Little Octopus Pattern

 

You have probably at this point seen many of these cute octopuses out on the internet, I think they are cute. For you, I made a pattern for this little octopus. You could use a variety of different yarns. I would stay with a size 4-5 weight yarn. The brown octopus is made with Eco Naturals yarn. I had bought the yarn last year from Micheals. I was clearance yarn last year, so I am not sure if you easily find it anymore. You can find the yarn on eBay and ETSY.

This purple octopus I made with yarn I had bought off TEMU. I have been getting a lot of yarn off TEMU lately. The link for this particular yarn can be found {here} I can't say how long this yarn could be available on TEMU before it could be discontinued. 

I had used safety eyes on my octopus. If you are not comfortable using safety eyes, you could just sew on facial features. I have started to hear that maybe safety eyes might not be that safe. I would think it would take some effort to remove the eyes but never underestimate a toddler.

So onward with the pattern of how to make the octopus.

Materials

Worsted Weight yarn (size 4-5) of your choice

size G hook or hook appropriate for the yarn

stitch marker

polyfill or stuffing

scissors

yarn needle

safety eyes or a small amount of other yarn to sew on features

Foundation row: Start out by making a magic ring, or a ch 4 ring. 8 sc in the ring. 

Working in continuous rounds. It would be easier to mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.

Row 1: 2 sc in every sc.

Row 2: *2 sc in the first stitch, sc in the next stitch* repeat around

Row 3: *2 sc in the first stitch, sc in the next 2 stitches* repeat around

Rows 4-8: sc evenly around

At this point add in your safety eyes or sew in your facial features

Row 9: *sc2tog (insert the hook in the front loops of the next 2 stitches and sc like normal), sc in the next 2 stitches* around

Start stuffing the octopus.

Row 10: *sc2tog , sc in the next stitch* around

Row 11: sc2tog around

Make the legs:

*slip stitch in the front loop of the next stitch, ch 11, 3 sc in the second ch from hook and in each ch across* repeat for 8 legs total. slip stitch back to the beginning front loop. 

Finish off by closing the hole by sewing in the unworked back loops.

Here is the video tutorial on how to make the octopus I hope you check it, also check out my YouTube channel.

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