Row 10: K2Tog, K10,K2Tog (12 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 6: KFB, K10, KFB (14 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 5: KFB, K8, KFB (12 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 4: KFB, K6, KFB (10 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 1: K2Tog all stitches (8 Sts Remain) ORANGE With tail folded, place stitches back onto one knitting needle and we finish our fish by knitting the tail in the garter stitch. Follow the pattern for some knits, increases, and decreases, then we bind off in black yarn. With the base of the tail folded here, we are going to place our 16 Stitches onto one knitting needle, then we Knit Two Together using our orange yarn. Row 3: K2Tog, K1, K2Tog (3 Sts Remain) ORANGE Pick up 5 Stitches at top of fish in ORANGE Row 1: * KFB, K1 * 2 Times (6 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 3: * KFB, K1 * 3 Times (9 Sts Remain) ORANGE Row 2: * KFB, K1 * 2 Times (6 Sts Remain) ORANGE Pick up 4 Stitches on left side of fish in ORANGE We weave in and cut off our yarn ends of all our fins. We will also add a little dorsal fin on the top and on all of our fins we are going to bind off with a black edge. Seam up your little fish with the right sides touching, then turn inside out and tuck in your yarn ends.įINS: Of course our Nemo here has one smaller “lucky” fin on its RIGHT side! We just pick up our stitches where we want to place fins in any shape and size that we’d like. Using my tapestry needle, I doubled some white yarn, made a french knot, then gave a little black pupil with a stitch of black yarn. Place 16 Stitches on a Lifeline strand of yarn Once we are down to 16 stitches here on Row 35 that’s going to be the beginning of our tail and we are going to take it off our knitting needle by placing a temporary lifeline using our tapestry needle and I’m using blue yarn. Row 32: * K2TOG, K6, K2TOG * (16 Sts remain) ORANGE Row 30: * K2TOG, K8, K2TOG * (20 Sts remain) BLACK Row 26: * K2TOG, K12, K2TOG * (28 Sts remain) WHITE Once we hit row 24, we are creating decrease rows with one of my favorite little stitches, Knit Two Together. ![]() Row 14: * KFB, K12, KFB * twice (32 Sts remain) WHITE Row 12: * KFB, K10, KFB * twice (28 Sts remain) BLACK Row 10: * KFB, K8, KFB * twice (24 Sts remain) ORANGE Row 8: * KFB, K6, KFB * twice (20 Sts remain) ORANGE Row 6: * KFB, K4, KFB * twice (16 Sts remain) ORANGE Row 4: KFB All 6 Sts (12 Sts remain) ORANGE Row 2: KFB, KFB, KFB (6 Sts remain) ORANGE ![]() And if you want to see it slower and in more detail, check out my KFB video. We increase with the Knit Front and Back stitch shown here, KFB. We begin with a slip knot and cast on 3 stitches, then on row one, we just knit.įollowing the pattern, we are increasing up until row 14. Note COLOR changes for a Nemo Clownfish, or use any tropical C O L O R S of your choice! K2Tog Decrease = Knit 2 Stitches Together. ![]() How to Cast On Without a Slip Knot or Slip Knot.Knitting needles (mine are size 4US for a tighter knit).Medium worsted or aran weight yarn of any fiber of your choice (mine is cotton).
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