SQUID SEAMUS MUSICAL TOY

L A LY L A L A A M I G U R U M I
YARN AND HOOK MORE REQUIRED MATERIALS

CROCHET HOOKS a short piece of dark gray yarn for the mouth
3.5 mm (US: E/4, UK: 9) 1 pair of black safety eyes Ø 16 mm (0.63 inch)
2.25 mm (US: B/1, UK: 13), or 2.5 mm (US: -, UK: 12) 1 pair of black safety eyes Ø 6 mm (0.24 inch)
1 pull string music box with long white pull cord
Squid Seamus is made from 2 strands of baby soft stuffing (e.g., polyfiber fill)
weight yarn (size 2 / fine) held together to get the blunt-tipped yarn needle
right weight to make his body big enough to hold the pins, stitch markers, scissors
music box mechanism. Also using 2 strand of yarn
allows us to create a gradient while making up the
body.
SIZE OF THE FINISHED TOY
Made from the recommended yarn the squid turns
SPORT/BABY WEIGHT YARN SIZE 2 - FINE out a size of approx. 16 cm (6,3 inch).
100% (mercerized) cotton
50 g / 125 m (1.76 oz / 137 yd),
10x10 cm (4x4 inch) = 26 sts x 36 rows

e.g. Scheepjes Catona, Yarn and Colors Must Have, or

Schachenmayr Catania

SCHEEPJES CATONA

A dark teal 528 Silver Blue 50 g

B light teal 402 Silver Green 25 g MATERIAL KITS AND ORIGINAL MUSIC BOX
C white 130 Old Lace 50 g tune: “Under the Sea“ (Ariel / The little Mermaid)
D salmon 524 Apricot 10 g available on lalylala.com

GENERAL ADVICE

1. For most parts you start with an adjustable ring („magic ring“ or „magic loop“) and you’ll go on work in a
continuous spiral (except the pattern calls for a slst to close the round). This means, you continue to crochet
directly into the first stitch of the previous round to start the next round.

2. Stitch markers are your friends! Mark the first stitch of a round to keep track of where the round begins.
This helps when counting your stitches to compare with the pattern.

3. Take care to crochet very tight stitches! If you crochet rather loosely, choose a smaller hook size.

4. If the amigurumi will be given to a child under the age of 3 make sure that every piece is securely attached to
the body!

5. Most important: Have fun!

ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)
-blo = work stitch as indicated through back loop only, example: sc-blo, dec-blo, inc-blo
ch = chain stitch
dc = double crochet stitches
dec = decrease (crochet together 2 sts with 1 sc) → tutorial A, page 4
-flo = work stitch as indicated through front loop only, example: sc-flo, dec-flo, inc-flo
hdc = half double crochet stitch
inc = increase (2 sc into the same stitch)
rnd(s) = round(s)
sc = single crochet stitch, x-shape → tutorial below
sk = skip stitch(es)
slst = slip stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)
°…° = work instructions between °...+...° all into the same stitch or same spot
[…] ...x = repeat instructions written in brackets as a sequence as often as given after the closing bracket,
example: [sc 1, inc] 5x
(…) = total number of sts at the end of a row or rnd

WHY USING THE X-SHAPED SINGLE CROCHET STITCH

I highly recommend to use the x-shape sc for this pattern! It creates tight stitches which are
standing much more on top of each other, compared to the standard v-shaped single crochet
stitch. Also the beginning of the rnds is shifting less.

X-SHAPE SINGLE CROCHET STITCH YARN-UNDER-SC, CROSS-STITCH-SC

Insert the hook into the indicated stitch. Don’t do yarn over now, but yarn under (!): Grab the yarn from above
with the hook pointing down, pull up a loop through the stitch. Then, finish like a common v-shape sc stitch:
Yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.

