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Octopus with a Mustache crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 78 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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

Free crochet octopus pattern: an Octopus with a Mustache amigurumi, about 11 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A purple octopus with eight curling tentacles, round shiny eyes, pink cheeks, a big black handlebar mustache and a tiny black top hat with a red band. You need about 95 m of yarn: 65 m purple, 20 m black, 5 m red and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 3 hours. It makes a funny gift for octopus fans and a dapper little desk companion. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern while you crochet.

How to crochet the Octopus with a Mustache

Intermediate · 11 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Head body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2, Hat brim, Tiny top hat, Mustache half ×2 (78 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 7 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.

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0 of 51 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 8.5 cm at the widest, 7.3 cm long; 29 rounds.
  2. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 5.2 cm long; 15 rounds.
  2. 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 7<!-- the bend spreads over 2 rounds --><!-- coil 1.5 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.6 turns) from round 7 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 7 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  1. A flat circle about 5.3 cm across; 7 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 11 rounds.
  2. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
  3. Change to black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
  4. 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.

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  2. 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 9<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 9, 2 st from the centre front line, upward <!-- st 1.88 up -->). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 6 to round 11, 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.

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 14 mm (on the head body): in round 14, 8 st apart (count along round 14: about 4 st each side of the centre front line).

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