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Grumpy Octopus Keychain crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 43 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineSea creatures

Difficulty
1/3
Time
~2 h
Size
7.7 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

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

  1. Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Head body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2, Key ring loop (43 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 4 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.

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.

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Worked in

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

Parts

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0 of 26 rounds done

  19. Size before assembly: about 5.7 cm at the widest, 4.9 cm long; 26 rounds.
  20. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  21. 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.

  5. Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 13 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. 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.

  3. A flat circle about 1.2 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  3. 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).
  4. 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.

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 9 mm (on the head body): in round 15, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 4.2 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the head body), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the head body), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 16 and 17, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
  • Embroidery in black thread (on the head body), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, on the centre front line) → (in round 13, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Head 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