Materials: 

Double knit yarn in colour of your choice. 
Grey (Main colour) Shade- 1099 
Follow the link below to use the same yarn. 
This yarn will produce an octopus that is 8 inches in size. 
• 3.0mm crochet hook 
• Plastic security eyes 12mm 
• Stitch marker 
• Fibrefill









Abbreviations: 
R-Round 
Ch- Chain 
Sc- Single crochet 
St - stitch 
Inc- 2 Single crochet in the same stitch 
Dec- Single crochet 2 stitches together 
(12)- number of stitches you should have at the end of the round 
( ) * 6 - repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated 


Make a magic circle/ slip knot and chain 2 









Head 
R 1- 6 sc in mc/ 6sc in Second ch (6) 
R 2- inc in each st* 6 (12) 
R 3- (1sc, inc)* 6 (18) 
R 4- (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24) 
R 5- (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30) 
R 6- (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36) 
R 7- (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42) 
R 8- (6 sc, inc)* 6 (48). 
R 9- (7 sc, inc)* 6 (54) 
R 10- (8 sc, inc)* 6 (60) 
R 11- (9 sc, inc)* 6 (66) 
R 12- (10 sc, inc)* 6 (72) 
R 13- (23 sc, inc)* 3 (75) 
R 14- (24 sc, inc)* 3 (78) 
R 15- R25- 1sc in each st (78) (11 rounds) 
R 26- (24 sc, dec)* 3 (75) 
R 27- (23 sc, dec)* 3 (72) 
R 28- (10 sc, dec)* 6 (66) 
R 29- (9 sc, dec)* 6 (60) 
R 30- (8 sc, dec)* 6 (54) 
R 31- (7 sc, dec)* 6 (48) 
R 32- (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42) 
R 33- (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36) 
R 34- (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30) 
R 35- (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24) 
R 36- (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18) 
R 37- (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12) 
R 38- (dec)* 6 (6) 
Finish off with one more decrease and a slip stitch leaving a long tail for sewing. 









Tentacle (Make 8) 
R 1- 6 sc in mc/ 6sc in Second ch (6) 
R 2- inc in each st* 6 (12) 
R 3- (1sc, inc)* 6 (18) 
R 4- (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24) 
R 5- R9- 1sc in each st (24) (5 rounds) 
R 10- (2sc, dec)* 6 (18) R 11- R15 1sc in each st (18) (5 rounds) 
R 16- (1sc, dec)* 6 (12) 
R 17- (4sc, dec)* 2 (10) 
R 18- 1sc in each st (10) 








Stitch all the components together using a darning needle