A play on a sister pattern, Star Mittens, both designed at about the same time. This is a mix of knitting (stranded colourwork) and crochet. Makers with experience knitting from a charted colourwork pattern and crocheting in sprial rounds will find this a quick and whimsical project to make. Grab some treasured scrap amounts of yarn, vintage (or orphaned) buttons and you’ll have a fish done in no time.

SIZE one size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
6.5” L x 2.5” W / 16.5 cm x 6.5 cm,
approx. 1.5” / 4 cm thick.

MATERIALS
FINGERING WEIGHT YARN: Biche et Buches, Le
Petit Lambswool 100% lambswool, 270 yds /
248 m, 50 g / 1.75 oz.), in the approx. yardage
and colourways below.

Crochet (C1): 32.5 yds / 30 m, 6 g / 0.2 oz.
Stranded colourwork (C2, C3): 32.5 yds / 30 m,
6 g / 0.2 oz. in each colour.

FISH 1
C1: Gold
C2: Dark Brown
C3: Dark Red
FISH 2
C1: Orange Grey
C2: Soft Orange Brown
C3: Gold
FISH 3
C1: Dark Brown
C2: Gold
C3: Soft Orange Brown

STUFFING: Approx. 25 g / 0.9 oz carded wool /
wool roving or enough yarn scraps to fill the
pin cushion.
BUTTONS (for eyes): two ½” / 1 cm diameter.

HOOK SIZE: Steel hook US 1 / 2.75 mm.
NEEDLE SIZE: US 1.5 / 2.5 mm, in your preferred
small circumference knitting method (double
pointed needles or circular needles using a
magic loop).

NOTIONS: One - two removable stitch markers
(not required, but helpful to mark the first
crochet stitch in the round, or beginning of
round in the knitted colourwork section),
tapestry needle, sewing needle, sewing thread
(scrap amount to sew button eyes on), scissors.

GAUGE
CROCHET: 14 sts x 14 rnds = 2” x 2” / 5 cm x 5
cm, in sc, unstuffed.
KNIT: 28 sts x 27 rnds = 4” x 4” / 10 cm x 10 cm,
in stranded colourwork, unstuffed.
A match in gauge will give a similar resulting
item to the photographed samples.

ABBREVIATIONS (full list in pattern)
CROCHET (US TERMS)
-blo: back loop only
MR: magic ring
scdec: single crochet decrease. Insert hook
into the first stitch below, wrap yarn, pull up (2
loops on hook), insert hook into the next stitch
below, wrap yarn, pull up (3 loops on hook),
wrap yarn and pull through all 3 loops.
scinc: single crochet increase. Work 2 sc sts into
the same st from the rnd below.
slst: slip stitch

KNIT
m1: make 1 increase, using a backwards loop
cast-on (e-wrap).
ssk: slip, slip, knit decrease. Slip the first stitch knit-wise, slip the second stitch knit-wise. Knit the two slipped stitches together through the back loop.
k2tog: knit 2 together decrease.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES
Crochet instructions are written and worked in
spiral rounds in the head and tail sections.
Colourwork knitting instructions are charted
and worked in the round.