Octi the Octopus Stuffy
Supplies Needed: 3.75 mm hook, light purple yarn, dark purple yarn, small amounts of black, light blue, and yellow yarn, poly-fil stuffing.
Stitch Abbreviations: sc- single crochet, sc2tog – single crochet two stitches together, inc – 2 single crochet in one stitch, ch – chain, slst – slip stitch, blo – back loop only.
*When a series of stitches are surrounded by * symbols, repeat the series for the specified number of repetitions. If no number of repetitions is specified, repeat for remainder of round.*
Head (light purple yarn)
Round 1: magic ring – 6 sc.
Round 2: Inc in each stitch around.
Round 3: *inc, sc 1* (18 stitches)
Round 4: *sc 1, inc, sc 1*
Round 5: *inc, sc 3* (30 stitches)
Round 6: *sc 2, inc, sc 2*
Round 7: *inc, sc 5* (42 stitches)
Round 8 – Round 12: sc around.
Round 13: *sc2tog, sc 5*
Round 14 – Round 17: sc around.
Round 18: *sc2tog, sc 4* (30 stitches)
Round 19 – Round 21: sc around.
Round 22: *sc 2, sc2tog, sc 1*
Round 23 – Round 24: sc around.
Round 25: BLO *sc2tog, sc 2* (18 stitches)
Add stuffing to body, continue adding stuff as you finish closing the bottom.
Round 26: *sc2tog, sc 1*
Round 27: sc2tog around.
Fasten off, use tail to weave in ends and close hole.
Tentacles (light purple yarn, make 4)
Round 1: magic ring – 6 sc.
Round 2: inc around.
Round 3: *inc, sc 3* (15 stitches)
Round 4: sc around.
Round 5: *sc 2, inc, sc 2* (18 stitches)
Round 6 – Round 10: sc around.
Round 11: *sc2tog, sc 4*
Round 12 – Round 15: sc around.
Round 16: *sc 2, sc2tog, sc 1* (12 stitches)
Round 17 – Round 19: sc around.
Fasten off first three tentacles, with fourth continue on to tentacle base. Stuff all 4 tentacles.
Tentacle Base
Round 1: flatten tentacle 4, sc 6 to close, *pick up next tentacle, flatten, sc 6 to close* 3 times.
Round 2 – Round 3: sc2tog around (6 stitches after round 3).
Fasten off, weave tail in to close opening. Use another piece of light purple yarn to sew round 1 of base to front loops of head round 25.
Eyes (yellow yarn, make 2)
Round 1: magic ring – 6 sc.
Round 2: inc around.
Round 3: *inc, sc 3* (15 stitches)
Fasten off, leave tail for sewing to head
Pupils (black yarn, make 2)
Round 1: magic ring – 4 sc.
Fasten off, sew to the center of the eyes.
Eyelids (dark purple yarn, make 2)
Round 1: ch 4, begin stitches in 2nd chain, inc, sc 1, inc, ch 1, turn.
Round 2: inc, sc 3, inc, ch 1, turn.
Round 3: sc around outer edge.
Fasten off, sew to the head so that they are covering top part of each eye.
Nose (light blue yarn)
Round 1: ch 5, begin stitches in 2nd chain from hook, inc, sc 2, 4 sc in last chain, sc 2, inc.
Round 2: sc around.
Round 3: sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog 2x, sc 2, sc2tog.
Fasten off, leave tail for sewing just below the eyes.
Hair (dark purple yarn)
Row 1: ch 8, begin stitches in 2nd chain from hook, sc 3, 3 sc in next chain, sc 3.
Fasten off, sew to head so that the curl of the hair lands about 1 row above the eyes.
Hat (dark purple yarn)
Round 1: magic ring – 6 sc.
Round 2: inc around.
Round 3: *inc, sc 1* (18 stitches)
Round 4: *sc 1, inc, sc 1*
Round 5: *inc, sc 3*
Round 6: BLO sc around.
Round 7 – Round 8: sc around.
Round 9: *sc2tog, sc 3*
Round 10 – Round 12: sc around.
Round 13: BLO *inc, sc 3*
Round 14: *sc 2, inc, sc 2*
Round 15: *inc, sc 5*
Fasten off, weave in ends. Use another piece of dark purple yarn to tack the hat to the top of Octi’s head.
Tentacle Spots (dark purple yarn, make 9)
Round 1: magic ring – 4 sc.
Round 2: inc around.
Fasten off, leave tail for sewing randomly spaced on tentacles.
Embroider a cute smile onto your Octi with some black embroidery floss and enjoy! Be sure to share your Octi, I’d love to see how he turned out!
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