Octopus Basket Crochet Pattern Tutorial

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You can see the tentacles kind of splay out, so when it's down there on the ground or on a shelf. Full, you have kind of the little dangly tentacles everywhere. You can see this yarn, this is Bernat Velvet, and it's totally empty. And you can see how well it's standing up without anything in it. So I just kind of wanted to show you how sturdy that is. I do have eyes for it that we are going to attach so that you can see. How it looks with and without the eyes, a perfect pattern for like an under the sea nursery, Thank you. an octopus fan, whatever. It holds a ton even if you just want to make the basket portion if you like the actual shape of this and you can leave off the tentacles. So it's got quite a few uses. I love this Bernat Velvet yarn though. This stuff is like my new favorite. It's so soft. The colors that it comes in are beautiful. But, Go download the pattern if it's still there, otherwise you'll see some buy now at Etsy or buy now at Ravelry. We are going to be making the eyeballs together. So the pattern has the instructions for the basket and the tentacles and how to attach those. We are going to be, sorry about that, we are going to be making the eyes to attach and it's a two-piece Little setup, so we have a pupil and then eye socket, I guess, whatever you would call it that you're sticking that into. So I'm going to show you how to make those and we're going to attach them to the basket so you can see how the basket looks, if you haven't already seen the pictures of what it looks like when the eyes are attached. So let's grab the yarn and let's go start making some eyes. So to begin, we're going to do a chain two to get our pupil going and the reason we're And the reason we're doing that is this Bernat Velvet has kind of a difficult texture to use a magic adjustable loop with. that fuzziness really gets stuck and it actually kind of will pull it off if you pull hard enough so we're not going to use that. we're going to do a chain two as kind of a separate way and we're going to work into the second chain from the hook. We're going to put six single crochets into this chain. And as we add those single crochets, it is going to start going around that chain and create our first round. So once we get all six of those stitches in, we're going to be ready to start increasing with round two. Once you finish those six stitches get a So I'm using a paper clip for my stitch marker. It was handy, so that's what I'm grabbing. It's a whole alternative kind of thing if you don't have stitch markers. Though we're going to start with round two. We're going to start working into the first stitch. You can count backwards to find it if you need to, but we're going to be doing two single crochets in every stitch around. So after that first stitch I make, I'm going to put my stitch marker in there to mark my place so that I don't lose track because we're working in spirals. So, as I go around, I'm going to be adding one, and then I go back in and add a second single crochet into each of those stitches. And you just kind of really want to take your time finding those stitches because the yarn is a little bit darker. Look for the Vs on the top of the stitches. the stitches if you You are getting a little bit lost to be able to see those. So this is going to give us 12 stitches at the end of this round. And then we're going to be doing one more increase round after this before we start rounding out the pupil. Okay, now that we are ready for round three, we are going to take our stitch marker out so that we can make that first stitch in the first stitch of round two. And this is going to be two single crochets in the first stitch. So I'm going to do my first one and put my stitch marker back. Then I'm going to do another one in that same stitch for my increase. Then I'm going to do one single crochet in the next stitch. And that's going to be the pattern repeat. We're going to do one single crochet, two in the same stitch, and then one in the next stitch. So this is going to give us six more stitches for this round for a total of 18 stitches. And that's kind of going to be, well it is going to be, the total stitches. that we are going to be doing for the pupil so again we're doing two single crochets and then one single crochet so two single crochets in one stitch and then the next stitch will be one single crochet so we're just going to finish that around and then we will move on to start rounding out our our pupil Okay, we are done with round three, finishing my last stitch. Moving on to round four, we're going to remove that stitch marker, of course, and we're going to do some single crochets all the way around. So just one single crochet in each stitch. Don't forget to replace your stitch marker, and then we're going to do those single crochets All the way around to get our pupil rounded out, and then we will come back for round five when we start to do some decreasing. Okay, just finishing up the last couple stitches of round four, and then we're going to start with round five, which is our decreasing round to bring out the roundness of the pupil, kind of turn it into a little ball. So we're going to take out the stitch marker, and we're going to do a single crochet two together. So I'm going to insert in yarn over, pull up a loop, insert in the next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, and then pull through both stitches, or