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Octopus Potato Hat · Crochet pattern

Little Octopus

A round raspberry body with eight orange-and-gold curly arms.

Raspberry crochet Octopus character with orange and gold arms

Draft pattern. The image shows the design inspiration. The written sample still needs a test crochet.

Materials and size

  • DK yarn in raspberry, orange and gold, plus dark embroidery yarn
  • 2.75 mm crochet hook, stitch marker, scissors, yarn needle and toy stuffing

The body is about 6–7 cm across with DK yarn and a 2.75 mm hook. Arm lengths vary with the starting chain.

Stitches and setup

US terms. ch = chain, sc = single crochet (UK dc), inc = 2 sc in one stitch, dec = single crochet two stitches together. Work the body in continuous rounds.

Mark the first stitch of each round. The reference portrait is inspiration for the colours and shape.

Make it

  1. Rounds 1–2 · In raspberry, work 6 sc into an adjustable ring, then inc in each stitch of the second round. (6, 12)
  2. Rounds 3–6 · Work (1 sc, inc) six times, adding one more sc between increases in each following round. (18, 24, 30, 36)
  3. Rounds 7–13 · Sc around. (36 each)
  4. Rounds 14–16 · Work (4 sc, dec) six times, then (3 sc, dec) six times, then (2 sc, dec) six times. (30, 24, 18)
  5. Face and stuffing · Embroider two eyes and a small mouth on the body. Secure the ends inside and add stuffing.
  6. Rounds 17–18 · Work (1 sc, dec) six times, then dec six times. Draw the yarn tail through the front loops of the final stitches and close. (12, 6)
  7. Eight arms · Make four in orange and four in gold. For a short arm, ch 10. For a longer arm, ch 13. Starting in the second chain from the hook, work 2 sc into every chain. Fasten off with a long sewing tail. (18 or 24 sc per arm)

Finish

Space the arms evenly around the 24 stitches of Round 15, one arm every three stitches. Alternate orange and gold. Sew each arm firmly by its base and bury the sewing tails.