BLOWFISH (puffer)

Body: 
1. ring of 3
2. 8 slip stitches (sl st) into ring
3. 2 double crochet (dc) into 1, followed by a cluster of 5 (cl of 5) slips into the next stitch, repeat
4. 2dc in 1, 2dc in 1, cl of 5, repeat (note: first set, skip first 2dc in 1)
5. dc, 2dc in 1, cl of 5, repeat 
6. dc, 2dc in 1, cl of 5, repeat 
7. dc, cl of 5, repeat
change color 
8. 3dc, cl of 5, repeat 
9. 5dc, cl of 5, repeat 
10. 7dc, cl of 5, repeat 
change color 
11. dc, reduce every 10th 
12. cl of 3 (between the dc), reduce every 5th 
13. cl of 3, reduce every 3rd 
14. cl of 3, reduce every 2nd 
15. sl st 
16. sl st, reduce every 2nd 
17. sl st, reduce every 2nd 
18. pull closed the hole remaining, place an extra sl st if needed 

Eye sockets: 
1. ring of 6 
2. sl st 10 into ring 
3. dc  

Mouth: 
1. ring of 4 
2. 12 dc into ring 
change color 
3. sc 

Fins/flippers/tail: 
1. ring 5 
2. 1 dc, 1 chain stitch (ch), repeat 
3. (dc, ch, dc)in 1, repeat (skip for flippers) 
change color 
4. sl st between dc, 3ch, repeat (do an extra round for tail) 
5. Fon fins: fold in half and stitch, for tail: fold in 4 and stitch, for flippers: fold in half unevenly and stitch. 

NOTES: 
  • put in stuffing as you go 
  • remember to pull the stitches tight to not leave any holes
  • feel free to embroider the underbelly for a more realistic effect 
  • fin- on top of the back, tail- in the back, flippers- on the side

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