Tiny Blue Turtle
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Free crochet worry octopus pattern: a Worry Octopus amigurumi, about 6 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A squat lavender dome with eight short tentacle bumps worked into the bottom edge, big shiny eyes, rosy cheeks and worried slanted brows over a wobbly little mouth. You need about 50 m of yarn: 45 m lavender and 5 m pink, plus a scrap of dark thread for the face. Plan on roughly 2 hours. It is a quick, beginner-friendly make that works as a desk buddy or a small gift for anyone who worries a lot. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Worry Octopus
Beginner-friendly · 6 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 11 pieces in rounds: Octopus body, Tentacle ×8, Cheek ×2 (35 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 3 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 7 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 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 25 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.4 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 24 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 1 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 9 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 ≈ 110° around round 6<!-- 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 6, 1 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 1.13 left -->). On the inner side draw rounds 4 and 7 together (3 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.
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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