all three stitches on my hook to Decrease by one stitch. Then I'm going to single crochet in the next stitch. So it's going to be a repeat. I'm going to do single crochet two together and then single crochet. So we're going to reduce by six stitches right after we increase by six to bring our stitch count back down to 12. So again single crochet two together and then single crochet all the way around and then we'll come back and do one more row of decreasing before we close this hole up. Okay here we are right at the end of round Five. I'm forgetting what round I'm on. And we're just finishing up those single crochet two togethers and the last single crochet. And then for round six, it's going to be really easy. We're single crocheting two together in every stitch. So we're taking it from 12 to six. So we insert, pull up a loop, insert in the next stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through all three Three loops on the hook. Don't forget to put your stitch marker back. And then we're just going to repeat that around. So we're going to do single. Crochet two together five more times to reduce our count by six and get that ball rounded out And then we are going to close it off So inserting into the next stitch pulling up a loop inserting into the stitch after pull up another loop You can tuck in your tails to get them out of the way because we are going to stuff this guy as soon as we are done with this round and then you're going to Yarn over and pull through all three loops to do those decreases. So continue that around and then we'll come back and finish off this guy. Alright, we are finishing off the last stitch. We're pulling out our loop and we're going to cut that. We're going to make it long enough to weave in to the last six stitches to close off the hole. So we'll cut that and then before we close off our hole, we need to do some stuffing. So you can either use some polyfill or grab some yarn. For small projects like this, I like using yarn to stuff my ball because the stuffing gets a little difficult to try to stuff into that little hole, so I just grab scraps of the yarn that I'm using. Just if you don't have scraps, just cut a little bit off. There's a there should be a ton left over from this color, so you can sit there and stuff it all up. You can use other These other colors, if your stitches are nice and tight, um poke through where you'll see the color underneath are not going to look good. but using the yarn that's the same color as your project really This is foolproof so that you don't have anything peeking through the stitches if they're not quite as tight as you would hope they would be. So you can see I am stuffing a ton of scrap yarn. You can just, it's amazing how much it will hold. We'll just stuff it until it seems like it is stuffed enough and then we're going to, you know, stuff it some more. Sure. It really can hold a lot but once you get every little last bit in there and you kind of gotta like grab the tails just to kind of keep it out of there so you don't stuff those in as well but then you are gonna be ready to close up your hole if you're happy with how nice and firm it is. If not, stuff it some more. You thought I was done, didn't you? No, I like to make sure that it is nice and firm for this project. You can make the eyes a little less squishy but it kind of it kind of stays better in the eye socket if you make it nice and firm. So once you get that all All good to go. Then you're going to go and grab your needle so that you can close up the hole for your pupil. So just thread it on there, both strands, and then you're going to weave in and out of those last six stitches. So you'll go through one way, out the other way. So just go through every single stitch, go back the other way. So just go opposite ways to get that all It's woven in. Once you get all six stitches on the needle or, you know, the tail of the needle, then you're just going to pull that nice and tight. And you can kind of weave it in. You can do a little bit, whatever you like. Otherwise, you can just stick it right through the center. It's not going to go anywhere. And you're going to pull it out and then cut it. Just kind of pull it a little tight. And when you cut it, it should. Pop right back into the project. You can also leave the tails out if you want to sew it to the eye socket, if it's gonna be for like a small child so that they don't pop out if they're playing with it. So either or, but then you have your pupil. So let's go move on to the eye socket. Okay, so now for the eye socket. You'll see that I've already started on it. I've done rounds one, two, and three, which are the same as the pupil, where we're doing the increasing to 18 stitches. Then we're going to be doing some extra increasing. So this round, we're going to be doing some more single crochet. You know, twice in a stitch so that we can get up to 24 stitches. So we're going to single crochet two times in the first stitch. Always replace that stitch marker, and I got a stitch marker this time. And then we're going to single crochet in the next two stitches. So it's single crochet two times in the next stitch. So insert, pull up a loop. Single crochet, insert in the same stitch, pull up a loop, single crochet, and then we're going to single crochet one time in each of the next two stitches. So we're just always increasing by six, which is good for single crochet. It keeps that round shape. We are going to wind up with 24 stitches, which is