Rainbow Octopus Pattern

It's a rainbow octopus!

Materials:

Yarn -- red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, blue, purple, pink, black, and white

Stuffing

Sewing needle

Knowledge of embroider (for eyes)

Abreviations:

ch: chain

sc: single crochet

sl st: slip stitch

inc: increase

dec: decrease

st: stitch

fo: fasten off

Body

magic circle/ch 2 sc in first ch

1) 8 sc around (8 sts)                    [RED]

2) inc around (16 sts)

3) [inc, 1 sc] around (24 sts)         [ORANGE]

4) [inc, 2 sc] around (32 sts)

5) [inc, 3 sc] around (40 sts)         [YELLOW]

6) [inc, 4 sc] around (48 sts)

7) [inc, 5 sc] around (56 sts)         [GREEN]

8) 1 sc around (56 sts)

9- 10) 1 sc around                         [LIGHT BLUE]

11 - 12) 1 sc around                 [BLUE]

13 - 14) 1 sc around                 [PURPLE]

15 - 16) 1 sc around                   [PINK]

17) 1 sc around                         [RED]

18) [dec, 5 sc] around (48 sts)

19) [dec, 4 sc] around (40 sts)       [ORANGE]

20) [dec, 3 sc] around (32 sts)

21) [dec, 2 sc] around (24 sts)         [YELLOW]

22) [dec, 1 sc] around (16 sts)

23) dec around (8 sts)                          [GREEN]

FO, leave a long tail for sewing, sew the hole closed

Legs/Tentacles (x8)

**Crochet EIGHT of these in the eight colors you used for the body

magic circle/ch 2 sc in first ch

1) 6 sc around (6 sts)

2) inc around (12 sts)

3) [inc, 1 sc] around (18 sts)

4 - 5) 1 sc around (18 sts)

6) dec around (9 sts)

FO, leave a long tail for sewing (don't sew the hole closed)

Mouth

ch 8, sl st in first chaing to form a circle [RED]

1) 12 sc around in circle                 [RED]

2) [inc, 3 sc] around (15 sts)           [ORANGE]

3-6) 1 sc around                                           [YELLOW, GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, BLUE]

7) dec, 6 sc, dec, 5 sc (13 sts)                         [PURPLE]

FO, leave a long tail for sewing

**I skipped pink because it would be really long with 8 rows.

Eyes (x2)

1) ch 4, turn; 2 sc across, 3 sc in last stitch; do NOT turn, 2 sc along bottom of piece to form an oval shape; 2 sc in last st, sl st in first stitch

FO, leave a long tail for sewing

**I embroidered some white for the pupil or something in the eyes, so if you want to do that, you can.

Assembly

Sew eight legs to body about one inch apart

**I sewed them between the rows of pink and red on the bottom of the body (around 16-17)

Fold the mouth in half, sew to body

**I sewed the mouth between the rows of pink and blue of the body (around 12-15)

Sew eyes to body

And then you're done! I hope you liked this pattern!

P.S. You may sell things you make from my patterns, however you may not post pictures or patterns as your own. Thanks!