Sea Horse Filet Crochet Pattern for Shawl/Wall Hanging *PDF File only*
Sea horses are both beautiful and fascinating creatures that are named for their equine appearance, with bent necks, long snouted heads and a distinctive trunk and tail. Although they are bony fish, they do not have scales, but rather thin skin stretched over a series of bony plates, which are arranged in rings throughout their bodies. Interestingly, the male seahorse is equipped with a brood pouch on the ventral, or front-facing, side of the tail. When mating, the female seahorse deposits up to 1,500 eggs in the male’s pouch. The male carries the eggs for 9 to 45 days until the seahorses emerge fully developed, but very small. What an intriguing and beautifully elegant creature!
We have developed the pattern in different formats to follow: in a grid/block chart pattern to follow throughout, crochet symbols (for the first 5 rows so that you understand how to increase on each row) and written instructions for the first few lines until you get into the swing of it!
The yarn used was a hobbii twister in lovely blue, turquoise hues, which looks stunning, however you can use any 4 ply yarn to create this adult size shawl.
Knowledge of filet crochet is needed to be able to do this project. Filet crochet is not hard to learn and there are you tube videos to help you out if needed.