8 Free Crochet Octopus Patterns to Try

Octopus amigurumi split into two real camps: sewn leg versions built from separate pieces, and no sew designs that skip assembly entirely. The eight patterns below cover both, plus a size range that goes from a palm sized mini up to a proper blanket yarn plush.

Fiberfill and safety eyes cover the basics for all of them; go with a smaller hook than you’d normally reach for, since tight, dense stitches matter more here than usual.

Octopus patterns to explore

1. Mini Octopus

Kali at The Friendly Red Fox makes a mini octopus a couple of inches tall in worsted weight scrap yarn on a 4mm hook, with eight separately crocheted two color tentacles, each starting from a 20-chain base, sewn onto the head at row five. Eight separately made tentacles is more individual pieces to assemble than the no sew designs elsewhere on this list.

2. No-Sew Octopus

Tori at Tori Story Creations offers two sizes: a small version about 2.5 inches in Premier Parfait Chunky yarn on a 5mm hook, or a large version about 4.25 inches in Sweet Snuggles yarn on a 9mm hook, both no sew with front loop only bobble stitch tentacles. Having both a small and large size built into one pattern means you don’t need to hunt down a second pattern to change the scale.

3. Realistic No-Sew Octopus

Jade at Sweet Softies finishes 4 to 5 inches in medium weight yarn on a 3.25mm/G hook, worked top down in one continuous no sew piece that includes the tentacles. Working the whole toy in one seamless piece, tentacles included, sets it apart from the multi piece designs here.

4. Octavia the Octopus

Yarnspirations finishes about 7 inches, or 18 cm, tall in Lily Sugar’n Cream cotton (two skeins) on a 4mm/G-6 hook, rated an easy beginner amigurumi. At 7 inches, it sits in the middle of the size range on this list, larger than the mini and realistic no sew versions but smaller than the plush options.

5. Coral the Crochet Octopus Amigurumi

Yarnspirations finishes about 14 inches, or 35.5 cm, tall in Bernat Blanket yarn on a 6.5mm/K-10.5 hook, a large plush amigurumi filled with fiberfill. Fiberfill rather than yarn based stuffing is typical of Yarnspirations’ larger amigurumi, giving it a softer, more huggable feel.

6. Crochet Octopus

Lindsey Roe at Off the Beaten Hook finishes about 18 inches from head to arm tip in DK weight cotton on a 2.75mm hook, worked in continuous rounds with a removable hidden beak and bobble stitch suction cups  the largest octopus on this list, with a video tutorial.

7. Jelly Bean Octopus

Sara at Darling Maple Designs works this no sew design with front loop only tentacles in super bulky yarn on a 5mm/H hook, a beginner friendly project with a video tutorial.

 

8. Ozzy Octopus

Ashley Parker at The Loopy Lamb crochets the head in continuous rounds with increases and decreases, then works eight separate tentacles as chains crocheted back down toward the body, keeping the whole design no-sew.