Whale
A bold, recognizable whale drawn on the filet grid at 23 by 19, equally at home in nautical blankets, beach-house runners, and bathroom pieces. Bring it into the editor to enlarge it, pair it with a matching motif, or tile it across a panel, then export to PDF or print the chart sized to your gauge.
- Grid
- 23 × 19
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Mesh count
- 437
- Category
- Sea
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Skill level: easy
This sits just above an absolute beginner make. The design has a little more shaping to count, but the lines stay clean and forgiving once you settle into the rhythm.
Yarn and hook
Size 10 cotton thread on a steel hook makes a fine whale panel; switch to DK or worsted cotton with a 3.5–4 mm hook and it grows into a soft, blanket-weight piece. Mercerised cotton gives a subtle sheen and crisp stitch definition that suits the clean block edges of filet.
Project ideas
Use the whale as a lone swimmer or a whole underwater scene. It suits a beach-house runner and works just as well on a bathroom set. Scale the grid up for a centrepiece or tile the motif for an all-over effect.
Who it's for
Think of a beach-house host, and occasions like a nautical nursery — the whale lands well for both. Pair it with letters from the alphabet set to personalise the finished piece.
Size, printing, and scaling
Worked at 4 mesh per inch the 5.8-by-4.8-inch result is a guide only — your thread and hook set the true size, so swatch before you start. You can print a numbered chart as-is, or adjust the grid in the editor and export it in whichever format your project needs.
Before you start
- Hook
- 3.5–4.5 mm hook
- Thread / yarn
- DK or worsted-weight cotton
- Finished size
- 5.8 × 4.8 in at 4 mesh/in
- Print or export a numbered chart from the editor
- Have your hook and thread or yarn ready
- 19 rows, worked bottom to top
Learn the technique
How to Read a Filet Crochet Chart
New to charts? Learn exactly how to read this one square by square.