This little fishing baby with pants is so adorable and a fun prop to make. This fishing baby set is a creative set to make and can me made for girls and boys and you can get as creative as your like. This set, I designed in natural colors but pull out the color wheel and add as many or as few colors as you like. This set includes a fishing hat, pants and a little fish, you can also add the fishing net blanket as well. This set is so fun and can be customized in any way you like and don't forget to have fun while making this set. This set for the most part uses simple crochet stitches with some increases and decreases.
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So grab your yarn, hook and get ready to get hooked on the Fishing Baby with Pants, because you know it is so adorable!
Beanies that I Love!!
1. Vintage Ripple Beanie 2. Morgan Beanie 3. Jelly Bean Beanie
The Fishing Baby with Pants Crochet Pattern can be found in my pattern store as an ad free and beautifully formatted PDF.
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Materials
- Yarn: Medium, Weight 4; Your Color Choice, Example Made with Vanna’s Choice (Beige, Chocolate Brown, White)
- Hooks: H (5.00mm) & K (6.50mm)
- Fiber Fill/Stuffing
- 2 Small Black Buttons
- 1 Dowel Rod
- Tapestry Needle, Scissors and Measuring Tape
Sizing
- Gauge: 12 Stitches and 10 Rows = 4”x4” (hdc using K Hook)
Pattern Key
- St/Sts: Stitch(es)
- Sl St: Slip Stitch
- Ch: Chain
- Sc: Single Crochet
- Hdc: Half Double Crochet
- Dc: Double Crochet
Special Stitches
- Sc2tog (Single Crochet Two Together): Insert hook into first stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull yarn through all three loops on hook.
Notes
- Chain 1 will NOT count as a st.
- Joining: When ending the rounds, you will join with a sl st into the 1st st (not the chain 1)
Fishing Newborn Hat: (13-14” Circumference and 5.5” Tall)
You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.
Ch 3, join with a sl st in first chain to form ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, 10 dc in ring, join. – 10
Round 2: Ch 1, 1 dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, 1 dc in same st as ch 1, join. – 20
Round 3: Ch 1, 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next 2 sts, *1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next 3 sts, repeat from*, 1 dc in same st as ch 1, join. – 35
Working Back Loops ONLY
Round 4: Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc in each st around, join. – 35
Working Both Loops
Rounds 5-10: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in each st around, join. – 35
The hat should measure 4.5 inches tall at this point.
Working Front Loops ONLY
Round 11: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next st, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, repeat from*, 1 hdc in same st as ch 1, join. – 47
Working Both Loops
Round 12: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 2 sts, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 3 sts, repeat from*, 1 hdc in same st as ch 1, join. – 59
Round 13: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 59
Fasten off and weave in any loose ends.
Fishing Hat Tie:
You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.
Ch 50 or until the chain is 14.5” long. Pull each end of the chain tight and cut a tail. Using your tapestry needle, starting in the back of the hat, weave up and down across 3 stitches (loosely), then tie the two tails together (inside the hat).
Newborn Pants: Waist Circumference is 13” and Full Length is 8.75”
You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.
Round 1: Foundation Double Crochet 49, join to make circle.
Round 2: Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next st, *1 hdc next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next st, repeat from* until last 4 sts, 1 hdc in last 4 sts, join. – 49
Rounds 3-4: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next fphdc, *1 hdc in next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next fphdc, repeat from* until last 4 sts, 1 hdc in last 4 sts, join. – 49
Round 5: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 49
Note: You will now be working in continuous rounds, do not join at the end of rounds, use stitch markers to mark the 1st stitch of each round.
Round 6: Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around. – 49
Rounds 7-14: 1 hdc in each st around. – 49
(Waist to Crotch length is 5.5”)
Right Leg: (Leg length measure is 3.25”)
Note: You will be joining on only a few rows of the legs.
Round 15: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join. – 25
Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, (do NOT join). – 25
Rounds 17-22: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, (do NOT join). – 25
Round 23: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join. – 25
Round 24: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around, join. – 25
Round 25: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 25
Fasten off and move to Left Leg.
Left Leg: (Leg length measure is 3.25”)
Note: You will be joining on only a few rows of the legs.
Round 15: (Leaving a long tail) Join in the same st as the last st in Round 15 of the Right Leg. Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, join. – 25
Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, (do NOT join). – 25
Rounds 17-22: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, (do NOT join). – 25
Round 23: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join. – 25
Round 24: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around, join. – 25
Round 25: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 25
Fasten off and weave in any loose ends, using the long tail from the beginning of the left leg, weave in the small gap in the crotch area.
Fish: (4” long stuffed) Make as many as you want!!
You Need Your H Hook, Yarn Color of Choice, 2 Black Buttons, Black Yarn and Stuffing.
Note: You will be working in continuous rounds, so make sure you use a stitch marker to mark the 1st stitch of the round.
Make a Magic Ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, 7 sc in loop, join with a sl st in the 1st sc, pull tight. - 7
Round 2: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 10
Round 3: *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 15
Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in next st and each st around, do NOT join. – 15
Round 6: *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 4 sts, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 18
Rounds 7-8: 1 sc in next st and each st around, do NOT join. – 18
STOP!!! Weave in any loose ends and sew the black button eyes on.
Eyes: Using a tapestry needle, black yarn and black buttons, working along rounds 4 and 5 and sew the button onto the side of the fish. Then repeat on the other side.
Round 9: 1 sc in next 3 sts, *sc2tog, 1 sc in next 3 sts, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 15
Round 10: *1 sc in next st, sc2tog, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 10
STOP!!! It is time to stuff the fish!
Round 11: sc2tog 5 times, do NOT join. – 5
Round 12: 2 sc in next st and each st around, do NOT join. – 10
Round 13: *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, repeat from*, do NOT join. – 15
Rounds 14-16: 1 sc in next st and each st around, do NOT join. – 15
Join with a sl st, and finish off leaving a long tail.
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Attaching fish to fishing pole:
You Need Yarn Color of Choice, Tapestry Needle and Dowel Rod.
Cut a long piece of “fishing line”, insert the tapestry needle with the “fishing line” yarn through the magic ring of the fish and pull it out the other side (the tail of the fish), if you would like you can weave the “fishing line” yarn through the stuffing a few times to help secure it in place. Then finish off and go back to sewing up round 16 of the fish. Using the long tail and your tapestry needle, sew round 16 closed. Then using the other end of fishing line and wrap it around an end of the dowel rod several times and then tie a knot.
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~Ashley
