I wanted to surprise my little grandson with a good gift so I set about crocheting his favorite cartoon character, Nemo! The reaction I got from him made me decide to create a pattern and give it to you as well. This one is really fun to make and will get a great reaction!
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Materials you need are:
1- A size 3.5 hook
2- Size 4 orange,white, bright orange and black yarn (I used red heart size 4 yarn its perfect for amigurumi work)
3- Size two black yarn for making fin boarders.(I split size 4 black yarn into half and used it for making boarders).
4- Fiber fill stuffing.
5- big sewing needle
| head&body | |
| R1 | (orange) in a magic ring cast on 7 sc join with sl st (7) |
| R2 | (orange) 2sc in each sc do not join mark the binning of the round (14) |
| R3 | (orange) *1sc, inc * rep between *to* all around (21) |
| R4 | (orange) sc all around (21) |
| R5 | (orange) *2sc, inc *rep between *to* all around (28) |
| R6 | (orange) sc all around (28) |
| R7 | (orange) *3sc, inc * rep between *to* all around (35) |
| R8 | (orange) *1sc,inc* rep between *to* all arround to the last sc work 1sc (52) |
| R9 | (orange) *12sc,inc* rep all around (56) |
| R10 | (orange) sc all around (56) |
| R11 | (orange) *13,inc* rep between *to* all around(60) |
| R12 | (orange) sc all around (60) |
| R13 | (orange) 12sc, *inc-6sc* rep between*to* 5 times,inc, 12sc (66) |
| R14 | (orange) sc all around (66) |
| R15 | (orange)12 sc *inc,7sc* rep between *to* two times ,inc, 8sc *inc,7sc*rep between *to* two times, inc, 12sc (72) |
| R16 | (orange) sc around (72) |
| R17 | (orange) 12sc ,*inc,8sc*rep from *to* two times,inc,10sc,*inc,8sc*rep from *to* two times,inc, 12sc(78) |
| R18 | (orange) sc around (78) |
| R19 | (orange) 12sc *inc,10sc* rep from *to* two times, inc, 8sc, *inc, 10sc* rep from *to* two times,inc, 12sc, (84) |
| R20,21,22-23 | (orange) sc all around (84) |
| R24 | (black)12sc, *inc,11sc* rep from *to* two times, inc, 10sc, *inc, 11sc* rep from *to* two times,inc, 12sc, (90) |
| R25-26 | (white) sc all around (90) |
| R27 | (white) 12sc, *inc-12sc* five times,12sc (96) |
| R28 | (white) sc all around |
| R29 bk | (black) 12sc, *inc-13sc* rep from *to* two times,inc, 14sc, *inc-13sc* rep from *to* two times, inc,12sc(102) |
| R30-31 or | (orange) sc all around(102) |
| R33 or | (orange) 12sc,*dec-13sc* rep from *to* two times,dec,14sc,*dec-13sc* rep from *to* tw0 times,dec,12sc (96) |
| R34-35 or | (orange) sc all around (96) |
| R36 | (black) *12sc , dec* rep from *to* two times, (orange)12sc *dec, 12sc* rep from *to* two times,, (black)*dec,12sc* two times (90) |
| R37 | (white) 26sc,(black)1sc,(orange)36sc,(black) 1sc, (orange) 26sc (90) |
| R38 | (white) 27sc, (black) 1sc, (orange) 34, (black) 1sc, (white) 27sc (90) |
| R39 | (white)12sc, dec,11sc,dec,1sc, (black) 1sc (orange) 9sc, dec,10sc, dec, 9sc, (black)1sc,(white)1sc,dec,11sc, dec, 12sc(84) |
| R40 | (white) sc28,(black)sc28, (white) sc28 (84) |
| R41 | (white) sc all around (84) |
| R42 | (white)- sc 12, dec, sc 10 dec, sc10, dec sc 8, dec sc10,dec,sc 10dec, sc 12 (78) |
