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Stuffing
2 buttons
Abbreviations
Notes
US Terminology used.
Ch
Chain
Hdc
Sc
Single crochet
Sc inc
St
Sl st
Slip stitch
Sc2tog
Wedges
(Make 12)
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2.
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4.
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6.
7.
Wedge Lids
Hold your horses! Dont make the following wedge lids just yet.
This is just an explanation of how to do them when they appear in
the pattern. So when I say make a wedge lid, this is how you will
do it. And you will need to do it 11 times, so study up.
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2.
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14.
Ch 2. Make 2 scs in the second ch from the hook. Ch 1 and Right, now that thats done with, lets get started.
turn. (2)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (2)
Sc inc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (4)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (4)
Sc inc, 2 x sc, sc inc. Ch 1 and turn. (6)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (6)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (6)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (6)
Sc in each st. Ch 1 and turn. (6)
Sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog. Ch 1 and turn. (4)
Chain of Lids
(Make 2)
I think a chain of lids is probably the easiest thing to get started with while you have the instructions right in front of you.
These 2 segments will form the body of your octopus.
Following the instructions above, work a wedge lid. When you get to the
end of Row 14, start again at Row 1. Repeat rows 1 14 3 more times.
This will give you a chain of 4 lids. When you have finished the very
last lid of the chain, ch 1 and bind off. Set this chain of lids aside for
later.
Remember that you will need 2 of these chains, each containing 4 lids!
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Alternative way to attach the first and last wedges to each other:
When you have finished closing all the wedges, identify the 2 sts at the unattached point of the wedge furthest away from you. Sl st
into these 2 sts and then sl st back into the first 2 sts of the first wedge. Ch 1 and bind off. Work away your tail of yarn.
Octopus Mouth
(Make 1)
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2.
3.
4.
Octopus Head
(Make 1)
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2.
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3 x sc.
Now you will need to place a st marker in the last st of Round 7. To do this, you will need to leave Round 8 alone for a second, so
remove your hook and insert it into the last st of Round 7 (the st containing the first st of Round 8 - see Photo 1 below). Take a
scrap of blue yarn that has been folded in half and pull up a loop (Photo 2). Yarn over with both strands of blue yarn (Photo 3)
and pull them all the way through (Photos 4 and 5). This blue st marker is where you will attach the 3 wedge lids later on.
Now, continuing Round 8, sc in the remaining 12 sts of Round 7. Ch 1 and turn. (15)
9.
Sc inc in the first st. Now add a white st marker in the last st of Round 8 in the same way as
before. Sc in the next 4 sts. *Sc inc, 4 x sc* x 2. Ch 1 and turn. (18)
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
24 x sc. Join to the first sc of the round with a sl st. DO NOT TURN. (24)
15.
Please note: I advise you to use a scrap of yellow yarn as a st marker to mark the first st of
this round (and subsequent rounds). To do this, simply lay the scrap of yellow yarn over your
work after the initial ch-1 and then work over it. In subsequent rounds, flick it back and forth
over your work after each initial ch-1 and work over it. This forms what is called a running st
marker.
Ch 1. 24 x sc. Do not make your first st in the same st as the sl st join. Your last st should
fall in the back end of the sl st join, which is quite tight. Join to the first sc with a sl st. (24)
Now you are going to add the mouth.
16.
Ch 1. Place the mouth inside the head (with the right side pointing away from you). Insert your hook into the next st of the
head and any st of Round 4 of the mouth, and make a sc through both layers. Make 23 more scs, working into every st and
through both layers (see photos below). Dont join, just continue around in a spiral. (24)
17.
18.
Round 16: This is what your work should look like from the bottom (work turned for illustration only)
Now you are going to work the tentacles (or maybe have a glass of wine first?):
19.
*Sl st in the next 2 sts and ch 31. Sl st in the top loop only of the second ch from the hook, and
the next 6 chs. Sc in the next 8 chs and then hdc in the next 15 chs. Skip the next st of Round
18 and sl st in the next 2 sts* x 8.
