Actually octopuses are sea creatures. This little, colorful crochet octopus has made it to the bathroom thanks to our instructions. Luckily!
Photo: Deco & Style
That's what you need for the octopus:
150 g Anchor Magicline in color 01494 crochet hooks No. 3, 5 and 2.5; Knitting yarn in white and red; 2 black hemisphere buttons, seed beads and pearls for decorating, filling and filling granules, matching sewing thread
- Anchor Style - Magicline Dotty, 100g Fb 1494 and 50g in Fb 1498
- Milward crochet hook No. 3, 5 and 2, 5
- Anchor pearl yarn in white and red
- 2 black hemispherical buttons, ΓΈ 10 mm,
- Seed beads and pearls for decoration
- Filling wadding and filling granules
- matching sewing thread
And this is how it's done:
BODY:
1st round: work 10 fM in light blue in a string. Crochet always dc in round.
2nd-11th round: evenly split 5 sts each round = 60 sts.
12th Rd: No increase
ROUND 13: Redistribute 5 sts evenly = 65 sts.
R 14: without increases.
ROUND 15: Redistribute 5 sts evenly = 70 sts.
16th-19th Rd: No increases
ROUND 20: Slightly split 5 sts = 65 sts.
21st Rd: Without declines
22nd round: 5 sts evenly distributed = 60 sts.
23rd Rd: Without declines
24th-34th round: Slip 5 sts evenly on each round = 5 sts.
Attention: Before the opening becomes too narrow, cover the body with cotton wool and stuff it inside with granules
ARMS 8 x CROCHET:
Crochet 4 arms each in light blue and dark blue. Then crochet 35 ch + 1 turn ch in the 1st ch after the turn ch 1 dc and 1 h sts, crochet 3 tr in the following ch.
EYES 2 x CROCHET:
Crochet 20 double sticks with pearl yarn No. 3 in white and the thinner crochet hook in a string. Replace the first double chopper with 4 ch and close the round with 1 sliver stitch in the 4th initial air stitch.
COMPLETION:
Sew arms and eyes to the body. Embroider mouth in chainstitch. Embroider body with pearls and sequins, sew on eye buttons.
Click here to download the manual.
