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The Color Octopus

The document provides a crochet pattern for creating a color octopus, including materials needed, instructions for making the head, body, limbs, and tiny dots. It specifies the use of DK weight yarn and safety eyes, along with crochet abbreviations and techniques. Additionally, it includes guidelines for selling finished products and sharing the pattern responsibly.

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The Color Octopus

The document provides a crochet pattern for creating a color octopus, including materials needed, instructions for making the head, body, limbs, and tiny dots. It specifies the use of DK weight yarn and safety eyes, along with crochet abbreviations and techniques. Additionally, it includes guidelines for selling finished products and sharing the pattern responsibly.

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The Color Octopus

P/S: You are welcome to sell the finished products made from this pattern, provided that they are
handmade by yourself in a limited number and please give credit to Khuc Cay.

MATERIALS

Yarn : Depends on your choice, I used DK weight yarn (140m/50gr) with different colors. Black
thread.

Hook : Size 2.5 mm

Two 7mm safety eyes

Stuffing (polyfill, cotton wool, etc.), needle for sewing, scissors, pins

Pink blush for the cheeks


ABBREVIATIONS – US TERMS

ch – chain

sc – single crochet

inc – single crochet increase

dec – single crochet decrease

dc – double crochet

st– stitch/ stitches

sl st – slip stitch

rnd/ rnds – round/ rounds

NOTE
If you like this pattern and would like to share it with everyone, please share the direct link to
my blog post, DO NOT repost or translate my patterns on your page without my permission.
Thank you!

When you need to decrease: make Invisible Decrease crochet stitches to have a better result.

The size of the octopus will vary, depending on the yarn used. If you use the same materials as
me, the finished size is 5 cm (or 10 cm with the limbs).

LET’S START!

HEAD AND BODY (green – light shade)

Rnd 1: sc 8 into a magic ring [8]

Rnd 2: inc in each st around [16]

Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 8 times [24]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 8 times [32]
Rnd 5: sc in each st around [32]

Rnd 6: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 8 times [40]

Rnds 7-13 (7 rnds): sc in each st around [40]


Rnd 14: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times [32]

Rnd 15: sc in each st around [32]


If you use safety eyes, insert the eyes between rnds 11 & 12, 7 st apart.

Start stuffing the head firmly, adding more as you go.

Rnd 16: BLO, (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times [24]

Rnd 17: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 8 times [16]

Rnd 18: dec 8 times [8]

Fasten off and close the remaining st.

LIMBS (green – light shade)

With head facing downwards, working in front loops of rnd 15, insert the crochet to the first st
and take the green yarn.
Ch 17, starting in the 3rd ch from hook, 1 dc in each ch across until the end of ch (15 dc), skip 2
st on the rnd 15, sl st (we have done the first limb), * sl st, ch 17, ), starting in the 3rd ch from
hook, 1 dc in each ch across until the end of ch (15 dc), skip 2 st on the rnd 15, sl st * repeat 7
times. At the end we have 8 limbs.

Fasten off, weaving in the ends.


TINY DOTS (green yarn – dark shade)

1st dot: sc 5 into a magic ring [5] Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
2nd dot: sc 6 into a magic ring [6] Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

3rd dot: sc 7 into a magic ring [7] Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the dots on the head.


Using black thread, embroider the eyes, eyebrows etc. to create the emotion for each octopus.
(My colors: red – angry, yellow – happy, green – calm, blue – sad, grey – scared and pink –
love).

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