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Mermaid Cat with Fish Tail crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 97 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineFantasy

Difficulty
3/3
Time
~3 h
Size
13.8 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet mermaid pattern: a Mermaid Cat with Fish Tail amigurumi, about 14 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A grey tabby cat with green eyes and pink cheeks wears a pink seashell top and has a striped teal fish tail with a fan fin instead of back legs. You need about 95 m of yarn: 45 m grey, 20 m teal, 5 m white, 5 m dark teal, 5 m light teal, 5 m pink, 5 m hot pink and 5 m dark grey. Plan on roughly 3 hours. It suits cat lovers who also adore mermaids, as a shelf friend or a birthday gift. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Mermaid Cat with Fish Tail

Advanced · 14 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 13 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Muzzle, Ear ×2, Paw ×2, Fish tail, Tail fin, Shell ×2, Cheek ×2 (100 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 9 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

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Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 81 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 5.8 cm at the widest, 8.2 cm long; 24 rounds.
  2. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  3. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
  4. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
  5. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
  6. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
  7. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
  8. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
  9. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest, 6.2 cm long; 25 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  2. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
  3. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  4. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R22).
  5. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: an oval about 2.6 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 4 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  2. With white: ch 3.
  3. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3.5 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 7 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 4 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 35 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.<!-- (spoon 55 %) -->

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 9 rounds.
  2. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  3. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3 cm at the widest, 6.8 cm long; 19 rounds.
  2. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
  3. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  4. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
  5. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
  6. Change to dark teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
  7. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 150° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 8 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, on the centre top line <!-- st 0.07 right -->). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 2 to round 8, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 6 rounds) and fasten off inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 7 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 1.1 cm thick.<!-- flattened 70 % -->

  1. Flat motif — circle (worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.7 × 2.7 cm; 3 rows.
  2. Change to pink.
  3. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 14 mm (on the head): between rounds 13 and 14, 8 st apart (count along round 13: about 3.9 st each side of the centre front line). Iris green #8fc46a.
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in hot pink thread, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre top line .
  • Embroidery in dark grey thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ).
  • Embroidery in dark grey thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done