01 02 03

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BASIC TECHNIQUES

A B C
INVISIBLE SC-DECREASE CHANGING COLORS PARTS OF A STITCH

Insert the hook into the front Change to another color by Sometimes you need to work
loop of the 1st stitch and then joining in the new color during into just one part of a stitch.
directly also into the front loop the final step of the last stitch in This might be a front loop or the
of the 2nd stitch (3 loops on the the old color as follows: back loop (→ photo 05).
hook → photo 01).
Work the last stitch in the old Some instructions also call for
Single crochet as usual: Yarn color until the last two loops of working into the back bumps
over, draw through both front the stitch are on the hook, then on the backside of a foundation
loops on the hook (2 loops on using the new color, wrap the chain (→ photo 06).
the hook). Yarn over, draw yarn yarn around the hook and pull
through both loops on the hook. through the 2 remaining old
colored loops on your hook (→
Decreasing invisibly also works
photo 03).
for taller stitches like hdc, dc, or
tr. On flat pieces with both sides The next stitch that you make
visible, you’d rather use the will be the first stitch in the new
standard way to decrease. color (→ photo 04).

01 03 05
front back
loop loop

02 04 06

2nd
back bump

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D E F
FASTEN OFF INVISIBLY CLOSING STITCHES HOW TO SEAL SAFETY EYES
THROUGH FRONT LOOPS
Skip one stitch. Insert needle Secure the safety eye with the
into next stitch, pull yarn Pull the yarn tail through last washer. Then, carefully heat the
through. stitch completely. With a yarn plastic shaft behind the washer
needle, draw the yarn through with a lighter and press the
Insert needle into the back loop every remaining front loop - soft plastic against the washer.
of the same stitch that the yarn from outside to inside (→ photo Repeat until the melted shank
tail is coming from (→ photos 04). builds a flat disk at the back side
01+02). Pull gently.
of the washer (→ photos 07-09)
Pull gently to close the gap (→
This creates a false stitch photo 05+06). CAUTION! Do not touch the
(closing stitch) that mimics the
heated plastic with your fingers!
skipped stitch (→ photo 03).
It’s very hot!

01 04 07
skip 1

02 05 08
press
flat

03 06 09
fake stitch

original stitch

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G JOINING YARN WITH A SLIP KNOT
01
Make a slip knot from your yarn (do not place on hook). Insert hook into
indicated stitch. Place the slip knot onto hook and pull the slip knot
through the stitch (→ photo 01). Take care to keep the knot on the back
of the fabric. Work into the next stitch, or make the number of chains as
indicated in the pattern (e.g., to start a new round).

Tip: You can also just insert the hook into indicated stitch, yo and pull it
through the stitch if you prefer (without making a slip knot).

H TWO THREADS FROM ONE SKEIN 02

To get 2 threads from the same ball of yarn you just have to find the
beginning of the yarn on the outside and the end of the yarn which is
hidden inside of the ball (center pull). Take both, the beginning and the
end and hold them together to crochet with 2 threads from one ball.

Tip: If you have to cut just one of the threads e.g. to replace it with
another color, always choose the yarn thread on the outside of the ball
to be cut and keep the center pull thread. Your ball will move less what
makes crocheting with 2 yarn balls much easier.

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SQUID SEAMUS

EYE LAYERS MAKE 2

Use 2 threads of baby weight yarn held together on a 3.5
mm crochet hook.

Make a magic loop from color C+C (2 threads of white held

together → tutorial H). Work in a continuous spiral.

01. ch 1, hdc 14, don’t close the center gap entirely,

but leave it open wide enough to push the shank 02
of the safety eye through the center.

02. slst 14 (→ photo 01)

Then, cut the yarn with a long rest and close rnd invisibly
(→ tutorial D). Make another eye layer.

Place the 16 mm eyes into the center of the eye layers.

Don’t attach the washers yet! (→ photo 02)

Now, put the eye layers aside - you’ll need them later.

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ARMS MAKE 8
Use 2 threads of baby weight yarn held together on a 3.5
mm crochet hook.

Make a magic loop from color A+A (2 threads of dark teal

held together → tutorial H). Work in a continuous spiral.

01. sc 5 into the ring (5)

02. [inc] 5x (10)

03.-05. (3 rnds) sc 10
04
Ch 1, fold the open end so that 5 sts line each other in two
layers. Insert the hook in the pairs of sts at once to close the
open end flat (→ photo 03): sc 5.

