One of my favorite Disney movies growing up was The Little Mermaid. She still holds a special place in my heart. She’s also recently captured the hearts of my two little god daughters. They asked me to make them some dolls and I knew Ariel would be a great choice. My Ariel turned out to be such a big hit I decided to offer my flounder pattern for free. If you haven’t seen the doll you can see her in our gallery section. Sorry Ariel has not been patterned out yet. I’m horrible about writing my patterns down but I’m working on it. Flounder is pretty easy to make so it’s great for beginners. The body is basically a ball. If you find any mistakes feel free to reach out. Enjoy!
Materials
- 2.5mm crochet hook (will yield a fishy of about 5cm in diameter)
- Worsted weight yellow yarn (I use Loop and thread’s Impeccable in butterscotch)
- Worsted weight green or blue yarn ( I use Red Heart Soft in seafoam)
- 9mm safety eyes (1 pair)
- White felt
- Embroidery needle
- Stuffing (polyfil)
- Glue gun (optional)
Body
Magic circle 6sc (6)
R1: Inc 6 (12)
R2:* Sc 1 , inc* x6 (18)
R3: *Sc 2, inc* x6 (24)
R4: * Sc 3, inc* x6 (30)
R5-8: Sc 30 (30)
R9: *Sc 3, dec* x6 (24)
Cut out two circles using the white felt and feed the front of the safety eyes through but cutting slits in the circle.
Insert safety eyes into the body at between rounds
R10: *Sc 2, dec * x6 (18)
R11: *Sc 1, dec * X6(12)
R12: Dec 6 (6)
Fasten off and weave in tail
Side Fins (make 2)
Magic circle 8sc (8)
Do not close the circle too tightly leaving a U shape
Leave a tail for sewing
Top Fin
Ch 15
Starting 2nd ch from hook 1 sc
*Chain 3, sl st, sc* x 4
This will create 4 scallops on top
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Tail
R1: Ch 8
R2: Starting 2nd chain from the hook sc 6
R3: Ch 1 turn sc 4
R4: Ch 1 turn dec
Fasten off leave tail for sewing
Stripes
Make 3 stripes but creating chains in the counts below. Fasten and leave tail for sewing or if using glue gun, fasten and trim off excess yarn.
1: Ch 10
2: Ch 7
3 Ch 5
Assembly
I typically assemble in this order
- Side fins
- Tail
- Stripes (longest one toward front and spacing the other two evenly)
- Top fin
If you make flounder I’d love to see! Feel free to email pics to us at info@www.yarntreasures.com or post on social media with #YTflounder.
If you decide to change up the colors he could easily turn into Nemo as well.
*Please note this pattern is intended for personal use only and may not be used for commercial purposes or claimed as your own.
