Shark Applique
Materials
Hook: 4mm
Scissors
Yarn needle
Yarn
(DK/medium)
A: Blue
B: White
C: Black
Stitches & Abbreviations
(US terms)
ch – chain
st(s) - stitch(es)
sc – single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
ss – slip stitch
Body
Using yarn A, ch15.
R1: sc into 2nd ch from hook, 13sc, turn.
R2: sk a st, 4ss, 7sc, ss, turn.
R3: sk a st, ss into 2nd st, 5sc, ss, fasten off.
R4: with the RS facing you, turn upside down and attach yarn B into first ch on right, (ch1, sc), 9sc, 4ss, fasten off.
Tail Fin
Using yarn A, ch5.
Fin 1: ss into 2nd ch from hook, sc, 2hdc.
Fin 2: ch6, ss into 2nd ch from hook, sc, 2hdc, ss into beginning ch, fasten off with long tail for sewing.
Sew onto the body.
Big Fins
Make 3.
Ch4, ss into 2nd ch from hook, sc, hdc, fasten off with long tail for sewing.
Sew these onto the body in the middle at the top, about halfway down the body, and at the back just in front of the second one.
Small Fins
Ch2, sc into second ch from hook, fasten off.
Sew onto body at the back between the tail and top fin.
Eye
Using yarn C, sew an eye onto your shark.
