Kraken in a Teacup crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2–106 sc(6)
Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 10 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 ≈ 150° around round 9. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces down on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 9, 1.5 st from the centre front line, downward). On the inner side draw rounds 8 and 10 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.

R1with purple: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R33 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc(11)
R4–911 sc(11)
R102 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc(9)
R11–139 sc(9)
R14(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
R15–166 sc(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 16 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) 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. Bend ≈ 160° around round 5. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces down on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 2 to round 8, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 6 rounds) and fasten off inside.

R1with purple: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R33 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc(11)
R4–1111 sc(11)
R122 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc(9)
R13–189 sc(9)
R19(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
R20–216 sc(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 7.7 cm long; 21 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) 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. Bend ≈ 150° around round 6. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 6, 3.5 st from the centre front line, upward ). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 4 to round 9, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 5 rounds) and fasten off inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(16)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(22)
R4–622 sc(22)
R7(1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(16)
R8(dec ×2, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: an oval about 3.3 × 2.1 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 8 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With tan: ch 5.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 1.6 cm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 10 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

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 15 mm (on the kraken head): between rounds 10 and 11, 7 st apart (count along round 10: about 3.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in black thread (on the kraken head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).