going to be the max that we're going to be doing for our eye socket, and then we're going to be doing a lot of rounds of just 24 stitches. So let's get to the end of this round and we'll talk about those. Okay here we are at the end of round four and we are moving on to round five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. So for the next one, two, three, four, five, six rounds you are just going to be single crocheting a round. So it's going to be 24 stitches in each round, one single crochet in each stitch, Do not forget your stitch marker so you do not lose your place. And this is just going to create a nice kind of tube that we're going to flatten out when we're done to put that pupil in. So real basic, real easy, just single crochet around, get to the end of round 10, and then we'll come back to do some decreasing. All right, we are here at the end of round 10. We are ready to move on to decreasing our rounds, finishing off this last stitch. Then we are going to do kind of the opposite where we just did two single crochets in one stitch. We're now going to do a single crochet two together in the next two stitches. So we're taking those two stitches we just increased and decreasing them back to one. So this round is going to get rid of six stitches. We're going to go from 24 to 18. So we're going to start round 13 by doing single crochet two together, put your stitch marker back, and then single crocheting in each of the next two stitches. That is our repeat. So single crochet two together and then single crochet in each of the next two stitches. So complete that round and then we will come back to round 11. Sorry, I misspoke. I meant round 12 we are on, which is going to be a total duplicate of round five of the pupil, and then round 13 is going to be a duplicate of round six of the pupils. So you're just going to be doing these decreasing so that you can get that hole all the way to almost close so that we can do the weaving in like we did previously. The only difference with this Portion is we are not stuffing it, so continue those decreasing rounds. Refer to the previous portion if you need to. Okay here we are finishing off that end of round 13. We're pulling out the end of our tail once again and cutting that sucker and then we are going to be closing up this round one more time. Well you'll do it twice because you're probably making two eyes. So put the yarn on your needle. You'll notice little fuzzies behind me. That's one little The downside to the Bernat Velvet is that when you cut it, you tend to get some like flyaways because it's so fuzzy. So be wary if you're wearing dark clothing. So as we did before, we're going to weave in and out of those last six stitches and then yank that sucker closed to finish off the hole. And... You'll notice it's flat. No stuffing. So then we're just going to use our fingers to kind of push it into a bowl so that way it can hold the pupils. So you're going to push that into the bowl. If you kept your tail on the pupil you can sew that in so it doesn't come out for small children. Otherwise just stick the pupil in. And you are good to go and you'll have the tails from the socket to be able to attach to the basket. So we will go on and show you how to put those onto the basket which is, you know, pretty self-explanatory but I'll demonstrate it for you so let's go do that right now. Okay, once you have finished your eyes, and like I said before, you can... Use the tail of the pupil to secure it inside if you're doing it for smaller children so that they don't pull that out, but if not it just kind of sits in there and it you know it doesn't fall out so it's up to you on if you do that or not. But then you have your two ends that you closed your hole with that you have left over and these are going to be what you sew it on with. Nice and easy. So you don't have to sew these in. So you can either do between tentacles or on top of a tentacle. I kind of like how it looks better on top of a tentacle. So I'm going to do each strand separately so that I can get it like kind of more separated from each other so that it is you know a little bit more sturdy. So I'm going to pull that through first and then I'm going to get this one and pull that one through. And the eyes are very 3D, so they will flop if you don't secure them well. So I'm just bringing that in. Then I'm going to come back out with that yarn, and I'm going to just secure the top of it. So I'm going to come in and out of the top of the eye, and I'm only... And I lost it. And I'm only going to do that just like once, just so that it doesn't flop down when it's sitting. And then I'm going to go back in and depending on where you want to weave it in you can weave you can kind of weave it in either with the eye or on the basket. It's a little bit easier on the basket so let me get you inside here. So I'm just going to kind of go in between and around and weave in like I would for a normal end just to secure it in. So I'm going to do that back and forth do that with both eyes and then we are going to be ready to go. Okay we've got the eyes added to the octopus basket. I think it gives him a little bit more character, but totally you can leave them out. You can also make the pupils the same color as the basket if you want like a monotone look, but I think they're kind of cute. So this is the octopus basket. I hope you enjoyed it. Be sure to like and subscribe so you don't miss out on on those free patterns and thank you for watching.