| R43-44 | (white) sc all around (78) |
| R45 | (white) sc 12, dec, sc8 dec, sc8 dec, sc10 dec, sc8 dec, sc8 dec, sc12 (72) |
| R46-47 | (white)sc all around (72) |
| R48 | (white)sc12,dec, sc7,dec, sc7, dec, sc8,dec, sc7,dec,sc7,dec,sc12, dec, (66) |
| R49 | (black) sc all around (66) |
| R50 | (orange) sc all around (66) |
| R51 | (orange) 12sc,(dec,6sc) 5 times, dec, 12sc (60) |
| R52 | (orange) sc all around (60) |
| R53 | (orange) sc all around (60) |
| R54 | (orange) 13 sc, dec (56) |
| R55-56 | (orange) sc all around (56) |
| R57 | (orange)12sc,dec (52) |
| R58-59 | (orange) sc all around (52) |
| R60 | (orange) 11 sc, dec (48) |
| R61 | (orange) sc all around (48) |
| R62 | (black)10sc, dec (44) |
| R63 | (white) sc all around (44) |
| R64 | (white) 9sc,dec (40) |
| R65 | (white) sc all around (40) |
| R66 | (white)8sc, dec (36) |
| R67 | (white)7sc, dec (332) |
| R69 | (black) sc all around(32) join with sl st in first st cut and secure yarn |
| body finishing : stuff head and body with filler and leave the end open | |
| Eyes | |
| eye balls in white ( make two) | |
| R1 | in a magic ring work 6sc join with sl st in first st (6) |
| R2 | work 2sc in each sc of R1 do not join mark the beginning of round (12) |
| R3 | *sc, inc* rep from*to* all around (18) |
| R4 | *2sc,inc* rep from*to* all around (24) |
| R5-6 | sc all around sl st in first sc (24) fasten off leave enough length of yarn for sewing |
| eye pupil orange (( make two)) | |
| R1 | (orange)in a magic ring work 6sc join with sl st in first sc (6) |
| R2 | (orange)work 2sc in each sc of R1 (12) do not join |
| R3 | (orange)sc all around sl st in first sc(12), fasten off leave leave enough length of yarn for sewing |
| eye Pupil Black (( make two)) | |
| R1 | (black) in a magic ring work 8sc , sl st in first st fasten off leave enough length of yarn for sewing |
| eyes finishing: thread a needle with the black tail you left and sew centered the black disk on orange disk cut and secure yarn, thread needle with the orange tail you left sew Pupils on white eye balls cut and secure yarn, thread the white Tail you left sew eye balls on the head (between R8 and R20 and 8 stitches between the two balls) as shown in the picture above stuff eye balls while sewing them on the head ,cut yarn and secure ends. | |
| Tail part 1&2 | |
| tail part 1 | |
| R1 | (orange)12ch, in the 2nd ch from the hook work inc, sc in the next 8 ch st,inc (12) |
| R2 | (orange) inc, sc in the next 10 ch st,in(14) |
| R3 | (orange) inc, sc in the next 12 ch st,in(16) |
| R4 | (orange) inc, sc in the next 14 ch st,in(18) |
| R5 | (orange) inc, sc in the next 16 ch st,in(20) |
| R6 | (orange) inc, sc in the next 18 ch st,in(22) |
| R7 | (orange)inc, sc in the next 20 ch st,in(24) |
| R8 | (orange)inc, sc in the next 22 ch st,inc (26) cut yarn cut yarn and secure yarn. |
| tail: part 2 | |
| R9 | work one more time in orange from R1 to R8 do not cut yarn put the two pieces together facing each other on wrong sides , work sc all around (52) do not join (mark beginning of the round ) |
| R10 | inc, 24sc, inc, inc, 24sc, inc (56) |
| R11-12 | sc all around (56) |
