fish blanket and little kid hats
Hi! I hardly ever post here, but a while back a couple people posted this fish blanket, but then when you make those fish they end up being not even close to flat.
I figured out a way to make them flat.

Pretty much I just changed the pattern so that it decreased right next to the edge, instead of in the middle.

I don't have a picture of what they looked like with the original pattern, but here is what they look like with the changed one. I made them on sz 11 needles and double-stranded caron simply soft because I want a full-sized bed cover and there's no way I'm making upwards of 200 fish.



CO 6
K6

From this point forward – slip the first stitch purlwise. Trust me, you'll appreciate this when its time to seam!

Slip, Kfb, K2, Kfb, K1
Slip, K7
Slip, Kfb, K4, Kfb, K1
Slip, K9
Slip, Kfb, K6, Kfb, K1
Slip, K11
Slip, Kfb, K8, Kfb, K1
Slip, K13
Slip, Kfb, K10, Kfb, K1
Slip, K15
Slip, Kfb, K12, Kfb, K1
Slip, K17
Slip, Kfb, K14, Kfb, K1
Slip, K19
Slip, K19
Slip, K4, P10, K5

Here is the change!

Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K6, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P8, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K4, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P6, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K2, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P4, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P2, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K10
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, K2tog, Kfb, K2tog, K1
Slip, K9

This is the end of the change.


Slip, K3, K2tog, K4
Slip, K8
Slip, K8
Slip, K8
Increase as before (kfb on both ends) on RS until 23 stitches (don't forget to slip first stitch!)
K23
Bind Off


I'm sorry if that's not okay to repost this pattern, but I didn't make it up at all, I just figured out a way to make it lie flat.