Ch 1, cut the yarn with a long rest, pull the end through the
last stitch completely and tighten down the ch to fasten off
(→ photo 04). Do not weave in the long yarn end, but safe
it for later.

Make 7 arms more. Then, put the arms aside.

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BOTTOM BASE OF THE BODY 05

Use 2 threads of baby weight yarn held together on a 3.5

mm crochet hook.

Make a foundation chain of 6 ch from color A+A (2

threads of dark teal held together → tutorial H).

Crochet along the chain, starting in the 2nd ch from hook:

01. sc 4, °sc 3° into the last ch,

along the other side of the chain:
sc 3, inc (→ photo 05) (12)
06
new
Slst 1 into the first st to adjust the beginning of following
beginning
rnds (→ photo 06).

02. Place a marker into the next stitch to mark

it as the first stitch of following rnds,
[sc 3, [inc] 3x] 2x (18)

03. [sc 3, [sc 1, inc] 3x] 2x (24)

04. [sc 3, [inc, sc 2] 3x] 2x (30)

05. [sc 3, [sc 3, inc] 3x] 2x (36)

07
06. sc 8, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 12, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 4
(→ photo 07) (40)

Sc 2 to adjust the beginning of the following rnds. Then,

remove stitch marker from the first stitch. Do not cut the
yarn!

BODY
Now, take the first arm and hold it in front of the oval
bottom base piece, so that the 5 sts at the straight end of
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the arm line the next 5 sts along the edge of the oval (→
photo 08).

For the next rnd, insert hook into both layers at once to
crochet together the arms and the body piece.

01. Place marker into the very next st to mark the

beginning of following rnds: sc 4, inc
(→ photo 09).

[hold the next arm in front of the next

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 5 sts at the edge of the oval, crochet 03. [inc, sc 5] 8x (56)
together arm and oval: sc 4, inc] 7x
04.+05. (2 rnds) sc 56
(→ photo 10) (48)

Do not weave in the yarn ends from the arms, but Take a short break to close the litte gaps (→ photo
leave them on the inside. You’ll use them later. 11) between the arms. Use the yarn ends of the arms
to sew the upper right corner of the flat end of the
02. sc 48 arms onto the body (→ photos 11-14). Then weave in
the ends on the inside of the body (→ photos 15-17).
Change one thread to color B (light teal) and go on
Change color A to color B, go on with color B+B (2
in color A+B held together:
threads of light teal held together):

09 10 11
inc 4 sc

gap

12 13 14
pull

15 16 17

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06.+07. (2 rnds) sc 56
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Change one thread to color C (white), go on with color B+C
(1 thread of each color held together):

08.-12. (5 rnds) sc 56

Change color B to color C, go on with color C+C (2 threads

of white held together):

13. sc 56

Don’t cut the yarn yet but take a short break to attach the
eyes.
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ATTACHING THE EYES

At the front side of the body between rnd 07 and 08 mark

the 2 sts in the center of the body (→ photo 19).

Starting with the sts next to the marked sts, count 6 sts
to the left and 6 sts to the right. There have to be 12 sts in
between the eyes (→ photo 18).

Widen the two stitches with a chopstick, a pencil or a heavy

crochet hook. Then, take the eye layers with the 16 mm 20
eyes attached and push the shanks of the eyes through the
stitches (→ photo 19). push

Tip: Two layers of fabric may be too thick to attach the

washers of the eyes properly (with the flat side towards
the fabric). If so, turn the washer with the bumped side
towards the fabric (→ photo 20) and attach it this way.
Then, seal the back of the safety eyes with all purpose glue
or heat (→ tutorial F) so that they can’t come off.

