Tiny Blue Turtle
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A free crochet octopus keychain pattern for a tiny lilac octopus with a pink bow and rosy cheeks. This amigurumi octopus has eight short curly tentacles, a round head with a sparkly embroidered face and a chain loop on top for a key ring. It is worked in the round in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook and stands about 4.7 cm (2 in) tall, with only the head, the tentacles and a few small flat pieces to sew on. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes.
How to crochet the Mini Octopus Keychain
Beginner-friendly · 5 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 14 pieces in rounds: Head body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2, Bow loop, Second bow loop, Bow knot (41 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 7 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 9 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 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 30 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 4.9 cm at the widest, 4.6 cm long; 23 rounds.
- → 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 0.7 cm at the widest, 2.6 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 ≈ 200° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 2 rounds --><!-- coil 1.2 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.6 turns) from round 5 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 5 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat oval about 1.7 × 1.1 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running front to back. 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 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With bow pink: ch 4.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat oval about 1.7 × 1.1 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With bow pink: ch 4.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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