A crocheted Octopus Slouchy hat in a child’s size with variegated hues complimentary to the primary & secondary solid colors of the arms. My inspiration for this hat is Natalie Allen-TheTwistedHatter. I completely changed, modified & added to Natalie’s adult pattern by reducing the size, changing the stitch pattern of the sack, creating actual cup-like suckers, adding a more defined/detailed outlining of the arms/brim & vibrant jewel-tone eyes.
The Slouchy part of the hat (sack/mantle) is light-weight and can be filled with a couple of
wadded up plastic grocery bags, stuffing/wadding or your own hair/dreads.
Terminology: U.S. terms
Hooks: U.S. sizes
Measurement: Imperial measurement
Size: Child 18 “- 22” depending on your tension
• Yarn=approx. 20 oz of #4 medium/worsted/aran weight yarn
• sack/hat=approx. 8 oz
• arms/borders/brow fringe=approx. 3 oz
• suckers=approx. 5 oz (138 yds or so) depending on how
many suckers you attach.
• eye orbital rings=approx. 1 oz
• small amount of white for eye highlights
• small amount of black for eye pupils
• embroidery floss or lightweight gauge yarn for iris of eyes
(sometimes I even split a #4 weight in half to use for
this)=approx. 4-6 packs of floss or equivalent in varying
shades…(a lot of times I add 1 strand of metallic thread just
to add shine to the highlights)
• Hooks
• K hook (6.50 mm)…sack, hat/cap/head
• I hook (5.50 mm)…arms
• H hook (5.00 mm)…borders, fringe
• G hook (4.00)…connecting border, fringe, suckers
• 00 steel hook or E hook (3.50 mm)…eyeball
• 0 steel hook or D hook (3.25 mm)…eyeball
• Scissors
• Stuffing for eyes
• Yarn needle