Flounder the Friendly Fish

What a sweet fish to crochet .
This is a 12 page pattern. Lots of picture to show you how to sew pieces on.
Size:
10” long, 5” wide without fin, 8” wide with fins, 6” tall
Supplies:
4 ply worsted weight yarn
Body (Red Heart bright yellow) approx. 145 yards includes nose and lip
Eyes (Red Heart spring green, white and black) approx. green-3 yards, white-6 yards, black- 2 yards
Fins (Red Heart turqua and delta blue) approx. 25 yards turqua
Stripes (Red Heart delta blue) approx. 33 yards delta blue includes fins
Mouth (Red Heart red and bright yellow) approx. red- 2 yards
Lines on the Face (Mercerized cotton thread size 3)
E hook (you can use a bigger size but make sure you don’t go to big or the stuffing will show)
Yarn needle
Stitch markers or a scrap of yarn
Stuffing
Mercerized cotton thread size 3 for embroidery lines on face

Please read the entire pattern before beginning.
Stitch explanation:
(sc) single crochet
(ch) chain
(2tog) 2 sc together
2sc