Addi Express Knitting Machine Free Goldfish Pattern (2024)

I started by making four tubes on my 22 pin knitting machine. I did not use any waste yarn. Make one tube of each of the following round counts: 80, 12, 6, 6.
Give them all a gentle stretch to set the stitches and you're ready to begin sewing your goldfish!

​Take the long tube and double it up like you would for a beanie, tie both ends together then turn it inside out. Find where you think the eyes would look good. I went back about 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the end. Make sure when adding the eyes they are exactly across from each other on the fish body.
Then add some stuffing. Make sure not to over stuff or it will stretch your stitches out.

Next, we're going to put together the small side fins. Take your two 6 round pieces and gently close up each end. I folded mine in thirds with the cast on /cast off edges at either end and sewed up the side to make a small fin. I tied both yarn ends together and hid one inside the fin and clipped, saving the other for sewing to the fish. Do this for both pieces.

For the top fin, take the 12 round piece, cinch up one end and tie then feed it through the other side and cinch that up as well and tie both yarns together to make a circular flat piece. Take one yarn end on your needle and thread it through to the edge of your circle. Then fold the piece in half, we are going to be sewing the outside closed, making the top part of the fin. When you reach the other side, give the yarn a pull to close up the pieces. You can tie off this yarn when you're done, saving the other piece attached to sew to the fish body.

Now depending on how you want your tail to look, there are two different ways to finish your fish. If you don't crochet, then just take your yarn needle and sew up the tail end of the fish, making sure your eyes are on either side and you're sewing from up to down instead of across so the fin will be in the right direction.

To separate the tail from the body, I chose to take piece of scrap yarn and thread it around the body and pull it tight. I also wrapped it a couple times around the indention before tying it off. You don't have to do this but I wanted to make sure it stayed where I wanted it to be.

For the sewed tail version after tying off the tail, I did make a round right through the center of the tail to make another indention to look like tail fins. With the crochet tail this is not needed.

Now take your side fins and see where they look good to you. I put them behind the eyes about 3 rows and a bit lower so the fish could "stand" on it's own. Take the long yarn still attached and just sew the end to your goldfish. When you're satisfied with the placement, make sure you pull the yarn tight and knot if off. Pull the excess through to the other side of your goldfish and cut, and the end will go back inside the fish and you won't see it.

I did the top fin last so I could make sure I had the correct placement. I put it right in the center of the goldfish's head and back towards the tail with the rounded (sewn side) facing up. I sewed along the edges on both sides of the fin for more stability. When happy with the placement make sure to pull your stitches tight before fastening off, and I also hid the ends inside the fish the same way as I did for the side fins.