I really didn’t have all that much left to do, just the frilly bits, but it took me over a year to finally do it. When I left off working on it I had completed the body and one of the side fins. A couple of weeks ago I dug it out and did the little frilly bits by the eyes. I didn’t bother blocking those before I sewed them on because I liked the look of them a little curly. I did the side fins and blocked them, and then finally did the dorsal fin. That took me two tries to get it the right length. I used the Long Dorsal Fin Style 1, level 1 and level 2 (the small and medium spikes), working a single small spike at the beginning and end, and working the medium spikes the rest of the way. I did a slight modification to the pattern by skipping the slip stitch into the top of the tallest stitch in the spike - I didn’t like the look and it was a bit of a pain to work. When I sewed the side fins on I did sew up the sides a bit so they weren’t so floppy. I did not block the dorsal fin before I attached it.
Pattern: Seahorse by Megan Lapp
Yarn: Expression Fiber Arts Luster Worsted
Hook: 4.0 mm (G)
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