No, it doesn’t hold your amigurumi octopus. It’s a spiral-constructed amigurumi octopus that holds your stuff. I love doing my nails, and having something small to stuff a few manicures’ worth of cotton balls in is a lot more convenient and cute than letting them hang loose in my bag of supplies. You can stuff yours with tissues, larger beads, or anything else that will fit or you can stuff it with fiberfill and draw the hole closed for a plain old amigurumi.

Skill Level:

Finished Size:
Body: 3 1/4″ (8.5 cm) diameter
Tentacles: 5 1/2″ (14 cm) long

Materials: Bulky Weight Yarn (40 yards) Stitch Marker (or scrap of contrasting yarn) Crochet Hook H (5.00 mm)

Gauge:
Rounds 1-4 measure 2 1/4″ (5.5 cm) in diameter

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Crochet Pattern: Amigurumi Octopus Holder

Body:
Round 1: Make an adjustable ring, 8 sc into ring, place marker: 8 sc
Round 2: 2 sc into each sc around: 16 sc
Round 3: (sc into next sc, 2 sc in next sc) 8 times: 24 sc
Rounds 4 – 9: sc in each sc around: 24 sc
Round 10: (sc in next sc, sc2tog) 8 times: 16 sc
Round 11: sc2tog 8 times, sl st in first sc2tog: 8 sc
Finish off.

Tentacles:
Row 1: Ch 13, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook and each rem ch: 24 sc
Finish off. Sew tentacles to body. If desired, embroider face on octopus.

Need help while crocheting? Feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll help you out!

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