Let’s learn how to make this mood octopus. It’s a free, no-sew pattern that takes no time to finish, so it’s very suitable for beginners.
This cute octopus is made with a 5.5 mm crochet hook, chenille yarn in 2 different colors, black yarn or black sheet for the mouth, 15mm safety eyes, and some stuffing.
This pattern includes how to make body parts and tentacles, how to assemble the two parts together, how to add eyes, and how to embroider the mouth on both sides.
This tutorial is perfect as a stress relief toy, a gift, or a cute desk companion and is also great for sea creature lovers.
Let’s start!
Designer: Muscrochets
Materials & Tools
- 5.5 mm crochet hook
- Chenille yarn (any 2 color of your choise)
- Black yarn or black felt sheet for mouth
- 15 mm safety eyes
- Stitch marker
- Scissors, Glue, Yarn needle
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
Body x2
The pattern is worked in countunuous rounds. Use a stitch marker to mark the frist stitch of each round.
Rnd 1: 8 sc into Mr (8)
Rnd 2: (inc) x 8 (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
Rnd 6-11: 1 sc in each stitch (40)
Rnd 12: (3 sc, dec) x 8 (32)
Sl st in the first st of next round, DO NOT cut the yarn to make tentackes.
Tentacles x8
(ch 2, 3 dc in next st, ch 2, 3 sl st) x 8
Sl st in ch 1 of first tentacle, fasten off and leave a long tail in one of the octopus for sewing.
Assembly
- Add eyes between R7 and R8, approximately 7 sc apart.
- Embroider the mouth on both sides (happy and sad) or use a black felt sheet
- Stuff one of the octopus with fiberfill, but only fill it enough so that the seond octopus can fit inside the first when folded
- Useing a yarn needle to sew the two parts together, ensuring that the faces of both pieces are aligned opposite to each other.