Please Note: There are 2 sl sts before every tentacle and 2 after. Add the skipped stitch and
that makes 5 sts of Round 18 used per tentacle. You are going to be VERY annoyed if you get
to the last tentacle and realize youve missed a few of these sts, so count carefully. Trust me,
its a PAIN to undo all the tentacles at this stage!!
20.
Please Note: You will be working over the sl sts from Round 19 and into the sts below them (Round 18) as it is difficult, if not
impossible, to get into the sl sts. So, with that in mind:
Sl st over the first sl st of Round 19 and into the st below it (Round 18). Skip the next sl st. *30 x sc into both remaining loops
of the ch sts down the tentacle (Photos 1 and 2 below). Ch 6 (Photo 3). Sl st in the 2nd st from the hook and the next 2 chs.
Sc in the next ch st and hdc in the last ch st (Photo 4). 30 x sc up the tentacle (Photos 5 and 6). Sc into the next 3 sts of Round
18 and skip the next st of Round 18 (Photos 7 and 8).* x 8. When you have finished making all 8 tentacles, sl st in the first st of
the side of the first tentacle. Ch 1 and bind off.
You will notice that the tentacles have a natural tendency to curl (Photo 9).
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You can add the eyes at this point, but it is much easier to place them accurately once the head and its lids have been attached to their
respective wedges.
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Now you will need to attach 3 wedge lids to the right side of the head.
So, with the front of the head facing you and a slip knot already on your hook, join
your yarn to the end of Round 7 of the head with a sl st. (This is where you placed
the blue st marker.) Work 3 wedge lids as before.
When you get to the end of the third lid, ch 1, but dont bind off.
Now you will be attaching the last wedge to the back of the head. The head pivots around the last lid and will naturally fall so that the
top of the head is pointing upwards and the back is pointing towards you (because of the weight of the tentacles). To attach the head,
you will be making 15 scs through the bottom of the opening at the back of the head and the first side of the wedge (so both layers),
followed by 15 scs around the top of the opening and the other side of the wedge (so both layers again).
Insert your hook into the first st (the stitch containing the blue st marker). This st already contains a sl st join from the lid. Now insert
your hook into the first st of one of the wedges as before (Photos 1 and 2 below). Make a sc through both layers (Photo 3). Make 7
more scs, working into each row down the incline of the head and each st of the wedge (Photo 4).
You will notice a loop at the base of the incline (Photo 5). Sc through this loop and the next st of the wedge. Now continue working 6
more scs into the rows of the incline and the sts of the wedge (Photo 6). This will bring you to the white st marker (Photo 7).
Loop
Please Note: The blue running st
marker in this photo should be
yellow!
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Sc into the hole containing the white st marker (so the next row of the head) and the next st of the wedge. Remove both the white and
the blue st markers and use either to mark the last stitch worked (I used the blue st marker - see photo 8). You will attach the first
wedge to this stitch later on to complete your segment. You have now successfully attached the first side of the wedge to the bottom
of the head (Photo 9) and should now have made 16 scs through both layers. Only 14 more to go!!!
Now make 5 more scs into the rows up the incline of the head and the sts of the wedge, stuffing as you go. Sc into each of the 3 sts of
Round 1 of the head and the next 3 sts of the wedge. (Ignore the big central hole formed by the initial ch st and work over it. See Photo
10.) Sc x 6 into the rows down the incline of the head and the last 6 sts of the wedge (Photo 11). The last st should already contain the
sl st join from the lids.
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11
3 sts of Round 1
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Sc x 15 into the other side of each of the 3 wedges and lids as before, stuffing as you go.
When you get to the end, join to the first st with a sl st and bind off. Use the tail of yarn to attach the first and last wedges to each other to form a ring. Use the moved blue st marker as a guide when attaching the head to the first wedge. For alternative instructions on
attaching the first and last wedges to each other, see Page 3.
Attaching the first and last
wedges
The End
This pattern was tested by:
Carla Ferguson Karyl Mowers Phyllis Haygood Pan Perkins Maggie Miller
Amy Affleck Caroline de Prijcker Brenda Fiedler April Davis Gail Griffis-Ross
Last Update: 31 May 2014
If you need a bit more help with your Octopus Puzzle, have a look at the original Crochet
Amish Puzzle Ball. I regularly update the pattern with tips, photos and links.
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