Welcome to the 4th and final pattern in my Under the Sea Crochet a Long! Would it even be under the sea, if we didn’t have a shark?! This pattern was supposed to be released about a month ago, but due to some set backs with my new website, it was delayed. How perfect is it that the release of this pattern, now coinciedes with The Discovery Channel’s Shark Week?!
As always, this pattern is free here on the blog, but if you’d like a printer-friendly copy, you can purchase one for a low cost in my Ravelry or Etsy shops.
Make your little shark lover a puppet to complete their set, and terrorize the locals! 🙂
Text and images copyright ©2019 by Erin Greene of ekayg, all rights reserved. No pattern may be reproduced or distributed in any form by any method without written permission. Finished products made from this pattern may be used for sale. Please credit back to ekayg. Please direct any questions about the pattern to my email, ekaygcrafts@gmail.com . I will respond as quickly as I am able.
Notes:
This pattern is worked from the top down, in the rnd, with no joining. The fins and eyes are made separately and sewn on. Pictures below can give more details into the process. I originally used Vanna’s Choice, Dusty Blue for this pattern, but it has become increasingly difficult to find in stores or even online. Any blue/gray worsted weight yarn will work for this pattern!
Size: This is one size, fitting child through adult, but if you wish to make it smaller for a smaller child to play with, simply tighten gauge or go down a hook size.
Gauge: 7 sts across and 8 rnds down = approximately 2 inches
Materials:
- Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, Dusty Blue (aff link) – approximately 115 yds
- Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, White (aff link) – approximately 18 yds
- Small amount of worsted weight black yarn for the eyes.
- Crochet hook size G – 4.25mm
- Tapestry needle
Terms and abbreviations to know:
Magic ring
Rnd, rnds – round, rounds
Ch, chs – chain, chains
St, sts – stitch, stitches
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Dc – double crochet
Inc – increase, 2 sts in same st
Dec – decrease
Sc2tog – basic decrease, turning 2 sts into 1
Hdc2tog – decrease using hdc
Invsc2tog – invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother, and the decrease not as noticeable.
- Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
- Insert hook into front loop of second stitch.
- Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.
Shark Hand Puppet
Body
in blue/gray of choice
Begin with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st)6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)6x; 24 sts
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts)6x; 30 sts
Rnds 6-12: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 13: (3 inc, sc in next 12 sts)2x; 36 sts
Rnds 14-17: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Rnd 18: (3 invsc2tog, sc in next 12 sts)2x; 30 sts
Rnd 19: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 20: (ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 11 sts)2x; 36 sts, counting the chs
Rnd 21: (sc into each of the 7 chs (using the back loop under the chs will create a neater look in the sts for sewing on the arms later), sc in next 11 sts)2x; 36 sts
Rnds 22-25: sc in each st around; 36 sts
Rnd 26: (invsc2tog, sc in next 4 sts)6x; 30 sts
Rnds 27-30: sc in each st around; 30 sts
Rnd 31: (invsc2tog, sc in next 3 sts; 24 sts
Rnds 32-36: sc in each st around; 24 sts
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Fins (for arms)
in blue/gray, make 2
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring; 4 sts
Rnd 2: inc, sc in next 3 sts; 5 sts
Rnd 3: inc, sc in next 4 sts; 6 sts
Rnd 5: inc, sc in next 5 sts; 7 sts
Rnd 6: inc, sc in next 6 sts; 8 sts
Rnd 7: inc, sc in next 7 sts; 9 sts
Rnd 8: inc, sc in next 8 sts; 10 sts
Rnd 9: inc, sc in next 9 sts 11 sts
Rnd 10: sc in each st around; 11 sts
Rnd 11: inc, sc in next 10 sts; 12 sts
Rnd 12: sc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 13: 2 inc, sc in next 10 sts; 14 sts
Rnd 14: sc in next st, 2 inc, sc in next 11 sts; 16 sts
Rnd 15: sc in next 2 sts, 2 inc, sc in next 12 sts; 18 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the arm over the hole, sewing the bottom (where your increases are) to the 5th rnd beneath the arm, and up, and then sewing the top of the arm to the top of the arm hole, then down the other side again. This will allow the hole to still provide a place for the finger, while also keeping that triangular shape of the side fin.
