Free crochet Pattern "Tiny Octopus"

Meet my adorable micro octopus — one of the smallest and most loved patterns in my collection! With just a few simple stitches and a little patience, you’ll have a sweet sea creature sitting in the palm of your hand.

Perfect for practicing your tiny crochet skills or gifting a little friend to someone special

Before you begin,

I want to mention that you can crochet other equally sweet animals using my detailed patterns.

Check them out here

When using the materials listed (one strand of embroidery floss and a 0.5 mm crochet hook [US steel crochet Hook Size 18]), the resulting octopus will measure 12 mm [0.47 in].

Material and Tools:

Embroidery floss in Main Color, skein separated (stripped) into individual strands. (I use DMC brand cotton embroidery floss). May be substituted with thin sewing thread. The thinner the thread, the smaller the toy will turn out.
Embroidery floss in an additional color for the spots (if desired).
Crochet hook 0.5 mm [US Steel Crochet Hook Size 18]
A length of white sewing thread for the white of the eye.
Glass toy eyes diameter 1 mm [0.005 in] or seed beads as pupils.
Thin beading needle, diameter 0.45 mm [0.02 in]
Sharp nail scissors
Stuffing (polyester fiberfil)
A toothpick or other suitable tool for inserting stuffing.

Abbreviations:

sc – single crochet (US) = double crochet (UK)
inc – increase (2 sc worked into the same stitch = with a shared base and separate tops)
dec – decrease PLEASE NOTE! When working with embroidery floss, make the decrease by skipping 1 st instead of crocheting 2 together, since this is much easier.
AMR – adjustable magic ring
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet (US) = half treble crochet (UK).

The whole toy is worked in spiral rounds; numbers in parenthesis (xx) at the end of the round show the total stitch count after completion of this round.

Begin from the top of head:

1. 6 sc into an AMR (6).
2. 6 inc (12).
3. (sc, inc)*6 times (18).
4. (2 sc, inc)*6 times (24).
5.–6. 24 sc.
7. (4 sc, dec)*4 times (20).
8.–9. 20 sc.
10. (3 sc, dec)*4 times (16).
11. 16 sc.
12. (2 sc, dec)*4 times (12).
13. (4 sc, dec) *2 times (10).
Stuff the body.

Now, crochet the arms, 8 in total:

1 sc, ch10, starting into 2^nd chain from hook, work 7 sc along the chain, 2 hdc, then make a sc into the stitch, from which the chain emerged (= the first sc).
🐙For the second and third arm, repeat all steps as done for the first one. For the fourth arm, work the last sc into the next stitch. Work the 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th arm again the same way as the first three. In the 8^th arm, work the last sc into the same first stitch from the first arm!
This way, you have skipped two extra sc’s, working only 8 arms over a total of 10 sts.

This chart should explain what happened here:

Using white thread, make the eye:

into an AMR, work 6 sc, attach a bead to the center.

Sew own the eyes directly at the base of the arms.
I have additionally decorated my octopus with embroidered spots.

This tiny fellow is finished! Now you can be proud and show off your work!
I hope you’ve enjoyed crocheting with me!

When showing finished work, please don’t forget to name the creator of the pattern
by including the phrase “crocheted from a pattern by @nansyoops”.
Thank you for your attention and for respecting my work!