| R13 | *12 sc , dec*rep 4 times (52) |
| R14 | sc all around (52) |
| R15 | *11sc, dec* rep 4 times (48) |
| R16 | sc all around (48) |
| R17 | *10 sc, dec* rep 4 times (44) |
| R18- 19 | sc all around (44) |
| R20 | *9sc, dec* rep 4 times (40) |
| R21-22 | sc all around (40) |
| R23 | *8sc,dec* rep 4 times (36) |
| R24 | sc all around(36) |
| R25 | *7sc,dec* (32) |
| R26 | sc all around (32) |
| tail finishing : fasten off and cut yarn leave long tail for sewing stuff tail a little . in black yarn crochet border to the waving end of the tail * sc, 2ch, skip a little distance,sc* rep from *to*to as shown in the pictures above, thread a needle with bright orange yarn add three lines to the Tail. Sew tail end to the body end cut and secure yarn | |
| right Fin | |
| R1 | (orange)19ch,start at 2nd ch from hook work inc,then 17sc to last ch work 2inc,go other side of 19ch work 17sc ,inc(42) |
| R2 | (orange)inc,sc19,2inc,sc19(46) |
| R3 | (orange)sc all around(46) |
| R4 | (orange)inc, sc21, 2inc,sc21,inc(50) |
| R5 | (orange) sc all around(50) |
| R6 | (orange) inc, sc23, 2inc,sc23,inc(54) |
| R7 | (orange) sc all around(54) |
| R8 | (orange) inc, sc25, 2inc,sc25,inc(58) |
| R9 | (orange) sc all around(58) |
| R10 | (orange) inc, sc27, 2inc,sc27,inc(62) |
| R11-12-13 | (orange) sc all around(62) |
| R14 | (orange) dec, sc27, 2dec,sc27dec(58) |
| R15-16 | (orange) sc all around(58) |
| R17 | (orange) dec, sc25, 2dec,sc25,dec(54) |
| R18 | dec, sc25, 2dec,sc25,dec |
| R19 | (orange) dec, sc23, 2dec,sc23,dec(50) |
| R20 | (orange)sc all around(50) |
| R21 | (orange) dec, sc21, 2dec,sc21,dec(46) |
| R22 | (orange)sc all around(46) |
| R23 | (orange) dec, sc19, 2dec,sc19,dec(42) |
| R24 | (orange) dec, sc17, 2dec,sc17,dec(38) |
| R25 | (orange)sc all around(38) |
| R26 | (orange) dec, sc15, 2dec, sc15,dec(34) |
| R27 | (orange) dec, sc13, 2dec,sc13,dec(30) |
| R28 | (orange) dec, sc11, 2dec,sc11,dec(26) |
| R29 | (orange) dec, sc9, 2dec,sc9,dec(22) cut yarn leave long tail for sewing |
| right fin finishing: add black boarder to the end of the Fin as you did for the Tail,thread a needle with bright orange yarn add three lines to the fin, sew the fin to the body between R29 and R37 as shown in the picture. | |
| left fin: Part 1&2 | |
| part 1: (orange) | |
| R1 | 6ch in the 2nd ch from the hook work, inc, 2sc, 2inc,(go around to the other side work, 2sc,inc(12) |
| R2 | inc,10sc, inc(14) |
| R3 | inc, 12sc, inc(16) |
| R4 | inc,14sc,inc(18) |
| R5 | inc,16sc,inc(20) |
| R6 | inc, 18sc, inc(22) ,fasten off, cut and secure yarn. |
| part 2: (orange) | |
| R1 | 8ch, in 2nd ch from the hook start working,inc,4sc,2inc, go around and work 4sc,inc(16) |
| R2 | inc, sc14, inc (18) |
| R3 | inc, sc16, inc (20) |
| R4 | inc, sc18, inc (22) |
| R5 | inc, sc20,inc (24) |
| R6 | inc,sc22,inc(26) do not cut yarn.join with one stitch part 1&2 (lower left 2 to lower right 1) mark the first sc and start working sc all around part1 &part2(44) |
| R7-10 | sc all around |
| R11 | dec,sc19,dec, dec,sc19 dec,(40) |
| R12-13 | sc all around |
| R14 | dec, sc17.dec, dec, sc17 (38) |
| R15-16 | sc all around(38) |
