Hello, Welcome to my post on How to crochet a mermaid tail- the free pattern that I designed for my daughter.
It’s based on the granny stripe pattern, and made like a tube – so the child can just get into it like a sleeping bag.
I made this one day when my little girl was feeling poorly, and it cheered her up no end.
So today I’m sharing with the you the free crochet pattern. If yo’d like to save this for later please use the Pin below
So here you are
Free Mermaid Tail Crochet Pattern
Finished items may be sold, but the pattern remains my property, I just ask that you give credit to me, Vicki Roberts at www.offthehookforyou.co.uk ? and link this blog.
All terms are USA Abbreviations
Hook Size: 6mm
Yarn: Magic Aran in the blue and pink mix. But Any Aran Yarn will do
Yarn Qty – 350g (Each 250g ball is 411 yards according to Ravelry- so I calculate you need about 580 yards per tail).
(I made 2 tails from 2 x 250g balls – one for a 4 year old, one for a?7 year old). ?I ran out for the second tail and used 2 strands of blue and green together for the fin!).
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Mermaid Tail/ Fin Pattern
Edit – link is not available to the original pattern I used.
So you can use the shark pattern instead here – Just start with 40HDC, and reduce to 26 sts.
( I have to thank a lovely lady called Michelle for the fin pattern. I did not design the fins myself – but used good old Pinterest to find a free pattern which another kind blogger had shared. The exact link I did was this one all as normal HDC (as I forgot to do BLO!), and I started with 40 HDC’s and reduced to 26 stitches, then sewed together or SC together).
FHDC = Foundation Half Double Crochet
HDC = Half Double Crochet SC
SC – Single Crochet
SS = Slip Stitch
Ch = chain
DC Cluster = cluster = 3 DC in same space or stitch, or for the first one in a row
Body of the mermaid.
(This was the basis of the shark pattern too).
Row 1: FHDC 35 join together the top with a SS (producing a circle)
Keep scrolling for the link to the videos on how to make the mermaid tail
Row 2- Ch3, 2DC in the 1st stitch, skip 2 stitches, in the *third stitch 1 DC Cluster*. repeat the * until back to the beginning. SS over to the top of the chain 3. (12 DC Clusters)
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Row 3- Ch3, 1DC, Ch1, 2DC over where you have SS (shown below). 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces. 2DC, Ch1, 2DC, in the next gap then 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces. SS over to top of Ch3.
Row 4- Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 6 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc in the Ch1 gap from the round before, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.
(Row 4 is basically repeated ? but the number of DC clusters each side varies to ensure the 2dc ch1 2dc are all in the same place – see the photo below to demonstrate).
>>>Check out the video here Crochet Mermaid Tail- made for the Shark – but it’s exactly the same.
Row 5 – Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 1Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 7 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.
Row 6: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 2Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 8 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.
Row 7: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 3Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 9 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over.
Row 8: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 4Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 10 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 3-4 year old ? 30cm diameter).
Row 9: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 5Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 11 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 4-5 year old ? 33cm diameter).
Row 10: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 6Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 12 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 5-6 year old ? 37cm diameter).
Row 11: Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join). 7Dc cluster. In the next gap (which should be the 2dc ch1 2dc)- do a 2dc, ch 1 2dc, 1 DC cluster in the next 13 spaces (which puts you over the 2dc ch1 2dc gap again) do a 2dc ch 1 2dc, followed by 1 DC cluster in the next 5 spaces, SS over. (Stop increasing here for a 7-8 year old ? 39.5cm diameter).
Row 12 (or the stop increasing row) ? Ch3, 2DC in same gap (over the SS join).1 DC cluster in each gap, SS to join.
Row 12 is repeated until you get to the desired length (height) of the tail. For my 4 year old one this was 79cm – or a further 49 rows.
Crochet Mermaid tail Pattern – shell top.
Row 1 – 1 row of SC all the way around the top.
Row 2 – 5 DC in the first stitch. *Skip 1 stitch, SS under the 2nd, Skip 1 stitch, in 2nd make 5 DC* – repeat from * to * all the way round.
Then just sew your tail to your cocoon…. and find a child who wants to be a mermaid …… I don’t think that’ll be too hard (I’d be a mermaid if I could!)!
There you have it – a Mermaid Tail crochet pattern for free
As a reminder ….Finished items may be sold, but the pattern remains my property, I just ask that you give credit to me, Vicki Roberts at offthehookforyou.co.uk ? and link this blog.
Enjoy! (and send me pictures of you little mermaids!)
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