School of Fish Hats

I had a bunch of the yarn I use to make fish hats, so I had to make some!

Pattern: Crochet Fish Hat (Ravelry link)
Hook: J (6.0 mm)
Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala yarn held double (various colorways), & worsted weight acrylic for the eyes

I started these at the end of January, worked on them during the 2025 February Thing-A-Day Craftalong, and finally finished them up this month!

For each hat, I held 2 strands of the Mandala yarn together. If I was using 2 of the same yarn, I’d start at different points in the color repeat so the colors didn’t match. :slight_smile:

For the lips, instead of turning at the end of every row, I crocheted every other row left-handed so they look more like the rest of the hat.

Some in-progress pictures:

Working on the last super scrappy fish hat:

School of fish hats coming for me :laughing:

Individual hats with the colorways used:

Thunderbird:


Thunderbird + Wizard:

Kraken + Niffler:

Chimera + Warlock:

mostly Thunderbird + some Wizard:

Troll + Niffler & Kraken:

a little bit of everything:

These are so fun to make!

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:crossed_fingers: Please say some of these will be available for STS! PLEASE!!!

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These are so jolly and made me smile on a tough day. Thank you for sharing them.

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These are SO FUN!

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These are adorably fun!

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These are a hoot!

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You’re a wizard! Just… what?

Nearly impossible to decide on a fave, each is magnificent. I do love a rainbow but that Chimera + Warlock number is super terrific.

Also, I’m happily a weirdo! :arrow_down: :laughing:

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Those are so awesome. Makes me wish I was a kid again so I could wear one without looking like a weirdo.

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They’re all wonderful! I love the look of them all. Each is perfect.

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OMG! So adorable!

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I hope so too!

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Thank you everyone! :grin:

@gozer - If I join STS, there will be fish hats! I’ll have to see how the year goes - everything is too chaotic right now to know yet.

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:rabbit: :tulip: :hatching_chick: Congratulations! Your awesome School of Fish Hats are a Featured Project this week! :hatching_chick: :tulip: :rabbit:

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Thank you! :smiley:

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I love these!

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As the proud owner (and fairly regular wearer) of one of these amazing fish hats, I’m not sure we’ll be able to get along. :rofl:

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You have definitely made the most out of that pattern! These are fun and I love the variety of the various colorways you’ve created.

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I’m saying I’d look like a weirdo. Just me. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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These are so great! I love them all so much

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Oh my goodness! I love these! I have some donated yarn in my classroom (for crochet club) and I’m going to have to dig through to see if I have some mandala (or similar) yarn.

I don’t know if I can crochet left handed, though, for the lips :smile:

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