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Seahorse - © Jane Eborall |
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Materials
- Two colours of No. 20 crochet cotton makes a seahorse measuring 6” x
3” |
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SR |
split
r |
RoSR | ring on second half of split ring |
| Wsh1 | colour 1 - blue | Wsh2 | colour 2 - green |
| B | bead in place of picot | +B | add bead to picot before joining |
| SLT | shoe lace trick | SJ | join using shuttle |
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Back Start
at lower end of tail – Add 14 beads to Wsh1. Using Wsh1 R1:
4 SR2:
3 / 3 SR3:
4 / 4 SR4:
5 / 5 SR5:
6 / 6 SR6:
7 / 7 SR7:
8 / 8 SR8:
9 / 9 SR9:
5 B 5 / 5 – 5 SR10:
5 B 5 / 5 RoSR (2 – 2) 5 SR11:
5 B 5 / 5 RoSR (3 – 3) 5 SR12:
5 B 5 / 5 RoSR (4 – 4) 5 SR13:
5 – 5 / 5 RoSR
(5 – 5) 5 SR14:
4 – 4 / 6 RoSR
(6 – 6) 6 SR15:
4 – 4 / 6 RoSR
(5 – 5) 6 SR16:
4 – 4 / 6 RoSR
(4 – 4) 6 SR17:
5 B 5 / 6 RoSR (3 – 3) 6 SR18:
5 B 5 / 6 RoSR (2 – 2) 6 SR19:
5 B 5 / 5 – 5 SR20:
6 B 6 / 4 – 4 SR21: 5 / 5 – 5 – 5 Change to Wsh2 * Ch 5 B 5 R22: 4 + (to 3rd p of last R) 4 – 4 – 4 Repeat from * 5 times (rings 23 to 27) T & C. See Fig. 1 |
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Inner
Head – Wsh1 R1: 2 – 2 + (R26 of head) 2 – 2 Ch: 2 – 2 R2: 2 + (3rd p of R1) 2 + (R25 of head) 2 – 2 Ch: 2 – 2 R3: 2 + (3rd p of R2) 2 + (R24 of head) 2 + (R23 of head) 2 R4: 2 + (R22 of head) 2 + (R21 of head) 2 – 2 Ch: 2 + (Ch2 of inner head) 2 R5: 2 + (3rd p of R4) 2 – 2 – 2 Ch: 2 + (Ch1 of inner head) 2 SR6: 2 + (3rd p of R5) 2 – 2 / 2 SR7:
3 – 6 / 3
– reverse work – wsh2 R8: 4 + (R1 of inner head) 4 + (R27 of outer head) 8. Pull core thread down from below 2nd join and add bead to this thread. Pass shuttle through the loop formed, carefully tighten ring to enclose bead. T & C. See Fig. 2 |
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Face
and Inner Body Put 1 bead on Wsh1 and join to base of R27 of outer head. Using Wsh2 Ch: 4 B 4 R1: 3 + (R27 on head) 3 Ch: 8 R:2 2 vsp 2. SLT Ch: 8 SR3: 6 / 2 SR4: 6 / 2 Ch: 8. SLT R5: 2 + (R2) 2. Ch: 10 SR6: 2 + (R7 on lower eye) 2 / 4 SR7: 2 + (R6 on lower eye) 2 / 4 R8: 6 + (R5 on inner head) 3 + (R20 of back) 6. SLT and change to Wsh1 SR9: 5 +B (R19 of tail) 5 / 6 – 6 SR10: 5 +B (R18 of tail) 5 / 6 – 6 SR11: 5 / 5 |
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SR12: 5 +B (R17 of tail) 5 / 6 – 6 SR13: 5 / 5 SR14: 5 +B (R16 of tail) 5 / 6 – 6 SR15: 4 / 4 SR16: 5 +B (R15 of tail) 5 / 6 – 6 SR17: 4 +B (R14 of tail) 4 / 5 – 5 |
SR18: 4 +B (R13 of tail) 4 / 4 – 4 SR19: 3 +B (R12 of tail) 3 / 3 – 3 SR20: 2 +B (R11 of tail) 2 / 2 – 2 SR21: 4 / 4 +B (R10 of tail) Rw Ch: 10 + (R9 of tail). T & C. See Fig. 3 |
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Outer front row of chest Add
18 beads to Wsh1. + SR9 of
inner body. Using Wsh2 Ch:
6 Change to Wsh1 SR1:
2 B 2 / 4 SR2:
3 B 2 B 2 B 3 / 5 +B (R10 on inner body) 5 SR3:
3 B 3 / 6 SR4:
3 B 3 / 6 SR5:
3 B 3 B 3 B 3 / 5 RoSR (3 +B R12
3) 5 SR6:
3 B 3 / 6 SR7:
3 B 3 B 3 B 3 / 6 RoSR (6 +B R14
6) 6 SR8:
3 B 3 / 6 SR9:
3 B 3 B 3 B 3 / 5 RoSR (3 +B R16 3) 5 SR10:
3 B 3 / 6 + (R17) Change
to Wsh2 Ch: 5 (R18) 4 (R19) + 3 (R20). T & C. See Fig. 4 |
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Fin Add 11 beads to Wsh1. Using Wsh1. SR1: 4 / 2 Change to Wsh 2 Ch: 6 +B (SR16 of back) 6 +B (SR15 of tail) Rw R2: 3 – 3 Ch: 6 +B (SR14 of back) Rw R3: 3 – 3 Ch: 6 +B (SR13 of back) 6 Change to Wsh1 SR4: 4 / 2 Change to Wsh2 Ch: 2 B 2 B 2 B 2 SJ+ B (R3 of fin) B 2 B 2 B 2 B 2 SJ+B (R2 of fin) B 2 B 2 B 2 B 2 + (to base of 1st SR of fin). T & C. See Fig. 5 |
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