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Here you will find the instructional video on how to make your little friend from Gubbies, Octopus. Feel free to send us an e-mail if you have questions or concerns! :)
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LEGEND |
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Magic circle |
mc |
stitches |
sts |
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Chain |
ch |
stitch |
st |
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Single crochet |
sc |
Slip stitch |
Sl st |
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Half double crochet |
hdc |
increase |
inc |
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Double crochet |
dc |
decrease |
dec |
| Back loop only | blo | ||
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HOW TO MAKE CROCHET STITCHES? |
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Magic Circle |
To make a magic circle, you have to wrap the yarn once on your three fingers with the end of the yarn facing you. On the back of your hands, you should have two strands of yarn. Your thumb should be holding the tail of yarn to prevent it from becoming undone. Now, Insert your hook under the first strand of yarn near your fingertips and pull up a loop on the second strand of yarn. You have to chain 1 by pulling your working yarn inside the loop. |
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Slip Stitch |
To make a slip stitch, insert the hook on the next stitch and pull through the loop on your hook. |
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Single Crochet |
To make a single crochet, insert the hook in the next st under both loops of the st. Bring the yarn over to the other side (from back to front) and pull up a loop of yarn through the stitch. You will have two loops on the hook, bring the yarn over the hook again and pull through both loops on the hook. You will have one loop left on the hook.
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Half Double Crochet |
To make a half double crochet, you have to yarn over so you will have two loops on your hook. Insert the hook into the next stitch under both loops of the stitch. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch, you will have three loops on your hook. Yarn over the hook again and pull through all three loops on the hook. You will have one loop left on the hook. |
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Single Crochet Decrease |
To decrease, pull up a loop on the 1 st and 2nd st. Yarn over and pull through all three loops. |
| Changing Yarn |
To change your yarn, insert your hook in the next st under both loops of the st. Bring the yarn over to the other side (from back to front) and pull up a loop of yarn through the stitch. Once hou two loops on the hook, get your other choice of yarn and bring the yarn over the hook again and pull through both loops on the hook. You will have one loop left on the hook. |
| Back Loop Only |
Look from the top of your stitches, you will see each stitch looks like a ‘V’. The loop closer to you is the front and loop farther from you is the back loop. Rather than inserting through both loops when making a single crochet, insert your hook in between the ‘V’ and make a sc but on the back loop only.
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* The yarn indicated in the materials is what I used in the pattern making. The yarn type is subject to change.
Octopus
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Materials Needed
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BODY Using, the () yarn, make a magic circle and ch 1 Row 1: insert 6 sc into the mc. (6) Row 2: Make 2 sc in each sc. (12) Row 3: In the first st, make 1 sc. In the second st, make 2 sc or increase. Do this step (1 sc, inc) in the following stitches. (18) Row 4: In the next 2 sts, make 1 sc. In the third st, make 2 sc or increase. Do this step (2 sc, inc) in the following stitches. (24) Row 5: In the next 3 sts, make 1 sc. In the fourth st, make 2 sc or increase. Do this step (3 sc, inc) in the following stitches. (30) Row 6: In the next 4 sts, make 1 sc. In the fifth st, make 2 sc or increase. Do this step (4sc, inc) in the following stitches. (36) Row 7-12: sc along. (36) Row 13: Work in BLO, Make 1 sc in the next 4 sts and dec in the fifth st. Repeat this step (4 sc, dec) until the end of the row. (30) Row 19: Make 1 sc in the next 3 sts and dec in the fourth st. Repeat this step (3 sc, dec) until the end of the row. (24) Row 20: Make 1 sc in the next 2 sts and dec in the third st. Repeat this step (2 sc, dec) until the end of the row. (18) Row 21: Make 1 sc in the first st and dec in the second st. Repeat this step (1 sc, dec) until the end of the row. (12) Row 22: dec all around. (6) Insert hook in the BLO stitches, sl st in the next st. (ch1, sl st in the same, sl s 2) repeat eight times |