Beautiful Fish Crocheted Blanket Square

Here is a detailed crochet pattern to create your own beautiful fish blanket square. This guide includes the necessary materials and step-by-step instructions to ensure a charming design and a perfect fit for your blanket project.

Materials:

• Yarn: Soft acrylic yarn in teal, white, grey, and other accent colors (DK weight recommended)
• Crochet hook: Size appropriate for your yarn (typically 3.5 mm – 4 mm)
• Scissors
• Yarn needle
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure

Abbreviations:

• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• hdc: half double crochet
• dc: double crochet
• tr: treble crochet
• sl st: slip stitch
• sp: space
• rep: repeat
• inc: increase (2 stitches in one stitch)

Pattern:

Fish Appliqué:

1. Body:
   • With teal yarn, make a magic ring.
   • R1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring, join with sl st.
   • R2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around (total 12 sc). Join with sl st.
   • R3: Ch 1, (sc, 2 sc in next st) around (total 18 sc). Join with sl st.
   • Continue increasing in this manner until the circle reaches the desired size for the fish body.
   • Fasten off and weave in ends.
2. Tail:
   • With teal yarn, ch 15.
   • R1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 10 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in last ch. Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
   • Sew the tail to the body.
3. Fins (make 2):
   • With teal yarn, ch 10.
   • R1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 5 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in last ch. Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
   • Sew the fins to the body.
4. Eye:
   • With white yarn, make a magic ring.
   • R1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring, join with sl st. Fasten off.
   • With black yarn, make a magic ring.
   • R1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring, join with sl st. Fasten off.
   • Sew the black circle onto the white circle, then sew the completed eye onto the fish body.

Background Square:

1. Base:
   • With grey yarn, ch 45 (or desired width for your square).
   • R1: Dc in 4th ch from hook and across. Turn.
   • R2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in each st across. Turn.
   • Repeat R2 until the square reaches the desired size.
2. Attaching the Fish Appliqué:
   • Position the fish appliqué in the center of the square.
   • Sew the fish onto the square using the long tails left from the appliqué pieces.
3. Stars and Bubbles:
   • Stars: With teal yarn, ch 4, sl st into first ch to form a ring.
     • R1: Ch 1, 10 sc in ring, join with sl st.
     • R2: Ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 2 ch, sl st in next st around.
     • Fasten off and sew the stars onto the square.
   • Bubbles: With teal yarn, make magic rings of different sizes and sc around, then sew onto the square.
4. Border:
   • With grey yarn, join at any corner of the square.
   • R1: Ch 1, sc evenly around the edges, placing 3 sc in each corner. Join with sl st.
   • Fasten off and weave in ends.