Optionally: Use the ends of the white eye layer to sew the
layer onto the body with a few stitches before weaving in
the ends. 21

BACK TO CROCHET:

Sc 2 to adjust the beginning of the following rnds. Then,

remove stitch marker from the first stitch and place the
marker into the very next stitch:

14. sc 12, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 23,

dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 11 (52)

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15. sc 13, sc-blo 1, sc 25, sc-blo 1, sc 12
22
16. sc 11, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 21, dec,
sc-blo 1, dec, sc 10 (48)

17. sc 12, sc-blo 1, sc 23, sc-blo 1, sc 11

18. sc 10, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 19, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 9 (44)

19. sc 11, sc-blo 1, sc 21, sc-blo 1, sc 10

20. sc 9, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 17, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 8 (40)

26. sc 10, sc-blo 1, sc 19, sc-blo 1, sc 9 23

Don’t cut the yarn but take a short break to insert the
music box.

rnd 03
rnd 02
INSERTING THE MUSIC BOX

Note, that the pull cord does not come out of the music box
centred. There is a short and a long distance in front and
behind the pull cord. Place the music box into the body with
the short side being towards the eyes (→ photo 22).

Pull the cord of the music box through the stitch between 24
rnds 02 and 03 of the bottom base, which is next to where
the cord is coming out of the box. This stitch should be in
a line with the center of the body when looking at it from
the front (→ photos 23+24).

Pull the cord out of the music box as if you want to make
it play and run a stitch marker through the pull cord next
to the bottom of the squid to stop it from being pulled
back into the box (→ photo 25). Don’t remove the stitch
marker until the body is finally closed. It helps you to keep
the music box in place.
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Now, stuff the space around the box evenly. Make sure to
stuff firmly, so that the soft stuffing is holding the box in
position well. Do not stuff the body below the box –
otherwise the stuffing could be pulled into the mechanism
and get stuck!

Stuff the rest of the body well and crochet on:

27. sc 8, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 15, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 7 (36)

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28. sc 9, sc-blo 1, sc 17, sc-blo 1, sc 8
26
29. sc 7, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 13, dec,
sc-blo 1, dec, sc 6 (32)

Stuff the body well. 3x

30. sc 6, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 11, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 5 (28)

31. sc 5, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 9, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 4 (24)

32. sc 4, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 7, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 3 (20) 27

33. sc 3, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 5, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 2 (16)

34. sc 2, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 3, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec, sc 1 (12)

35. sc 1, dec, sc-blo 1, dec, sc 1, dec,

sc-blo 1, dec (8)

Cut the yarn with a long rest and close the last rnd through
front loops (→ tutorial E).

Now, remove the stitch marker from the pull cord of the 28
music box.

DETAILS
CHEEKS 2x

Use 2 threads of salmon to embroider little cheeks next to

the eyes. Run the yarn around 2 sts between rnds 05 and 06
3 times (→ photo 26+27).

MOUTH
29
Embroider a little mouth with one thread of anthracite
yarn. Between rnds 06 and 07 run the yarn around 2 sts in
the middle of the face 2 times (→ photo 28).

GRADIENT
To fade out the gradient between light teal and white at the
body even more, use one thread of light teal and run the
yarn around the stitches the first 3 all white rnds (→ photos
29+30) following this stitch pattern:

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1. white rnd: ●●●○●●●●○ 3 sts teal / skip 1 st / Use 2 threads of baby weight yarn held together on
4 sts teal / skip 1 st a 3.5 mm crochet hook.

2. white rnd: ●●○○ 2 sts teal / skip 2 sts

With the backside of the body facing, join color
3. white rnd: ●○○ 1 st teal / skip 2 sts C+C (2 threads of white held together → tutorial H)
with a slip knot (→ tutorial G) into the first of the
Feel free to add more stitches randomly until you are
remaining front loops (→ photo 32+33).
happy with the result.

01. Crochet into the remaining front loops

along the side of the body until you reach
HEAD FIN
the tip:

At the sides of the squid’s head you have 2 lines of slst 16 (→ photo 35), slst 1 around last
white front loops (→ photo 31). Here’s where you go round (→ photo 36-39), ch 1 (→ photo 40),
to add the head fin.

