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Would these crochet mermaid blankets — or mermaid Afghans, as they’re also called — be a “splash” in your home? This popular idea has been circulating around the internet, and we’ve found some free patterns for you so you can make as a crochet project yourself if you want. We feature three crochet mermaid tail patterns here: Two are free ones — one created by Nadia over at Yarnutopia (below picture with a purple tail) and one by Shelly Bunyard. Then we also link to a pattern that costs around $6 because we like the look of it: it’s the picture above and its by MJ’s Off The Hook Designs. We include them all because they’re all nice designs and we want to suit a range of what you guys — the readers — might want to make. As for Nadia, she doesn’t even mind if you use her patterns to make money off of Etsy or other sites, she wrote, but just make sure you make a note that she’s credited for the patterns.
Nadia’s patterns are three sizes of crochet mermaid blankets. The smallest crochet pattern will make a mermaid tail to fit a child who is 4 foot 5 inches tall. The medium pattern will fit those 5 feet to 6 feet tall. Then there is a large pattern for anyone over 6 feet tall. Giant mermaid tail Afghans. Then there is a tail fin pattern that is just one pattern — you can affix the tail fin to any of the afghan mermaid tails.
For all the patterns, the width is the same. That means thinner and thicker people can use them — they’re around 50 inches wide. Nadia opted for a scaly pattern in blue for her tail, unlike the ones pictured above. We feature that above image because people like the idea of those pastel-ly aqua color and wine color. The colors provide an interesting eye texture.
The other crochet mermaid tail pattern available for free that we found is in the image below. It’s an adult sized one and it’s the work of Shelley Bunyard over at MadHooker crochet page (link to this free pattern also provided below).
The materials you’lll need: Medium (worsted) weight yarn, 2 or 3 skeins Macaw, jade, peacock (these are the colors she used), J-6.00mm crochet hook, Yarn needle Stitches used: chain, slip stitch, double crochet, and single crochet.
Here is the 3 sizes patterns: It’s a PDF, and remember, it’s the work based on several online patterns of Nadia at Yarnutopia. Click here to open. For the adult-sized crochet pattern pictured at the top for $6 by MJs Off the Hook Designs, click here. For Shelly Bunyards adult-sized tail, click here.
