These little fish – or FEESH! – require very little yarn, work well with every single composition, colour way and weight and are really, really addictive to make – if you’re a speedy knitter, you can make a ton of them in very little time. They can be used as toys (do see my notes about this if you’re planning on making them for small children) and look beautiful as decor items in a kitchen or bathroom,for example, especially if you’ve got a nautical theme going on. A whole bunch of them hanging together adds a really cool look to any room, especially if you match your yarn shades to your interior or add a pop of colour!

Techniques and Abbreviations: Cast on (co), knit stitch (k), knit into the front and back of the stitch (kfb), bo (bind off), stitches (sts). You’ll need to know how to knit in the round using circular needles or double-pointed needles and how to join invisibly by casting on an extra stitch.

Yarn: Less than 40g of DK yarn (I used Hobbii Upcycled Suri Alpaca and Friends Cotton Linen in the colours 01 and 05) held double. You can use any yarn you like, but for the same fuzzy effect you can get a great result by using brushed yarn, or mohair combined with cotton or acrylic yarn.

Tools: 5mm longer-length circular needles for the magic loop method or double pointed needles, a stitch marker, scissors, a small amount of scrap yarn or toy filling for stuffing, two safety toy eyes or embroidery thread if you prefer sewn on eyes, a small length of jute for the hanging cord.