What you should know:
This tutorial requires a little bit of crochet experience. You should already be familiar with single crochet, slip stitches, and starting in a magic ring. If you're not quite familiar with these techniques yet, don't worry. Just watch our YouTube video "Crochet Basics – First Steps with folia." There, we show you step by step how it works.
Then you'll be well prepared and can start crocheting right away.
Notes:
For each octopus, you will need one skein of Doge crochet yarn and some leftover white and gray or black yarn for the eyes. It's
easy to find the right crochet hook, as it depends a little on how you crochet. Are you more of a loose chain stitch wizard, or do you work particularly tightly and neatly? Depending on this, the hook can be one size thicker or thinner. You can tell that you have the perfect hook when there are no small gaps between your stitches. We tend to crochet loosely, so a 1.25 hook is just right for us.
The body of the little octopods is created round by round in a spiral. The rounds are not closed, but flow smoothly into each other. You then crochet the tentacles in rows to give them their typical fluffy swing.
The entire piece is worked in single crochet stitches. That's why we simply write "stitches" in the instructions to keep everything clear. At the end of some steps, you will find a number in brackets. This shows you how many stitches you should have after this step. This makes it easy to check in between whether your little octopus is on the right track.
Have fun crocheting and bringing your fluffy underwater friends to life.
The body
We start crocheting the body of the octopus, from the top down to the tentacles.
Round 1:Choose a color of your choice and cast on 6 single crochet stitches in a stitch ring. (6) Tighten the yarn ring and close the ring with a slip stitch. Now continue crocheting in rounds.
Round 2: Double every stitch of the previous round (12)
Round 3:Double every 2nd stitch of the previous round, i.e. first crochet a normal stitch and then 2 single crochets in the next stitch, etc. (18)
Rnd. 4-6: Crochet 3 rounds without increases with 18 stitches each. (18)
Round 7: Decrease every 2nd stitch, i.e. first crochet a normal stitch and then 2 stitches from the previous round together. (12)
Round 8: Always crochet 2 stitches together. (6)
The tentacles
First tentacle:
Now crochet 3 and 2 single crochet stitches alternately into a stitch link in each of the 10 chain stitches, starting from the first stitch after the hook. This means 3 single crochets in the first stitch link of the chain of chain stitches and then 2 single crochets in the 2nd stitch link of the chain of chain stitches, then 3 single crochets in the 3rd stitch link of the chain of chain stitches and 2 single crochets in the 4th stitch link... and so on until all stitches of the chain of chain stitches have been crocheted. This will form a tentacle spiral.
More tentacles:
To crochet the next tentacle, make a slip stitch in the next stitch of the body and repeat step 2 from now on until your octopus has enough tentacles. So once around the lower edge of the body, making a total of 5 tentacles. When you have finished, you can secure the thread with a slip stitch and pull it through the stitch, but do not cut it yet!
Fill the octopus:
Now fill the octopus with stuffing material. Make sure you use the right amount and do not overfill or underfill. The filling material should not peek out through the stitches!
Sewing together
The eyes
The pupils
