Pattern:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 4.0 mm crochet hook

• Scissors

• Brown yarn

• Black yarn

• Blue yarn

• Pink yarn

• Safety eyes or googly eyes, black marker, and a hot glue gun (safety eyes are way easier!)

• Stuffing

• Pink marker

• And...that's all!

ABBREVIATIONS AND STITCHES:

• MG (Magic ring)

• sc (Single crochet)

• inc (Increase)

• dec (Decrease)

• slst (slipstitch)

• icord

HEAD:

Use brown yarn for this part

• MG with 6 sc in it

• R2 - all inc

• R3 - alternate between sc and inc

• R4 - all sc

• R5 - make 2 inc and the rest are sc

• R6 - all sc

• If you are using safety eyes, now is the time to insert them between R4 and R5

• R7 and on - all dec

• Yay! Now you are finished with the head!

HAIR:

Use black yarn for this part

• MG with 6 sc in it

• R2 - all inc

• R3 - 2 inc, 1 sc, 2 inc, sc... (follow this combination for the whole round)

• R4 - all sc

• R5 - attach the hair to the head using sc

• Tie off and turn the head to the side to create the braid

• make a slst on the side or back off the head and crochet 12 ch and tie it off

• make 2 more 12 ch strings (attached with slst), and braid them together

• Tie the end of the braid, and the hair is done!

FINS:

Use blue yarn for this part

• make 2 ch

• R2 - all inc

• make 1 ch

• R3 - alternate between sc and inc

• R4 - 4 sc, 2 inc, and then 1 ch

• R5 - 6 sc then 1 inc

• R6 - all sc and then 1 ch

• R7 - crochet 4 sc

• R8 - 3 sc

• R9 - 2 sc and then 1 ch

• Tie off the yarn, and repeat these steps to make the other fin

TAIL AND BODY:

Use blue yarn for the first part of this

• Make 2 ch

• Crochet 2 sc

• make 2 sc on the bottom of the 2 ch that you made and it will form something that looks like picture one

• R2 - 3 sc and then 1 inc

• R3 - all sc

• R4 alternate between sc and inc

• R5 through R11 - all sc

• R12 - alternate between sc and inc

• R13 and R14 - all sc

• R15 - Do this pattern: sc, sc dec. sc, sc, dec...

• Now is the time to stuff the tail

• Tie off blue yarn and switch to pink yarn

• R16 through R21 - all sc

• Tie off pink yarn and switch to brown

• R22 - all sc

• R23 - alternate between sc and dec

• Stuff the body and the neck

• R24 - stitch on head using slst

ARMS:

Use brown yarn for this part

• Make 11 icord stitches

• attach the arm to the body using slst

• repeat these steps to create the next arm

FINISHING TOUCHES:

Use blue yarn for this part

• attach the fins using slst. (Note: Make the smooth, curved side of the fins face each other.)

Use pink yarn for this part

• make sleeve straps using slst

• make rosy cheeks by coloring a space under the eyes with pink marker

• And...that's all! You have finished Molly the Mermaid!

To make Molly's lily pad hair clasp, click here.