Tiny Blue Turtle
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Free crochet octopus pattern: a Grumpy Octopus Keychain amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2.0 mm hook. A tiny red octopus with short curly tentacles, slanted brows and a little frown, topped with a silver key ring loop. You need about 55 m of yarn: 45 m red, 5 m silver and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. Clip it onto your keys or bag as a keychain, or hang it on the tree as an ornament. Turn the 3D model around and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Grumpy Octopus Keychain
Beginner-friendly · 8 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Head body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2, Key ring loop (43 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 4 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 ≈ 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 26 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.7 cm at the widest, 4.9 cm long; 26 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 0.8 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 13 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 ≈ 260° around round 6<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds --><!-- coil 1.2 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.7 turns) from round 6 to its tip: after stuffing, roll it up starting from the tip (round 1) toward the side that faces forward on the finished toy; the turns lie close, each wider than the last. From the tip to round 6 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- A flat circle about 1.2 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in silver (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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