Sushi Fiuky
A knit anigurumi patter by fanya Klowden based ontheFish ta Sushi Amiguumi by Irene Kiss. Gan: A" couple ounces of orange, white/natural, and green/ black should suffice. Notions: Size 8 circulars (adjust needle size to your yarn choice) for a worsted weight yarn, size 9-10 circulars if doing 3-needle bind-off.
Fish body:
Cast on 8 Stitches (I used Judy's Magic Cast-on) in orange. Begin knitting in the round. When (stitches are in parenthesis) repeat to end. Round 1. K all stitches (8) Round 2 and all even rows. K all stitches Round 3. (K1, M1, K1) (12) Rounds 5-9. K all stitches (12) Round 11. (K1, M1, K3) (15) Round 13. (K1, M1, K3) (18) Round 15. (K1, M1, K8) (22) Rounds 17-19. K all stitches (22) Round 21. (K1, M1, K10) (24) Round 23-25. K all stitches (24) Round 27. (K1, M1, K11) (26) Round 29-31. K all stitches (26) Round 33.(K2tog, K11) (24) Round 35. (K2tog, K6) (21) Round 37. (K2tog, K5)(18) Rounds 39-41. K all stitches (18) Place all 18 stitches on holder (or use another set of circs for the sushi). Notey: Consider making all increases paired to make the fish a bit wider. Also, drop 2-5 of the plain knit rows.
Whiskers:
Pick up 3 stitches near edge. Work 7 rows of I-cord. Slip 2 stitches Kwise, K1, pass slipped stitches over. Cut yarn and pull through remaining loop. Repeat on other side.
Doual Fin: Cast on 6 in white. Row 1: K6 Row 2 & 3: P6 Row 4: K5, wrap & turn Row 5: K5 Row 6: P4, wrap & turn Row 7: P4 Row 8: K6 (work wraps with knit stitches as you come to them) Row 9: SSK, K4 Row 10 & 11: P5 Row 12: K4, wrap & turn Row 13: K4 Row 14: P3, wrap & turn Row 15: P3 Row 16: K5 (work wraps with knit stitches as you come to them) Row 17: SSK, K3 Row 18 & 19: P4 Row 20: K4 Row 21: SSK, K2 Row 22 & 23: P3 Row 24: K3 Row 25: SSK, K1 Row 26 & 27: P2 Row 28: K2 Row 29: SSK Cut yarn and pass through remaining loop to bind off. Use a green yarn to embroider the top edge of the fin. (Sorry! I just couldn't figure out an easy way to do multi-color AND get the right shape!) Motey: Could perhaps use another row 1 stitch shorter in the two short-row repeats to make it even curvier. Sidle Fin: (make 2) Cast on 7 stitches in green. Row 1: K5, wrap & turn Row 2: K5, Row 3: K5, wrap & turn Row 4: K5 Row 5: Cast off (don't bother working in the Wraps) and K2tog the last two stiches. fail: Cast on 8 stitches in white. Row 1: K8 Row 2: P2, M1, P4, M1, P2 Row 3: K2 , P1, M1 purlwise, K4, M1 purlwise, P1, K2 R0W 4: P2, K2, P4, K2, P2 Change to green yarn. Row 5: K2, P2, K2, turn (holding remaining 8 stitches) Row 6: P2, K2, P2, turn Row 7 : SSK,P2,K2tog Row 8: SSK, K2tog, pass 1st stitch over second. Cut yarn and pull through loop to bind off 1st side. Join green yarn and repeat rows 5-8 with remaining stitches. Sushi: Rice Bottom: Cast on 6 stitches in white. Begin knitting in the round. Round 1: K1, M1 all the way around. (12). Rounds 2-8: Knit around Round 3: (K1, M1, K1, M1, K1) (20) Round 5: (K2, M1, K1, M1, K2) (28) Round 7: (K3, M1, K1, M1, K3) (36) Change color to green (or black) for Nori: Stockinette stitch for 12 rounds. Change back to white for Rice Top: Round 1 & 3: Knit around Round 2: (K2, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K2) (28) Round 4: (K1, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K1) (20) Round 5: (K7, K2tog, K1) (18) Leaving stitches on needles, close the hole where the rice bottom was cast on and weave in all ends. Notes: The sushi is all knitted in one piece to avoid seaming. If you really prefer to seam, you can knit each piece (rice bottom, nori, rice top) separately and sew them together. For the M1 on the rice, I've been doing a loop cast-on increase. Feel free to pick the increase you like best. Also, for a “ricier′ texture, I started doing a seed stitch beginning on round 4. It's a little tricky with the increases, but on your first round of seed stitch, K1 P1 all around. On subsequent rounds, knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches and accept that with the increases, you'll occasionally have a knit stitch atop a knit stitch and a purl stitch atop a purl stitch. Mostly, it works out. Attach fish tail and fins to fish and embroider/sew on eyes. Weave in all ends. Return 18 stitches of fish back to needles. Turn rice/nori inside out and stuff inside fish's mouth so the 18 stitches of the fish and the 18 stitches of the rice line up. Finisking: The fast way: Using another pair of circs at least one size larger, attach sushi to fish using 3-needle bind-off. The pretty way: Kitchener stitch the sushi and the fish's mouth together. Noter: 3-needle bind-off leaves a ring of red in the white rice. If that bugs you, one way to dodge that is to make the last row of the fish mouth and the last row of the sushi rice green and then bind off with green. Alternatively, you can bind off both pieces separately and sew them together. Or kitchener.
