Amigurumi Octopus
Materials/Equipment:
Worsted yarn (Red Heart Super Saver in
Heather, shown)
4.25 G Hook
Gauge not important - you just need to make sure the holes
between stitches are small enough to not show the stuffing!
Amigurumi is worked in continuous rounds. Don’t
slip stitch to join or chain at the end of each row.
Body:
Make a magic circle
Round 1 - sc 6 in the circle (6)
Round 2 - sc 2 in each st (12)
Round 3 - [sc 2, sc 2 in next
st], repeat around (16)
Round 4 - [sc 3, sc 2 in next st], repeat
around (20)
Round 5-7 - sc around (20) -
repeat 3 rows
Round 8 - [sc 3, sc 2 tog],
repeat around (16)
Round 9 - [sc 2, sc 2 tog], repeat
around (12)
Round 10 - [sc 2, sc 2 tog], repeat
around (8)
*do
not tie off - continue to the first leg
Legs:
*Chain 10
Starting in 1st ch, sl stitch 1
in each of the first two ch, then [sc 2 in each ch] x7 (this should take you to
back to the body.
Slip stitch in the next st from
Rd 10 of the body, then repeat from * until you have 8 legs.
Slip stitch in base of first leg
to join.
With black yarn and a yarn
needle, stitch the eyes and mouth, as desired.
You can either tie off weave in ends here for
a finger puppet, or stuff with fiberfill and close the bottom for a teeny
plushie.
Close the bottom:
In a base stitch on each leg, sc
1 (8)
Sc 2 tog around (4), and tie off,
leaving a 4” tail
With a yarn needle, use the tail
to stitch the remaining hold closed, then tie off and weave in the end.