Step-by-Step Instructions to Crochet Octavia

A slipknot makes a loop you can pull bigger or smaller. It’s the first loop you’ll put on your hook. Let’s make one together!

A slipknot makes a loop you can pull bigger or smaller. It’s the first loop you’ll put on your hook. Let’s make one together!

Learn how to hold your yarn so it can slide through your fingers without getting too loose or too tight. Try a few simple tricks to keep your fingers relaxed.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Learn how to hold your yarn so it can slide through your fingers without getting too loose or too tight. Try a few simple tricks to keep your fingers relaxed.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Get to know the parts of your crochet hook, then try holding it like a knife or a pencil. Choose the hold that feels comfortable in your hand.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Get to know the parts of your crochet hook, then try holding it like a knife or a pencil. Choose the hold that feels comfortable in your hand.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Learn to make a chain stitch, then make two chains to create a chain-2 start for your plushie’s first round. Keep these two chains, or make extras for practice—the next lesson shows how to undo the extras.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Foundation: Chain-2 Start

🪝 Alternative: a magic ring is an adjustable starting loop you can pull closed to avoid a hole in the center.

Learn to make a chain stitch, then make two chains to create a chain-2 start for your plushie’s first round. Keep these two chains, or make extras for practice—the next lesson shows how to undo the extras.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Foundation: Chain-2 Start

🪝 Alternative: a magic ring is an adjustable starting loop you can pull closed to avoid a hole in the center.

Learn to undo stitches, called frogging, so you can fix mistakes. If you made extra practice chains, undo the extras and keep your first two for the first round.

Learn to undo stitches, called frogging, so you can fix mistakes. If you made extra practice chains, undo the extras and keep your first two for the first round.

Learn to make a single crochet stitch and find the little V at its top to count your stitches. Use six single crochets to make your first round.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 6 sc (6)

🧶 Found a knot or need to join a new yarn strand?

Learn to make a single crochet stitch and find the little V at its top to count your stitches. Use six single crochets to make your first round.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 6 sc (6)

🧶 Found a knot or need to join a new yarn strand?

Learn to make an increase (inc): two single crochet stitches in the same stitch. Each increase adds one stitch to your round, helping your plushie grow wider.

Learn to make an increase (inc): two single crochet stitches in the same stitch. Each increase adds one stitch to your round, helping your plushie grow wider.

Use increases and single crochet to widen Octavia’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 8: 42 sc (42)

Use increases and single crochet to widen Octavia’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 8: 42 sc (42)

Learn to make a decrease (dec), turning two stitches into one. Each decrease removes one stitch from your round, making your crochet narrower.

Learn to make a decrease (dec), turning two stitches into one. Each decrease removes one stitch from your round, making your crochet narrower.

Use decreases and single crochet to narrow Octavia’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 9: 12 dec, 18 sc (30)
Round 10-11: 30 sc (30)
Round 12: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)
Round 13: 24 sc (24)
Round 14: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)

Use decreases and single crochet to narrow Octavia’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 9: 12 dec, 18 sc (30)
Round 10-11: 30 sc (30)
Round 12: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)
Round 13: 24 sc (24)
Round 14: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)

Learn how to combine chain stitches and single crochet to make a ruffle around the lower edge of Octavia’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 15: [3 ch, sc] x 18
- Cut the working yarn, leaving a 4-inch yarn end, pull it all the way through the last stitch.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Learn how to combine chain stitches and single crochet to make a ruffle around the lower edge of Octavia’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 15: [3 ch, sc] x 18
- Cut the working yarn, leaving a 4-inch yarn end, pull it all the way through the last stitch.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Learn where to position Octavia’s eyes and how to secure them before attaching the belly.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 5 stitches apart.

Learn where to position Octavia’s eyes and how to secure them before attaching the belly.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 5 stitches apart.

Use single crochet and increases to make Octavia’s belly. Finish its edge in the next lesson before sewing.

🧶 Written pattern:
Belly
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 12-inch tail for sewing, and pull it completely through the last stitch.

🪝 Starting the belly
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Use single crochet and increases to make Octavia’s belly. Finish its edge in the next lesson before sewing.

🧶 Written pattern:
Belly
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 12-inch tail for sewing, and pull it completely through the last stitch.

🪝 Starting the belly
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Learn to finish with a sewn stitch that blends into the surrounding stitches. Gently adjust your new V until it matches the size of the others.

Learn to finish with a sewn stitch that blends into the surrounding stitches. Gently adjust your new V until it matches the size of the others.

Learn how to sew the belly to the open edge of the body and when to add stuffing before the seam is closed.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Sew the belly to the body, matching the rims stitch to stitch. Add stuffing before the opening becomes too small.
- Match stitches 1:1. Insert the needle through the back loop of the top piece and the front loop of the bottom piece, then return through the next stitch in the opposite direction. Always go through both parts (not over) to hide the seam. Stuff before closing.

Learn how to sew the belly to the open edge of the body and when to add stuffing before the seam is closed.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Sew the belly to the body, matching the rims stitch to stitch. Add stuffing before the opening becomes too small.
- Match stitches 1:1. Insert the needle through the back loop of the top piece and the front loop of the bottom piece, then return through the next stitch in the opposite direction. Always go through both parts (not over) to hide the seam. Stuff before closing.

Use chain stitches and single crochet in rows to make eight tentacles. Then learn how to curl them and attach them to Octavia’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Tentacles x 8
- Now make 8 pink tentacles, using all the techniques you already know, now in a row!
- Start with a Slipknot
Row 1: 16 ch, turn
Row 2: 15 sc
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing, and pull it completely through the last stitch.

- Attach the tentacles to the body by catching a stitch and tying the ends twice. Cut the excess yarn and hide the knot inside the body.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Use chain stitches and single crochet in rows to make eight tentacles. Then learn how to curl them and attach them to Octavia’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Tentacles x 8
- Now make 8 pink tentacles, using all the techniques you already know, now in a row!
- Start with a Slipknot
Row 1: 16 ch, turn
Row 2: 15 sc
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing, and pull it completely through the last stitch.

- Attach the tentacles to the body by catching a stitch and tying the ends twice. Cut the excess yarn and hide the knot inside the body.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Follow the video to add Octavia’s smile. Then use the written instructions below to sew the spots beside the eyes.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Using a 4-inch piece of yarn, insert the needle at the point where the smile should begin and bring it out at the point where the smile should end.
- Pull both yarn tails, tie a knot close to one exit point, then using the needle push the knot inside to finish the smile.

🪡 Sewing Instructions:
- Create the face spots near the eyes by laying several horizontal stitches 2–3 stitches away from each eye.

Octavia, made by you. A finished plushie, and new skills to take into your next project.

Follow the video to add Octavia’s smile. Then use the written instructions below to sew the spots beside the eyes.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Using a 4-inch piece of yarn, insert the needle at the point where the smile should begin and bring it out at the point where the smile should end.
- Pull both yarn tails, tie a knot close to one exit point, then using the needle push the knot inside to finish the smile.

🪡 Sewing Instructions:
- Create the face spots near the eyes by laying several horizontal stitches 2–3 stitches away from each eye.

Octavia, made by you. A finished plushie, and new skills to take into your next project.