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Fish # 2 - medium - © Jane Eborall

 
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This is the medium fish and it measures 3 1/4" in length .x 2 3/4" in height.  Skills needed - knowledge of split rings and rings on split rings.

 

Materials

No. 20 thread, 1 bead and two shuttles.

 

Abbreviations
SR split ring + join RoSR ring on SR T & C tie and cut
Wsh1 working shuttle 1 Wsh2 working shuttle 2 ^ very small picot Lj join using shuttle thread
btwn between Cl close ring SLT shoe lace trick (tie knot)
+B The bead is added to the core thread which is pulled down through the 1st ^ towards the centre of the ring.  Once the bead has been added to this, pass the shuttle through the loop before tightening the ring.

 

In order to simplify the instructions the pattern tells the worker to join to a – or ^ of a previous SR.  In fact, you will find that it is a – or ^ on a chain which has previously been joined to the SR which you actually need to join to.  In the instructions for the insert opposite it would therefore read:-

 

SR3:     4 + (SR1) 4 / 4 ^ 4

  

 

Centre of body using two shuttles – Wsh1

R1:       4 – 4 ^ 4 ^ 4  +B (see abbreviations)

SR2:     2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 ^ 2 Cl) 2

SR3:     3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 ^ 3 Cl) 3

SR4:     4 ^ 4 / 4 RoSR (4 ^ 4 Cl) 4

SR5:     5 ^ 5 / 5 RoSR (4 ^ 4 Cl) 5

SR6:     5 ^ 5 / 5 RoSR (3 ^ 3 Cl) 5

SR7:     3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 ^ 3 Cl) 3

SR8:     2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 ^ 2 Cl) 2  SLT 

Change to Wsh2 – see fig. 1

Ch:       3 ^ 3 Rw & SLT

Change to Wsh1

SR9:     2 + (RoSR on SR8) 2 / 2 ^ 2

SR10:   3 + (RoSR on SR7) 3 / 3 ^ 3

SR11:   5 + (RoSR on SR6) 5 / 5 ^ 5

SR12:   5 + (RoSR on SR5) 5 / 5 ^ 5

SR13:   4 + (RoSR on SR4) 4 / 4 ^ 4

SR14:   3 + (RoSR on SR3) 3 / 3 ^ 3

SR15:   2 + (RoSR on SR2) 2 / 2 ^ 2

SR16:   1 + (1st p on R1) 2 / 1 – see fig. 2

SR17:   2 ^ 1 / 1

SR18:   2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 + [SR15] 2 Cl) 2

SR19:   3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 + [SR14] 3 Cl) 3

SR20:   4 ^ 4 / 4 RoSR (4 + [SR13] 4 Cl) 4

SR21:   5 ^ 5 / 5 RoSR (4 + [SR12] 4 Cl) 5

SR22:   5 ^ 5 / 5 RoSR (3 + [SR11] 3 Cl) 5

SR23:   3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 + [SR10] 3 Cl) 3

SR24:   2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 + [SR9] 2 Cl) 2 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 ^ 3 + (base of SR11) T & C – see fig. 3

 

Edge – Wsh1 – leave very small spaces btwn SR’s -

Upper fin

+ p on SR3

SR1:     8 / 4 ^ 4

SR2:     10 / 4 ^ 4

R3:       6 – 4 ^ 2

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       2 + (R3) 2 Lj (^ on SR2) ^ 4 Lj (space btwn SR2 & SR1) 4 Lj (^ on SR1 & SR4 on body) 4 Lj (SR5 on body) 

Change to Wsh1  – see fig. 4

SR4:     6 + (SR2) 4 / 4 ^ 4

R5:       6 – 4 ^ 2 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       2 + (R5) 2 Lj (SR4) ^ 4 + (base of SR4) 6 Lj (SR6 on body) change to Wsh1

SR6:     3 + (^ on SR4) 3 / 3 ^ 3

R7:       4 – 3 ^ 1 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       1 + (R7) 2 Lj (SR6) 4 Lj (base of SR6) 4 Lj (SR7 on body) 4 Lj (SR8 on body) 

Change to Wsh1 – see fig. 5

 

Tail fin - leave very small spaces btwn SR's

Instructions are given for the first two parts of the tail fin.  The last two parts are worked in an identical manner, joining the first two SR’s in each row.

SR1:     8 / 4 ^ 4

SR2:     7 ^ 1 / 4 ^ 4

R3:       1 + (SR2) 5 – 5 ^ 1 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       1 + (R3) 2 Lj (^ on SR2) 3 Lj (space btwn SR2 & SR1) 3 Lj (^ on SR1) – 3 Lj (SR8 on body – as start of SR1) 4 Lj (p on 1st Ch of body) 

Change to Wsh1

*SR4:   4 + (– on SR1) 4 / 4 ^ 4

SR5      7 ^ 1 / 4 ^ 4

R6:       1 + (SR5) 5 – 5 ^ 1 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       1 + (R6) 2 Lj (^ on SR5) 3 Lj (space btwn SR5 & SR4) 3 Lj (^ on SR4) – 3 Lj (p on 1st Ch of body) 4 Lj (p on 2nd Ch of body). 

Change to Wsh1*

Repeat from * to * twice joining to previous rows of SR’s but omitting the – on the Ch of the last row.  Make the join for SR10 to the ^ on SR24 of the body. 

Do not change to Wsh1 after last join to SR24. – see fig. 6

 

Lower body to finish - leave very small spaces btwn SR's

Ch:       4 Lj (SR23 on body) 6 Lj (SR22 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

SR1:     5 ^ 1 / 3 ^ 3

R2:       1 + (^ on SR1) 2 – 3 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 Lj (^ on SR1) – 3 Lj (SR22 on body) 6 Lj (SR21 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

SR3:     3 + (– on SR1) 2 ^ 1 / 3 ^ 3

R4:       1 + (^ on SR3) 2 – 3 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 Lj (^ on SR3) – 3 Lj (SR21 on body) 6 Lj (SR20 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

SR5:     3 + (– on SR3) 2 ^ 1 / 3 ^ 3

R6:       1 + (^ on SR5) 2 – 3 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 Lj (SR5) 3 Lj (SR20 on body) 4 Lj (SR19 on body) 4 Lj (SR18 on body) 4 Lj (SR17 on body) 8 Rw & SLT 

Change to Wsh1

R7:       4 + (2nd p of R1 of body) 4 Rw & SLT 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       12 Lj (3rd p of R1 of body) 6 Lj (^ on SR2 of body) 6 Lj (^ on SR3 of body)  T & C  – see fig. 7

 

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