Back fin
in blue/gray
Ch 14
Row 1: turn and hdc into 3rd ch from hook, hdc into next 3 chs, sc in next 4 chs, loosely sl st into last 4 chs; 12 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, loosely sl st into first 4 sts, sc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc2tog; 10 sts
Row 3: ch 2 and turn, hdc2tog, sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts, loosely sl st into last 4 sts; 8 sts
Row 4: ch 1 and turn, loosely sl st in first 4 sts, 2 sc2tog; 6 sts
Rows 5-6: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 6 sts
Row 7: ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in each of the next 2 sts, loosely sl st into last 4 sts; 8 sts
Row 8: ch 1 and turn, loosely sl st into first 4 sts, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, 2 hdc in next st; 10 sts
Row 9: ch 2 and turn, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, loosely sl st into last 4 sts; 12 sts
Row 10: ch 1 and turn, loosely sl st into first 4 sts, sc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts; 12 sts
Do NOT turn, but continue to sc around the entire fin, about 40 sts. Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the bottom side of your shark, slightly to the back so the seam cannot be seen from the front of the puppet.
Face/Belly
in White
Ch 19
Row 1: turn and sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 17 chs across; 18 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 16 sts, inc; 20 sts
Rows 3-4: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 20 sts
Row 5: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog 2 times, sc in next 12 sts, sc2tog 2 times; 16 sts
Row 6: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog 2 times, sc in next 8 sts, sc2tog 2 times; 12 sts
Row 7: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog, sc in next 8 sts, sc2tog; 10 sts
Rows 8-12: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 10 sts
Row 13: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 7 sts, sc2tog; 10 sts
Rows 14-15: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 10 sts
Row 16: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog, sc in next 8 sts; 9 sts
Row 17: ch 1 and turn, sc in next 7 sts, sc2tog; 8 sts
Row 18: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog, sc in next 6 sts; 7 sts
Row 19: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog; 7 sts
Row 20: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog, sc in next 5 sts; 6 sts
Row 21: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 3 sts, sc2tog; 6 sts
Row 22: ch 1 and turn, sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts, inc; 6 sts
Row 23: ch 1 and turn, sc in next 4 sts, sc2tog; 5 sts
Fasten off, leaving a very long tail for sewing.
Embroidered black teeth:
Using black yarn, stitch the Vs of the teeth into the face, about 2 rnds down from the top, and 3 sts from each side. Use pictures for more details. Also sew the nostrils centered above the teeth. Knot black yarn behind the face. Sew the white down to the body with the widest part on the lower part of the head, and the narrow part down to the bottom of the puppet, off toward the back fin.
Top Fin
in blue/gray
Begin with magic ring.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring; 4 sts
Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st)2x; 6 sts
Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 6 sts
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)2x; 8 sts
Rnd 5: sc in each st around; 8 sts
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 3 sts)2x; 10 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 4 sts)2x; 12 sts
Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 5 sts)2x; 14 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the top center of the head, with the front of it right on rnd 1 and the back going down the back side of the head.
Eyes
in Black, White, and blue/gray
Rnd 1: in Black, 4 sc in magic ring, join with sl st to first st; 4 sts
*Note: To change to white here, follow the pictures below. Once you have done the sl st in black, pull the loop up. Tie the white into that loop and slide the white knot down the back side of that black loop. Put hook back into the black loop and pull tightly around the hook. Then ch 1 with the white yarn, and fasten off the black. Continue in white.
Rnd 2: (sc, hdc) together into the same st as joining sl st, 2 sc in next st, (sc, hdc) together in next st, pull through Dusty Blue to end last hdc, and using the blue, 2 sc in last st, sl st in first st of the rnd to join; 8 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Use one of the white tails to sew a fleck in the eye, and knot off all but the blue in the back and trim. These will puff the eyes out a bit without any stuffing. Position the eyes at a slant, about 2 sts apart, 2 rnds up from the white of the face, and 2 sts from the sides. Sew the eyes in place using the long blue tail, going TWICE around each st. Knot off and weave in ends.
Thank you for joining us for ekayg’s first ever crochet-a-long! I hope you have enjoyed the puppets! If you would like to purchase the entire bundle, you can find it here in my Etsy shop. Get printer-friendly copies of ALL FOUR patterns for only $6.50!
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