Fishy Zipper Pulls

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Fishy Zipper Pulls

Fishy Pull, 2 Colors (Grey & Turquoise Shown)

How to Create Above Fishy Pull:

Holding the strands at their centers, turn one of the strands, so that it crosses the other strand...

Hold this cross with your thumb to free up your other hand...

Take one of the strands and flip it up and over the crossing strand...

This will create your first LOOP, and should look like the left...

Now grab the other end of this strand and flip it up and over from the other direction...

This creates your second LOOP, and should look similar to the left...

Now comes the WEAVE. Take the strand at your LEFT and place it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...

Which should look something like the left...

We're almost done! Take the strand at your RIGHT, pass it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...

Sorta like this...

Now comes the PULLING! Slowly begin to PULL the strands to create the first stitch!

Pull them TIGHT, but not TOO tight! If you pull them too tightly, you may SNAP the strands...

Here's what the finished opening stitch should look like...

...and if you turn it over, you'll notice the BOTTOM of the opening stitch looks like this!

	Create a Starter Square Stitch...
	Turn the Starter Square Stitch over, so you're looking at the "cross" side...
	Do a Square Stitch to cover the "cross" side...
	When tightened, you won't be able to tell the difference from this side...
	And the bottom, but when the entire project is completed, BOTH tail ends of the fishy will have the checkerboard showing...
	Do 7 additional Square Stitches, followed by 70 Circle Stitches, which will look like this when you finish.
	Now comes the tough part. Bend the Circle Stitch end around, so it meets where your original Square Stitch turns into Circle Stitch and create a Square Stitch OVER the completed Square/Circle junction...
	Which will look sort of like this when done...
	Continue the Square Stitch another 7 times, so you have 8 Square Stitches in all. Pull the last Square Stitch really tight, then set the Fishy aside for at least 12 hours. Trim the strands as close as possible to the finished work.
	Using something thin and blunt, like a push pin, stretch out one of your stitches about where the mouth of the fish would be, then insert a Lanyard Hook.
	You may need to twist and/or pull the tail pieces a bit to get them in the right orientation, but when you're done, you'll have a completed Fishy Pull. Cool, huh?!?

	Holding the strands at their centers, turn one of the strands, so that it crosses the other strand...
	Hold this cross with your thumb to free up your other hand...
	Take one of the strands and flip it up and over the crossing strand...
	This will create your first LOOP, and should look like the left...
	Now grab the other end of this strand and flip it up and over from the other direction...
	This creates your second LOOP, and should look similar to the left...
	Now comes the WEAVE. Take the strand at your LEFT and place it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...
	Which should look something like the left...
	We're almost done! Take the strand at your RIGHT, pass it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...
	Sorta like this...
	Now comes the PULLING! Slowly begin to PULL the strands to create the first stitch!
	Pull them TIGHT, but not TOO tight! If you pull them too tightly, you may SNAP the strands...
	Here's what the finished opening stitch should look like...
	...and if you turn it over, you'll notice the BOTTOM of the opening stitch looks like this!