BUSY OCTOPUS  What is he busy doing? Anything  you want The sample is loom  knitting but take a trip to the  dollar store and look around.  Yours could be babysitting,  playing musical instruments,  picking flowers, cooking and the  list goes on.
YARN, GAUGE, SIZE  AND MACHINE  Any machine may be used. The octopus shown is knitted flat. However, those with two  beds could knit him in the round so instructions for that are included Two gauges are  given. The bulkier one, using worsted weight yarn at  stitch size 3 works on bulky and mid-gauge machines. An option using fingering to sport  weight yarn will work for standard Passap and Superba machines Gauge is 4.5 stitches/6  rows! for the worsted weight version . 1 stitches/10 rows/“ for the fingering-sport version. For this pattern matching gauge is not of all critical Feel free to substitute yarns.  Adjust for a firm fabric so that the knitting will hold the stuffing in nicely. The bulky  version is given first with the numbers that apply to the standard version in parentheses.  If gauge is matched perfectly tentacle is about 7” long. The octopus sits about 5” tall A  ounces or less of yarn required.