Mini Knitted Ocean

Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating dolls and toys ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet, spinning, hand dyeing, Japanese doll making and paper crafts to adults and children. She has authored a number of titles for Search Press, including Mini Knitted Safari, Mini Knitted Woodland and Mini Knitted Toys. Her work has appeared in knitting and parenting magazines and her knitted toys are very popular. She believes everyone should be involved in some kind of creative activity and loves sharing the joy of craft with as many people as possible. Sachiyo lives in Sussex with her husband and two teenage sons.

Introduction 8

Materials and tools 10

Basic knitting 14

Abbreviations 15

Sewing up and stuffing 16

Key techniques 21

Basic embroidery 24

Basic crochet 25



Knitted Ocean

Anglerfish 32

Pelican eel 34

Spookfish 36

Fangtooth 38

Deep sea divers 40

Clownfish 42

Blue tang 44

Yellow-stripe fish 46

Black-and-white fish 48

Boxfish 50

Scuba divers 52

Ray 54

Great white shark 56

Pufferfish 58

Catfish 60

Flat fish 62

Hammerhead shark 64

Dolphin 66

Orca 68

Sea lion 70

Walrus 72

Mermaid's grotto 74

Fishermen at sea! 80

Yellow submarine 90

Ship's crew 94