Tiny Blue Turtle
- Difficulty
- 2/3
- Weirdness
- 1/5
- Times crocheted
- 0
A free crochet giant octopus pattern for a big, chunky blue octopus with a tall rounded head and eight thick curling tentacles. This amigurumi octopus has light blue spots on its head, big rosy cheeks, shiny 30 mm safety eyes and one tentacle raised in a friendly wave. It is worked in the round in single crochet with bulky yarn and a 6 mm hook, stands about 26 cm (10 in) tall and spans about 32 cm (12.5 in), with the tentacles stuffed lightly and sewn on around the base of the head. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every tentacle goes.
How to crochet the Giant Octopus
Intermediate · 27 cm tall · about 10 h · bulky yarn · 6 mm hook
- Crochet the 17 pieces in rounds: Head body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2, Spot ×3, Small spot ×3 (76 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 9 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- 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
0 of 8 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 7.5 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 6.8 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 13 sc × 15 rounds); yarn about 3.6 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
0 of 58 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 22.1 cm at the widest, 24.3 cm long; 44 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- 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.
- Size before assembly: about 4.4 cm at the widest, 15.6 cm long; 23 rounds.
- 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 ≈ 230° around round 12<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds --><!-- coil 1.2 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.6 turns) from round 12 to its tip: after stuffing, roll it up starting from the tip (round 1) toward the side that faces up on the finished toy; the turns lie close, each wider than the last. From the tip to round 12 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- A flat circle about 5.7 cm across; 4 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 4.3 cm across; 3 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 2.8 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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