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Connie's Fish © Jane Eborall 2006 |
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| Originally designed for my friend Connie this little fish was intended as an earring but can be used as 'just a fish'! |
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Skills required: Knowledge of split rings and down picot with a bead – see abbreviations. Materials: 3 shuttles – 2 with same colour 1 with contrast. 1 small bead for eye on Sh1. Earring findings. 22 beads are needed to add to very long picots for each fish. |
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Abbreviations |
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R |
ring |
Ch |
chain |
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– or p |
picot |
SR |
split ring |
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/ |
after the / make 2nd half of SR |
vsp |
very small picot |
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Vlp |
very long picot number of beads in () |
+ |
join |
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Lj |
join made with shuttle thread |
S |
start |
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T & C |
Tie and cut |
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work 2 first half ds, bead then 2 second half ds and back to pattern – see below and this link. |
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Starting with 2 shuttles with same colour add 1 black bead to Sh1 before starting. Move bead to back of hand on Sh1 & make |
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Centre Body – see fig. 1 R1: 2 vsp 2 vsp 2 DPB 2 SR2: 4 vsp 4 / 4 vsp 4 SR3: 3 vsp 3 / 3 vsp 3 SR4: 3 Vlp (16 beads) 1 + B’s (last Vlp) 1 Vlp (16 beads) 1 + B’s (last Vlp) 1 / 2 Cl SS Change thread colour on Sh1 |
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Outer Body Ch: 2 Vlp (6 beads) 1 Lj (SR3) 1 + (last Vlp) 5 Lj (SR2) 4 Lj (1st vsp R1) 4 Lj (next vsp R1) – 1 Lj (same vsp) – 10 Vlp (6 beads) 2 Lj (SR2) 1 + (last Vlp) 1 Lj (SR3) 4 Lj base of tail fin T & C Hang each fish from the finding by one of the mouth picots
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Please email me for further help or if you find any mistakes. |
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