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Baby Tentacle Monster crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 53 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineFantasy

Difficulty
1/3
Time
~3 h
Size
9 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

A free crochet cthulhu pattern for a spooky-cute baby sea monster with a round teal body, big shiny eyes and a beard of five little tentacles. This amigurumi monster has mint-tipped tentacles, rosy cheeks, tiny bat wings on its back and small dark teal feet, so it looks more cuddly than creepy. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, has 18 mm safety eyes with a glint, and is about 9 cm (3.5 in) tall and 13 cm (5 in) wide with wings. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see how the wings and tentacles are sewn on.

How to crochet the Baby Tentacle Monster

Beginner-friendly · 9 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 14 pieces in rounds: Body, Wing ×2, Tentacle ×5, Arm ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2 (60 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 8 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

What you'll need

Tick things off as you gather them.

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Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 50 rounds done

  26. Size before assembly: about 8.3 cm at the widest, 7.7 cm long; 29 rounds.
  27. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  28. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  8. Flat motif — half circle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 3.4 × 5.5 cm; 7 rows.
  9. Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

  8. Of these: middle — 1; inner — 2 (left and right); outer — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
  9. Change to teal (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  10. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 60° around round 6<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces down on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 6, on the centre bottom line). On the inner side draw rounds 5 and 7 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  6. Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
  7. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 18 mm (on the body): between rounds 16 and 17, 10 st apart (count along round 16: about 4.8 st each side of the centre front line).

Body · R1–R5

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done