Cute crochet octopus.

I don't remember what I was doing or looking for at the time but I stumbled upon this pattern one day and that was pretty much when I decided it was time for me to learn how to crochet (I'd been meaning to for years but thought it looked too complicated and intimidating). I mean, how cool is this little octopus? How can you possibly resist this eight-legged charmer!?

I bought the pattern to make this little fellow on Etsy from Leah Coccari-Swift's shop Ruby Submarine.Currently listed at $6.20 USD. It's a beautiful pattern with lots of pictures. Very easy to follow.

The pattern calls for chunky yarn but with my little green octopus I used worsted cotton, 3 and 5 mm crochet hooks. I filled the head with long rice (not instantaneous). The idea was to make a magic bag/stress ball. It's kind of too small to be a magic bag but it works as a stress ball though. I'm exploring squishier, more stress busting options for the next one I'll make.

 

Here (bellow in red) I have an octopus ready to assemble, made with chunky Bernat Roving ™ yarn. The hooks used were G/4mm and J/6mm.

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Octopus finger puppet.

I absolutely love this tiny finger puppet octopus from Jenn's Worth a Knit. I've been thinking of getting into charity crochet and causes that I have to heart are children in hospitals and premature babies (my nephew was an extreme premature). When I was younger I spent some time in the IWK Grace children hospital in Halifax and once or twice everyday I would get a new finger puppet each time nurses took blood samples. When I came back home I had a huge stash of them. For the most part, they were knit. But a quick Google search will reveal that they can also be crocheted and that there are many cute, fun patterns to be found.

I made this little 2" tall octopus using worsted acrylic yarn (Bernat SuperValue ™, color peacock) and a F/3.75mm hook.

I haven't made the eyes yet because I haven't decided if I'll go with plastic ones or cotton thread.