| R17 | dec,sc15,dec,dec,sc15,dec(34) |
| R18 | sc all around |
| R19 | dec, sc13,dec, dec, sc13 (30) |
| R20 | dec, sc11,dec,dec, sc11, dec (26) |
| R21 | dec,sc9,dec,dec,sc9, dec(22) |
| R22 | sc all around (22) |
| left fin finishing: cut yarn leave tail for sewing, crochet black boarder to the end of the Fin as you did for the Tai and right fin, thread a needle with bright orange yarn add three lines to the fin as shown in the picture above. sew the fin to the left side of the body( between R24 and R34) as shown in the picture cut and secure yarn | |
| dorsal fin: part 1,2,3,4 | |
| part – 1 (orange) | |
| R1 | in a magic ring work 7sc , for all rounds do not join and mark the beginning of previous round and continue working all around |
| R2 | *inc* rep from *t0* all around (14) |
| R3 | *1sc,inc* rep from*to* all around (21) |
| R4 | *6sc,inc* rep from *to* all around(24) |
| R5 | sc all around (24) do not fasten and don not cut yarn Yarn |
| Part 2: (White) | |
| R1 | 11ch, start working in 2nd chain from the hook : inc, 7sc , inc in the 8th ch,on the other side of the chain 11 work 7sc, do not join mark round beginning(18) |
| R2 | sc al around (18) sl st in 3 next stitches do not cut yarn |
| Part 3&4: (orange) | |
| R1 | in a magic ring work 6sc for all rounds do not join mark the beginning of previous round and continue working all around |
| R2 | 2sc in each sc (12) do not join mark round beginning |
| R3 | *sc,inc* rep from *to* all around (18) do not join |
| R4-R5 | sc all around join with sl st fasten off cut yarn and secure(18) |
| R6 | attach drosal 3 to 1 with one stitch ,(mark beginning of the Round) continue working sc all around fin3 and fin1 (40) do not join |
| R7 | dec, 8sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 1sc, dec,5sc, dec,8sc, dec, 1sc, (34) |
| R8 | dec, 12sc, dec, 1sc,dec, 12sc, dec, 1sc (30) |
| R6 | stitch Dorsal fin 2 (from the side you left yarn uncut to the left of fin1 with one stitch, stitch other side of fin2 to fin4 with one stitch. join Orange yarn to the beginning of Dorsal fin3 (mark it as first sc)work 15sc (Orange), 8sc (White) 17sc (Orange), 8sc( white), 14sc (orange) (62 ) |
| R7-R8 | work sc all around with same colors ( orange -white) (62) |
| R9 | (orange) dec, sc10,dec, (white)8sc, (orange) 6sc, dec,1sc, dec, 6sc, (white)8sc, (orange)dec, 10sc, dec,1sc ( 56 ) do not join |
| R10 | work 13sc, (white) 8sc, (orange) 15sc, (white) 8sc, (orange) sc12 (56) do not join |
| R11 | (orang) dec, 8sc, dec, (white) 8sc, (orange) 5sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 5sc, (white) 8sc, dec, 1sc (50) do not join |
| R12 | (orange) 10sc, (white) 8sc, (orange) , 13sc, (white) 11sc join with sl st in first sc (50) fasten off leave enough tail for sewing. |
| dorsal fin finishing: in black yarn crochet boarder all around the dorsal fin (not on base) as shown in the picture, sew dorsal fin to the body starting with part three at round 24 and go down matching colors as shown in the picture. | |
| R | round |
| sl st | slip stitch |
| inc | increase- 2sc in one sc |
| dec | decrease-2 sc together |
| rep | repeat |
