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Octopus Paul

Crochet Pattern

Design by K. Godinez

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Material:

• crochet hook size 2.5

• Wool: Mouzakis butterfly super 10 in shades of purple and white and a small amount

of different shades of blue for the octopus suckers

• fiberfill

• Safety eyes

• sewing needle

Size:

The octopus has a span of 25,60 inches (65 cm)

Abbreviations:

ch - chain

st - stitch

R - round

sc – single crochet

Number x sc – the number tells you how many times you make a single crochet

(or a dc, hdc …) in each stitch

inc - make two single crochet in one stitch

dec - two stitches crochet together with a sc

dc – double crochet

dcinc – make two double crochet in one stitch

3dcinc – make three double crochet in one stitch

dcdec – two stitches crochet together with a dc

rep - repeat until end of round

sl st - slip stitch

sc with color change: change the color on this sc (when you make this single crochet stitch, grab

the new color of your wool and pull it through the two loops on your hook).

BLO – back loops only

FLO – front loops only

Note:

Unless indicated otherwise, parts are worked in rounds for the octopus. You can start with 2 ch

or make a magic ring. It is important to mark the beginning of your round.

Body

2 x ch color purple

R 01 6 x sc in second ch from hook 6

R 02 inc in each stitch 12

R 03 sc, inc, rep 18

R 04 2 x sc, inc, rep 24

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R 07 sc in each stitch 36






R 13 8 x sc, inc 60

R 14 9 x sc, inc 66

R 15 – R 20 sc in each stitch 66

R 21 9 x sc, dec, rep 60











R 32 5 x (inc, 3 x sc), 5 x (dec, 2 x sc) 40


From row 34, the body is divided in two parts:

Start round 34 with 10 x ch

Skip 20

stitches

20 x sc 1. Part

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1. Part:

R 34 10 ch, skip 20 stitches, 20 x sc 30

R 35 10 x sc in the chain, 5 x (2 x sc, dec) 25

R 36 8 x (sc, dec), sc 17

R 37 this is going over the marked row: 10 x dec, sl st

Cut the thread and sew the opening.

2. Part:

Here is the start of the second part.

R 34 20 x sc, then go ahead and crochet in the chain: inc, 8 x sc, inc 32


R 36 FLO: 4 x dc, dcinc, rep 48

R 37 5 x dc, dcinc, rep 56







R 44 12 x sc, inc, rep 112


R 46 14 x sc, inc, rep 128

R 47 15 x dc, 3dcinc, rep 144

In the next round, we start to crochet the covering for the legs. Here you can see, how it will look

like:

1. Part

is

closed 2. Part

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Cover for the legs

The cover is not crocheted in rounds:

Start R 48: First leg with color purple

1. 4 x sc, 10 x dc, turn

2. 3 x ch (these 3 ch counts as one dc), 9 x dc, turn 10

3. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

4. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

5. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

6. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

7. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

8. 3 x ch, 9 x dc, turn 10

9. 3 x ch, 3 x dc, dcdec, 4 x dc, turn 9

10. 3 x ch, 8 x dc, turn 9

11. 3 x ch, 8 x dc, turn 9

12. 3 x ch, 8 x dc, turn 9


14. 3 x ch, 7 x dc, turn 8


16. 3 x ch, 6 x dc, turn 7


18. 3 x ch, 5 x dc, turn 6

19. 3 x ch, dc, dcdec, 2 x dc, turn 5

20. 3 x ch, 4 x dc, turn 5

21. 3 x ch, dc, dcdec, dc, turn 4

22. 3 x ch, 3 x dc, turn 4

23. 3 x ch, dcdec, dc, turn 3

24. 3 x ch, 2 x dc, turn 3

25. 3 x ch, 2 x dc 3

Cut the thread and sew it.

The second leg starts in the last stitch of the first leg. Please note that the second and all the

following legs starts with sl st and then 8 x sc.

Start in the last stitch of the leg you have

crocheted before with a sl st, then make 8 x sc,

10 x dc, turn

Row 2 - 25 is the same like the first leg.

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After you have crocheted all the legs, crochet around the whole octopus one time:

With sc around the leg

and

with dc in between

Closing the second opening of the body of the octopus: (Part 2) Stuff the body R 36 crochet in the back loops, which are left from before:

6 x sc, dec, rep 42



R 39 dec, rep, stuff again 15

R 40 7 x dec, sl st

Cut the thread and sew the opening

Legs (8 x)

2 x ch in color white

Stuff the legs continuously with fiberfill, but only with a very small amount. They should remain

movable.

R 01 6 x sc in second chain from hook 6


R 07 inc, 5 x sc 7



R 10 3 x sc, inc, 3 x sc 8


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R 13 inc, 7 x sc 9



R 16 4 x sc, inc, 4 x sc 10



R 19 inc, 9 x sc 11



R 22 5 x sc, inc, 5 x sc 12



R 25 inc, 11 x sc 13



R 28 6 x sc, inc, 6 x sc 14



R 31 2 x sc, 13 x sc 15



R 34 7 x sc, inc, 7 x sc 16



R 37 inc, 15 x sc 17



R 40 8 x sc, inc, 8 x sc 18


R 42 inc, 17 x sc 19


R 44 9 x sc, inc, 9 x sc 20


R 54 9 x sc, dec 19



R 57 dec, 17 x sc 18



R 60 8 x sc, dec, 8 x sc 17



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R 63 dec, 15 x sc 16


R 65 7 x sc, dec, 7 x sc 15


R 67 dec, 13 x sc 14


R 69 6 x sc, dec, 6 x sc 13


R 71 dec, 11 x sc 12


sl st, cut the thread and sew it

Connecting the legs

If all eight legs are crocheted, they get connected to each other:

R 01 6 x sc on the first leg, then take the second leg and crochet 6 x sc,

then the third 6 x sc and keep on going until the last leg. 48






R 07 sc, dec, rep 12

R 08 dec, rep 6

sl st, cut the thread and sew it

Now turn it around and also close this side starting from R 01 – R 08 (pattern see above).

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Eye (2 x)

8 x ch in color purple

R 01 start in the second ch from hook: inc, 5 x sc,

3 x sc in one stitch, continue working on the other side of the chain: 6 x sc 16

R 02 continue crocheting in a circle: 2 x inc, 5 x sc, 3 x inc, 5 x sc, inc 22

R 03 sc, inc, 10 x sc, inc, 9 x sc 24

R 04 2 x sc, inc, 11 x sc, inc, 9 x sc 26


R 06 BLO:

2 x (4 x sc, dec, 5 x sc, dec) 22

R 07 3 x sc, dec, 4 x sc, dec, 18

Put in the safety eyes and stuff the eye

R 08 dec, rep 9

sl st, cut the thread and sew it.

Suckers (8 x)

Start with a magic ring or 2 x ch

and make different sizes and colors of the suckers:

This number is for one leg:

2 times 5 x sc, sl st, cut the thread




make a knot at the back, so you don’t have to sew the threads.

Finishing

Pin the eyes and the upper part of the octopus on the finished legs and sew everything together.

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Pin the suckers and sew them. Start with the small ones at the end of the leg and then attach the larger suckers.

big suckers small suckers

Have fun with your Octopus Paul! Do not copy or post this pattern without my permission. Don‘t translate this pattern into another language for reselling or publishing on the internet. You can sell a small number of the finished item on markets or local stores.

This pattern is copyrighted by Karin Godinez (amilovesgurumi.com).

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