30 31 32

first
front loop

33 34 35

16 slst

second
front loop

36 37 38

last rnd
last rnd
 39 40 41

last rnd
last rnd

1 ch

42 43 44

last rnd 17 slst

next
front loop

45 46 47
dc-inc-flo dc-inc-flo

first dc-flo
here

along the other side of the body: 02 A. Work into the front loops of the surface
slst 1 around the last rnd (→ photo 41-43), slip stitches of row 01 only (→ photo 45):

along the other side of the body into the dc-flo 17, [dc-inc-flo] 2x into the 2 sts at
remaining front loops: slst 17 (→ photo 44), the tip (→ photo 46+47),

change one strand to color B (light teal) and

along the other site of the body:
go on with color B+C held together:
dc-flo 17, ch 1, turn. (38)
ch 2, turn (→ photo 45) (36)
02 B. In order to create an identical second
layer for the fin, now crochet into the
remaining loops of the surface slip

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 stitches of row 01 (→ photo 49): 03. Crochet together both layers with a row
of sc stitches, inserting the hook into
dc-flo 17 (→ photo 50),
the stitches at both layers at once (→
[dc-inc-flo] 2x into the 2 stitch at the tip,
photos 52-54):
along the other site of the body:
dc-flo 17 (→ photo 51), sc 18, [inc] 2x (→ photo 55), sc 18 along the
other side of the fin (40)
change color C (white) to color A (dark
teal) and go on with color A+B held
Cut the yarn, pull the end through the last stitch
together: ch 1, turn. (38)
completely and weave in the end. (→ photo 56)

48 49 50

first dc-flo
here

51 52 53

54 55 56

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SHRIMP 57

Before you crochet the shrimp, you prepare a little crochet

circle, that will later give extra support to the shrimp handle
when the pull cord is attached:

CIRCLE

Use one thread of baby weight yarn on a 2.25 mm crochet

hook.

Make magic loop from color D (salmon).

58
01. sc 7 into the ring (7)

02. [inc] 7x (14)

Cut the yarn and close the rnd invisibly (→ photo 57). For last dc
now, put the circle aside.

BODY
last 5 sc

Use one thread of baby weight yarn on a 2.25 mm crochet

hook.
59
Make a magic loop from color D (salmon). Work in a
continuous spiral.

01. sc 6 into the ring (6)

first dc
02. [inc] 6x (12)

03. [sc 1, inc] 6x (18)

first
04. sc 1, inc, [sc 2, inc] 5x, sc 1 (24) 5 sc

05.-08. (4 rnds) sc 24

TIP: Crochet the dc’s of the following rnds rather tightly! 60

09. sc 5, dc 14, sc 5

Take a short break to attach the eyes.

With the open end of the head on the left, attach the eye in
a stitch standing in a straight line with the last dc but 2 rnds
before the dc (→ photo 58).

With the open end of the head on the right, attach the eye 2
rnds before the 5th sc stitch of rnd 09 (→ photo 59).

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TIP: I recommend to flatten the shanks of the eyes inside
61
the head, so that they don’t disturb while stuffing the head
dc-dec
well. “Sealing” the eyes prevents the eyes from being placed
crooked after the head is stuffed. (→ tutorial F)

Crochet into back loops only from now on!

10. sc-blo 5, dc-blo 6, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 6, sc-blo 5 (23)

11. sc-blo 5, dc-blo 6, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 5, sc-blo 5 (22)

12. sc-blo 5, dc-blo 5, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 5, sc-blo 5 (21)

Stuff the head of the shrimp very well (→ photo 60). 62

Now also stuff the first 2 dc-rnds of the body well but make
sure the dc stitches don’t stretch out too much.

Please note: A little stretch between the dc’s is welcome

because this is to make sure there’s enough stuffing to keep
the shrimp in shape later. So don’t worry about a bit of soft 4 cm / 1.6 inch

stuffing being visible between the dc stitches. You’ll pull

them closer together later with a round of slip stitches.

Take a short break to attach the shrimp to the pull cord of

the music box.

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ATTACHING THE PULL CORD

circle

Make sure that you have removed the stitch marker that
was holding the pull cord back and the music box have
stopped playing!

Now, run the end of the pull cord through the space in
between the two double crochet stitches of the dc-decrease
at rnd 11 from outside to inside (→ photo 61).

Next, pull the salmon colored circle onto the cord too (→
photo 62). Push both, the shrimp and the circle, upwards
64
and make a big sturdy knot into the pull cord right below
the shrimp and the circle at a length of approx. 4 cm (1.6
inch) measured from the bottom of the squid (→ photo 62).

