No Sew Octopus

It was only a matter of time before I jumped on the Octopus bandwagon, but in my defence it was hard not to! they are to cute! These Octoplush (see what I did there) only take 20 minutes to make, and the best part is - there's no sewing involved.

-MATERIALS-

·         Chunky yarn in various colours

·         6mm crochet hook

·         Embroidery needle and scissors

·         2 x 10mm safety eyes

·         Toy Stuffing

-ABBREVIATIONS-

·         Magic Loop (I chain two and crochet into first loop to create ring)

·         CH – Chain

·         ST – Stitch

·         SL ST – Slip stitch

·         SK ST – Skip stitch

·         SC – Single crochet

·         HDC – Half double crochet

·         DC – Double crochet

·         SC2TOG – Single crochet two together

·         JOIN and FO – SL ST into next ST, chain one, cut yarn

·         FO- Fasten off

·         FLO – Front loops only

·         BLO – Back loops only

·         T – Turn

-CONSTRUCTION NOTES- 

-          Numbers written inside {} state the number of stitches at the end of round.

-          All instructions inside ** are to be made into same space.

-          All instructions inside () are to be repeated number of times stated afterwards.

-          Pattern is written using US Crochet terminology.

 

-PATTERN NOTES-

·         Place safety eyes between rows 6 and 7, 5 stitches apart.

-METHOD-

Octopus – make with any colour yarn.

1. CH2, 8SC into the 2nd CH from hook {8}

2. 2SC into every ST around {16}

3. (SC1, 2SC into the next ST) 8 times {24}

4-8. SC around {24} - 5 rounds.

   9. (SC1, SC2TOG) 8 times {16}

   10. IN BLO (SC2TOG) 8 times {8}

Stuff Octopus.

Join and FO leaving a long tail.

Use tail to sew hole closed.

With contrasting coloured yarn sew dashes beneath each eye.

Legs:

Re-Join yarn with a SL ST in any of the front loop stitches left from round 10.

1. (CH6, from the 2nd CH from hook do 3SC in each of the next 5 chains, SL ST into the next front loop stitch, SL ST along again into the next front loop.) repeat to make all 8 legs.

Join and FO.

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