This is a cute little mermaid tail that is nice and small to fit on a keyring. It can be used to scoop up little seashells or interesting bits and pieces off the seashore, or hung as a cute sea-themed detail on a bag. It took me a while to come up with the pattern for this, because the shell pattern is a bit of work to write out. I've made quite a few of these, requested most often by little girls. :) Mermaid Tail Free Crochet Pattern You will need: 4 ply yarn in desired color 2 mm crochet hook Yarn needle BEGIN TAIL : Chain 27. Join with a slip stitch into the first chain. Round 1: Chain 2 (counts as first hdc), 4 hdc into first ch. [5 hdc = 1 shell. Fist shell made]. *Skip 2 ch, sc into next ch, sk 2 ch, 5 hdc into next ch. Repeat from * 3 times then sk 2 ch, sc into the top of the first ch 2. Round 2: Sl st into third hdc of first shell. Ch 1, sc into same stitch (you may want to add a stitch marker here). *Sk 2 hdc, 5 hdc into next sc, sk 2 hdc, sc into the third hdc.
