Oswald the Octopus FREE Crochet Pattern

UPDATE 2/12/23: Just made some little changes to the format to make it more readable!

It's been a while, kids. Here's a pretty easy and free pattern to make Oswald the Octopus! I may also make Weenie here soon-ish if anyone is interested.

I used an F hook and worsted weight yarn to make a handful-sized Oswald. Use whatever hook and yarn you'd like. I also worked in black loops only! It's a weird preference and is not at all necessary for this pattern unless you want the same texture.

Body
With blue, ch 2;
  • Rnd 1: work 7 sc into 2nd ch from hook (7);
  • Rnd 2: inc in each st around (14);
  • Rnd 3: * sc, inc, repeat from * around (21);
  • Rnd 4: * 2 sc, inc, repeat from * around (28);
  • Rnd 5: * 3 sc, inc, repeat from * around (35);
  • Place your stitch marker now, if you haven’t already. Unless you want to live on the edge.
  • Rnd 6: * 4 sc, inc, repeat from * around (42);
  • Rnd 7: * 5 sc, inc, repeat from * around (49);
  • Rnd 8: sc around (49);
  • Rnd 9: * 6 sc, inc, repeat from * around (56);
  • Rnd 10: sc around (56);
  • Rnd 11: * 7 sc, in c, repeat from * around (63);
  • Rnds 12-16: sc around (63);
  • Rnd 17: * 7 sc, dec, repeat from * around (56);
  • Rnd 18: sc around (56);
  • Rnd 19: * 6 sc, dec, repeat from * around (49);
  • Rnd 20: sc around (49);
  • Rnd 21: * 5 sc, dec, repeat from * around (42);
  • Rnd 22: * 4 sc, dec, repeat from * around (35);
  • Rnd 23: * 3 sc, dec, repeat from * around (28);
  • Stuff to desired firmness.
  • Rnd 24: * 2 sc, dec, repeat from * around (21);
  • Rnd 25: * sc, dec, repeat from * around (14);
  • Rnd 26: dec around (7);
  • Close hole and break off.

Legs
Make 8.
  • With blue, ch 2;
  • Rnd 1: work 6 sc into 2nd ch from hook (6);
  • Rnd 2: sc around (6);
  • Rnd 3: inc around (12);
  • Rnds 4-11: sc around (12);
Break off and leave a long tail, stuff the leg, close with a flat edge.
Join the legs to the body, four on either side.

Hat
With black, ch 2;
  • Rnd 1: work 8 sc into 2nd ch from hook (8);
  • Rnd 2: sc around (8);
  • Rnd 3: inc around (16);
Sl into the 1st st, break off and leave a long tail to stitch to the head, stuff with a small ball of filling so it maintains its shape.

Eyes
Make 2.
With black, ch 2;
Work 6 sc into the 2nd ch from hook, sl into the 1st sc, break off and leave a tail to stitch into place.

With black, create a chain of the desired length and then stitch into place for the mouth.

You could easily make different types of mouths to customize your Oswald and using safety eyes is always an option.

Happy crafting, everyone! I'm hoping to get back into the groove of frequent free patterns as well as adding new paid patterns to my Etsy shop! Follow my Facebook page for the latest updates and stuff I'm working on and if you enjoy my free patterns, I would appreciate if you...
 
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