Crocheting a tiny octopus? Pure magic—yarn looping, hook clicking soft, each stitch a quiet promise, a round body forming: squishy, huggable, tentacles wiggling free, eager to explore before they’re done, no rush, no rules, just slow rhythm, creating something that only needs to be cute, fuzzy, sunshine-soft, and by the end, it’s not just a project but calm, stitched with patience and joy, grinning, already plotting its next adventure—happiness fits pretty perfectly in eight tiny tentacles.
X: sc(single crochet) V: 2 sc into the same stitch A: single crochet decrease number+(): the number of times to loop the stitches in parentheses T: hdc (half double crochet) F: dc (double crochet) FV: 2dc into the same stitch blo: Through back loops only flo: Through front loops only M: 3sc (single crochet 3 together) W: 3sc into the same stitch ss,sl,st: ship stitch
| Row | Stitch |
| R1 | 8X |
| R2 | 8V |
| R3 | 8 (X, V) |
| R4 | 8 (X, V, X) |
| R5~R8 | 32X |
| R9 | 8 (X, A, X) |
| R10 | 8 (X, A) |
| R11 | blo: 8A flo:8 (18ch, ,Start crocheting from the second-to-last stitch 17X,sl ) |
Crocheting the white part of a doll’s eyes
| 6X, Use a yarn one size thinner, crochet 6 single crochets, then sew on the eyes with black yarn before attaching the eyelids. |
Crocheting a doll’s eyelids
| 6X, without slip stitch |
Crochet a small top hat
| Row | Stitch |
| R1 | 6X |
| R2 | 6V |
| R3 | 6 (X, V) |
| R4 | 6 (X, V, X) |
| R5 | blo : 24X |
| R6~R8 | 24X |
| R9 | 6 (X, A, X) |
| R10 | 18X |
| R11 | 18FV |
| R12 | flo : 36X |
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