Fish
A plump fish with a triangular tail and a single eye, swimming left across the grid. It makes a fun filler for nautical and bathroom pieces and tiles easily into a school. Load it in the editor to flip its direction, add bubbles, or repeat fish in alternating rows, then export a PNG or print the chart at your chosen size.
- Grid
- 26 × 24
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Mesh count
- 624
- Category
- Animals
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Perfect for
Skill level: easy
Comfortable for an advancing beginner. The shaping asks for a little attention, but the chart stays clear and easy to recover from if you lose your place.
Yarn and hook
Size 10 cotton thread on a steel hook makes a fine fish panel; switch to DK or worsted cotton with a 3.5–4 mm hook and it grows into a soft, blanket-weight piece. Stick to one well-defined colour for the motif; the contrast between filled and open squares is what carries the design.
Project ideas
Whether you are making a playful kids' blanket or a nursery cushion, the fish drops in cleanly, ideal for a children's-room make. Set it on its own, pair it with a matching motif, or run a row of them along an edge.
Who it's for
A fish panel makes a thoughtful handmade gift for a new baby, and it fits naturally with a nursery make. Add a name or date in editable bitmap lettering to make it a one-of-a-kind keepsake.
Size, printing, and scaling
At a 4-mesh-per-inch gauge the chart finishes around 6.5 by 6.0 inches; a finer thread shrinks it and a heavier yarn grows it, so check your own gauge first. Send the chart straight to print for a clean numbered grid, or resize and re-crop it in the editor first and export a PDF, PNG, or CSV.
Before you start
- Hook
- 3.5–4.5 mm hook
- Thread / yarn
- DK or worsted-weight cotton
- Finished size
- 6.5 × 6.0 in at 4 mesh/in
- Print or export a numbered chart from the editor
- Have your hook and thread or yarn ready
- 24 rows, worked bottom to top
Learn the technique
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