Mood Octopus

My older kid has been obsessed with the various mood toys that he can flip to show different emotions, so I made a couple of cute octopi for us.

They double nicely as cat hats.

Terminology

• mc: magic circle
• sc: single crochet
• dc: double crochet
• st: stitch
• ch: chain
• slst: slip stitch
• inc: increase
• 3dc-inc: 3dc in one st
• FO: finish off

Materials

• yarn in 2 preferred colors
• yarn needle

Yarn: 4/worsted.  

Hook: G/4mm

Pattern:

Make 2, using different colors

*work in continuous rounds

R1: 6sc in mc (6)

R2: 6inc (12)

R3: (sc, inc)x6 (18)

R4: (2sc, inc)x6 (24)

R5-12: 24sc (8 rows, 192st)

R13: ch1, (3dc-inc, sc)x12, slst to first st (48)

FO

Details

• Stitch faces using the other color of yarn. Make sure the faces show two different emotions.
• Turn one piece inside out and place inside the other (wrong sides should be together). 
• Align ruffles and sew the two pieces together.
• The finished piece can be flipped to show either face.

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