Now, push the knot and the circle inside the shrimp and
arrange the circle like a second layer under the dc stitches
of the body of the shrimp (→ photo 63).

Push the remaining tail of the pull cord into the body too
and stuff the body well.

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 To give you more space while finishing the body, of Fold the open end so that 4 sts line each other in two
the shrimp, pull the cord out of the music box again layers. Insert the hook in the pairs of sts at once to
and run a stitch marker through the pull cord to stop close the open end flat: sc 4 (→ photo 65), ch 2, turn
it from being pulled back into the box. Crochet on: (→ photo 66).

Now, to create a tail: °dc 4 + ch 2 + slst 1° into the

13. sc-blo 3, dec-blo, dc-blo 5, dc-dec-blo,
first st (→ photo 67), slst 2, ch 2 (→ photo 68), °dc 4
dc-blo 4, dec-blo, sc-blo 3 (18)
+ ch 2 + slst 1° into the last st.
14. sc-blo 4, dc-blo 4, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 4,
Cut the yarn and weave in ends.
sc-blo 4 (17)

15. sc-blo 2, dec-blo, dc-blo 4, dc-dec-blo,

dc-blo 3, dec-blo, sc-blo 2 (14) RIBS
16. sc-blo 3, dc-blo 3, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 3,
Join salmon with a slip knot (→ tutorial G) into the
sc-blo 3 (13)
last remaining front loop at the tail of the shrimp (→
Stuff the body well. photo 69).

17. sc-blo 1, dec-blo, dc-blo 3, dc-dec-blo, Now, slst 1 into every front loop (→ photo 70) until
dc-blo 2, dec-blo, sc-blo 1 (10) you reach the next to last front loop. Cut the yarn
and weave in the end.
18. sc-blo 2, dc-blo 2, dc-dec-blo, dc-blo 2,
sc-blo 2 (9)

65 66 67

°dc 4 + ch 2 + slst 1°
here
4 sc

68 69 70
slst into
every front
°dc 4 + ch 2 + slst 1° loop
here

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 71 72 73

74 75 76

ANTENNAE TENTACLES MAKE 2

Cut a piece of piece of salmon colored yarn (D) at
First, mark the stitches where the tentacles will be
a length of approx. 20 cm (8 inch). Make a big knot
attached to the body of the squid:
into one end and and thread a yarn needle with the
other end. At the bottom of the squid’s body, on the 2nd rnd
counted from the arms, mark the stitch that is
Insert the needle into the body of the shrimp at its
standing in a straight line with the gap between the
back (→ photo 71), run the needle through the soft
two arms on the left and on the right side (→ photo
stuffing inside the body, coming out through a stitch
75).
in between rnds 01 and 02 at the head (→ photo
72). Use 2 threads of baby weight yarn held together on
a 3.5 mm crochet hook.
Pull the yarn end so that the knot slips through
the stitch into the body and gets stuck by the soft Make a foundation chain of 8 ch from color A+A (2
stuffing. Knot the yarn end at a height of approx. 3 threads of dark teal held together → tutorial H).
cm and cut the yarn above the knot.
Crochet along the chain, starting in the 2nd ch from
Repeat to create a second antenna. (→ photos 72+73) hook:

01. slst 1, sc 1, hdc 1, dc 1, hdc 1, sc 1, slst 1,

CHEEKS ch 1, along the other side of the chain:
With white stitch little cheeks next to the eyes of slst 1, sc 1, hdc 1, dc 1, hdc 1, sc 1, slst 1,
the shrimp. ch 1 (→ photo 76)

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02. slst 8, ch 26, Slst 1 into the first slst, ch 1. Cut the yarn, pull end
next, to attach the tentacle to the body, through the last stitch and tighten the ch to finish
insert hook into one of the marked stitches off. Weave in the end.
at the bottom of Seamus’ body (→ photo
Make another tentacle and attach it mirrored on the
79), sc 1.
opposite side of the bottom of the squid.

Now, work into the back bumps along the

back side of the chain (→ tutorial C): slst 25,
slst 8 along the other side of the leaf shape
(→ photo 80).

77 78 79

26 ch

8 slst

80 82
back
bumps

80
slst 8

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