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Mermaid Tail Pattern.

Hook Size: 6mm

Yarn: Magic Aran in the blue and pink mix.

Yarn Qty - 350g (Each 250g ball is 411 yards - so I calculate you need 580 yards per tail.

(I made 2 tails from 2 x 250g balls - one for a 4 year old, one for a 7 year old). I ran out for the second tail and used 2 strands of blue and green together for the fin!).

Fins - I have to thank 2 lovely ladies for the fin patterns. I did not design the fins myself - but used good old Pinterest to find a free pattern. The exact link I did was this one all as normal HDC (as I forgot to do BLO!).

All terms are USA

FHDC = Foundation Half Double Crochet

HDC = Half Double Crochet SC

SC - Single Crochet

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SS = Slip Stitch

Ch = chain

DC Cluster = cluster = 3 DC in same space or stitch, or for the first one in a row

Body of the mermaid.

(This was the basis of the shark pattern too).

Row 1 – FHDC 35 – join together the top with a SS (producing a circle)

Row 2- Ch3, 2DC in the 1st stitch, skip 2 stitches, in the *third stitch 1 DC Cluster*. repeat the * until back to the beginning. SS over to the top of the chain 3. (12 DC Clusters)

Row 3- Ch3, 1DC, Ch1, 2DC over where you have SS. 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces. 2DC, Ch1, 2DC, in the next gap then 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces. SS over to top of Ch3.

Row 4- Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, Ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 6 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc Ch 1 2dc in the Ch1 gap from the round before, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.

(Row 4 is basically repeated – but the number of DC clusters each side varies to ensure the 2dc ch1 2dc are all in the same place.

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Row 5 - Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 1Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 7 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.

Row 6 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 2Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 8 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.

Row 7- Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 3Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 9 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.

Row 8 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 4Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 10 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 3-4 year old – 30cm diameter).

Row 9 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 5Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 11 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces,

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SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 4-5 year old – 33cm diameter).

Row 10 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 6Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 12 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 5-6 year old – 37cm diameter).

Row 11 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 7Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 13 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 7-8 year old – 39.5cm diameter).

Row 12 (or the stop increasing row) – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join).1 DC cluster in each gap, SS to join.

Row 12 is repeated until you get to the desired length (height) of the tail. For my 4 year old one this was 79cm - or a further 49 rows.

The shell top.

Row 1 - 1 row of SC all the way around the top.

Row 2 - 5 DC in the first stitch. *Skip 1 stitch, SS under the 2nd, Skip 1 stitch, in 2nd make 5 DC* - repeat from * to * all the way round.