Download a Free PDF Fish Crochet Pattern

Grab your crochet hook to make and embellish an adorable fish design using yarn and sequins, with these downloadable instructions

Crochet is both a meditative and creative outlet: and while you will need a hook, you won’t need bait to start crocheting your own sea life-inspired accessories.

By combining her love for crochet and the sea, Estonian designer Marianne Seiman (@heegeldab) creates custom accessories for shops, craft magazines, and international clients. Here, she shares a free PDF fish crochet pattern for you to make at home.

What do I need to crochet fish and sea life?

If you’re a lover of nature and especially the marine world, we’ve got the perfect pattern to create new decorative pieces for your home. In her course, Marianne shows you how to create all types of sea life and use them to make accessories and homeware.

Here’s what you’ll need to crochet a fish design.

For crocheting, you’ll need:

1. 100% cotton yarn
2. A crochet hook
3. Scissors

After you’ve crocheted the basic body shape for your fish, you can add “scales” made from sequins, beads, or both. Where possible, look for sustainable and ocean-friendly ones so your homemade fish is a friend to real fish!

For embellishing, you’ll need:

1. Sequins and small beads
2. Thread
3. A sewing needle

For shaping the body, you’ll need:

1. White glue, like PVA
2. Water
3. A cup or jar and something to stir with

Download the Free PDF Pattern

In the booklet you'll receive, Marianne shares the exact instructions you need to crochet your fish. The PDF begins with a breakdown of all the common crochet abbreviations (for slip stitches, single and double crochet, and so on) to help you easily read the pattern. Then, you’ll learn the exact materials Marianne uses, and find the full instructions to crochet two different sizes of fish.

Ready to get inspired by Mother Nature for some nautical stitchwork ? After clicking the download button, you’ll find a PDF file titled Crochet Fish Pattern by Marianne Seiman in the Downloads folder on your computer.

This resource will be available until June 28, 2022. If you want to access the material after that date, you can sign up for Marianne’s course, Crochet Techniques for Sea Life and Animals. There, you’ll create fish, shells, seaweed, and more with a variety of crochet and embellishing techniques, and transform them into wearable accessories or home decor.

More crochet resources to inspire your projects

1. Completely new to crochet? Check out these ten online beginner courses.

2. Art can be used to raise awareness of climate change and even offer solutions: get inspired by these seven works of artivism.

3. Download Domestika’s crochet ebook for free, to get expert tips and techniques.

4. Make more adorable animals with the Japanese technique of amigurumi, in this crochet course by Príncipe del Crochet.