Mr. Otis Ink, the octupus

 COLOR VERSION

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• Color A                     Light gray
• Color B                     Dark gray

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MATERIAL LIST

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♦ Yarn in 2 different colors

♦ Crochet hook 3 mm

♦ Safty eyes 10 mm

♦ Tapestry needle

♦ Stitch marker

♦ Scissor

♦ Soft stuffing

 

ABBREVIATIONS

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♦ (…)                      ”…” is the total amount of stitches made in current round

♦ ⌈…⌉                     repeat instructions in brackets ”…” times

♦ rnd.                     round

♦ sc                        single crochet

♦ mr                       magic ring

♦ inc                      increase (sc in indicated stitch 2 times)

♦ dec                      decrease (sc next 2 stitches together)

♦ ch                        chain

♦ dc                        double crochet

 

BODY – Color A:

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1. rnd.                    6 sc in mr (6) – place the stitch marker in the last stitch

2. rnd.                    [inc]6x (12)

3. rnd.                    [sc, inc]6x (18)

4. rnd.                    [2 sc, inc]6x (24)

5. rnd.                    [3 sc, inc]6x (30)

6. rnd.                    sc all the way (30)

7. rnd.                    [4 sc, inc]6x (36)

8. rnd.                    [5 sc, inc]6x (42)

9-11. rnd.               sc all the way (42)

12. rnd.                  [6 sc, inc]6x (48)

13-19. rnd.            sc all the way (48)

– Place the eyes in rnd. 19 with 16 stitches in between

20. rnd.                sc all the way (48)

21. rnd.                 [6 sc, dec]6x (42)

22. rnd.                [5 sc, dec]6x (36)

23. rnd.                [4 sc, dec]6x (30)

24. rnd.                [3 sc, dec]6x (24)

– For the next rnd. you should only work in the front loops

25. rnd.                [5 dc in the 2. stitch from the hook, sc in the 2. stitch from the hook]6x

– Cut yarn and fasten off.

TENTACLE – Color A: – make 8

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– Place the hook in one of the back loops from rnd. 24

1. rnd.                   inc, sc, 2 inc, [3 sc, inc]5x (32)

– For the rest of the tentacle you should work in rows

1. row                   4 sc (4), turn the work with ch

2. row                   inc, 2 sc, inc (6), turn the work with ch

3-13. row             6 sc (6), turn the work with ch

14. row                 dec, 4 sc (5), turn the work with ch

15-22. row           5 sc (5), turn the work with ch

23. row                dec, 3 sc (4), turn the work with ch

24-48. row          4 sc (4), turn the work with ch

– Change color to Color B

 

Close the tentacle by pressing the ends together and crochet with sc all the way to the body. Cut yarn and fasten off.

           

Place the hook (with Color A) in the chain next to the tentacle and make a sc. This is the first of 4 sc in row  1.

– Repet row 1-48 until you have 8 tentacles.

BOTTOM – Color A:

1. rnd.                  6 sc in mr (6) – place the stitch marker in the last stitch

2. rnd.                  [inc]6x (12)

3. rnd.                  [sc, inc]6x (18)

4. rnd.                  [2 sc, inc]6x (24)

5. rnd.                  [3 sc, inc]6x (30)

– Cut yarn and sew to the body

SPOTS – Color B:

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Embroider triangle spots on the body.

 

Congrats! Now you have a cute octupus.!!