HOME

Fish # 2 - small - © Jane Eborall

 

Large fish
   
Medium fish

 

 

This is the smallest fish and it measures 2 3/4" in length x 2" 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:       3 – 3 ^ 3 ^ 3  +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:     3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 ^ 3 Cl) 3

SR6:     2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 ^ 2 Cl) 2 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 ^ 3 Rw SLT

Change to Wsh1 – see fig. 1

SR7:     2 + (RoSR on SR6) 2 / 2 ^ 2

SR8:     3 + (RoSR on SR5) 3 / 3 ^ 3

SR9:     4 + (RoSR on SR4) 4 / 4 ^ 4

SR10:   3 + (RoSR on SR3) 3 / 3 ^ 3

SR11:   2 + (RoSR on SR2) 2 / 2 ^ 2

SR12:   1 + (1st p on R1) 2 / 1 – see fig. 2

SR13:   2 ^ 1 / 1

SR14:   2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (2 + [SR11] 2 Cl) 2

SR15:   3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (3 + [SR10] 3 Cl) 3

SR16:   4 ^ 4 / 4 RoSR (4 + [SR9] 4 Cl) 4

SR17    3 ^ 3 / 3 RoSR (4 + [SR8] 4 Cl) 3

SR18:   2 ^ 2 / 2 RoSR (3 + [SR7] 3 Cl) 2 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       3 ^ 3 + (base of SR7) T & C – see fig. 3

 

Edge – Wsh1 – do not  leave spaces btwn SR’s

Upper fin + p on SR4

SR1:     8 / 8

SR2:     10 / 4 ^ 4

R3:       6 – 4 ^ 2

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       2 + (^ on R3) 4

R4:       4 + (^ on SR2) 4

Ch:       2 Lj (SR5 on body) 4 Lj (SR6 on body) 6 Lj (p on Ch1 on body) 

Change to Wsh1 – see fig. 4

 

Tail fin – leave very small spaces btwn SR’s

SR1:     8 / 4 ^ 4

SR2:     7 ^ 1 / 4 ^ 4

R3:       1 + (SR2) 5 – 5 ^ 1 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       1 + (^ on R3) 2 Lj (^ on SR2) 3 Lj (space btwn SR2 & SR1) 3 Lj (^ on SR1) – 3 Lj (1st Ch on body – as start of SR1) 6 Lj (2nd 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 (2nd Ch of body) 6 Lj (SR18 on body).  – see fig. 5. 

Continue chain to

 

Lower body to finish – leave very small spaces btwn SR’s

Ch:       3 ^ 1 Lj (SR17 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

R1:       1 + (^ on last Ch) 3 – 6 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       5 ^ 1 Lj (SR16 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

R2:       1 + (^ on last Ch) 3 – 6 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       5 ^ 1 Lj (SR15 on body) 

Change to Wsh1

R3:       1 + (^ on last Ch) 3 – 6 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       6 Lj (SR14 on body) 4 Lj (SR13 on body) 8 Rw & SLT 

Change to Wsh1

R4:       3 + (2nd p of R1 of body) 3 Rw & SLT 

Change to Wsh2

Ch:       14  Lj (3rd p of R1 of body) 4 Lj (^ on SR2 of body) 4 Lj (^ on SR3 of body) 4 Lj (^ on SR4 of body) 

T & C  – see fig. 6

 

If you should need help with this pattern, please email me.