 sc, dec)x2 (6)
Fasten off the first fin, but continue to the body with the second fin. Do not stuff the fins


Body

1. Continuing from the second fin in white, 6 sc around the first fin, then 6 sc around the second fin to join them (12)
2. Sc around (12)
3. 3 sc, [orange: 2 sc], white: inc, 5 sc, inc (14)
4. 2 sc, [orange: 4 sc], white: inc, 6 sc, inc (16)
5. 2 sc, [orange: 5 sc], white: inc, 7 sc, inc (18)
6. Sc, [orange: 6 sc], white: sc, inc, 8 sc, inc (20)
7. Sc, [orange: 6 sc], white: 2 sc, inc, {black: 3 sc}, white 6 sc, inc (22)
8. Sc, [orange: 6 sc], white: 3 sc, {black: inc, 4 sc}, white: 6 sc, inc (24)
9. 2 sc, [orange: 4 sc], white: 4 sc, {black: 6 sc}, white: 8 sc (24)
10. 3 sc, [orange: 2 sc], white: 5 sc, {black: 6 sc}, white: 8 sc (24)
11. 11 sc, {black: 4 sc}, white: 9 sc (24)
12. Sc around (24)
Start stuffing the body
13. In skin tone: BLO sc around (24)
14-15. Sc around (24) (2 rounds total)
16. (7 sc, dec)x3 (21)
17. In white: sc around (21)
18. (6 sc, dec)x3 (18)
19. Sc around (18)
20. In skin tone: (5 sc, dec)x3 (15)
21. (4 sc, dec)x3 (12)
Fasten off

Frill around hips

Reattach white yarn to the front loops of round 13 of the body, and inc in each stitch. (48)
Fasten off and weave in the ends

 


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 white
1. 6 sc in mc (6)
2. Inc, {black: inc}, white: inc, [orange: inc], white: (inc)x2 (12)
3. Sc, {black: inc, sc, inc}, white: sc, inc, [orange: sc, inc, sc], white: inc, sc, inc (18)
4. Sc, {black: sc, inc, 2 sc, inc}, white: 2 sc, inc, [orange: 2 sc, inc, sc], white: sc, inc (24)
The next round has 24 hairs worked around the base  
 5. Chain 10, skip the first chain then do 9 sc, sc into the next stitch, Chain 10, skip the first chain then do 9 sc
 [black: sc in the next stitch, (Chain 10, skip the first chain then do 9 sc, sc into the next stitch)x4]
 [black: (chain 4, skip the first chain then do 3 sc, sc into the next stitch)x2]
 White: (chain 4, skip the first chain then do 3 sc, sc into the next stitch)x4
{orange: (chain 10, skip the first chain then do 9 sc, sc into the next stitch)x5}
White: (Chain 10, skip the first chain then do 9 sc, sc into the next stitch)x7
Fasten off with a long tail for sewing 

Attaching Parts


Sew the hair to the top of the head, 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. Make sure the face is pointing toward the front of the fins.


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


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