Kitty Squid

Materials: Gauge:
 Scrap yarn, maybe 25g. I recommend sport or worsted weight, Not particularly important, just make
but you could try a gigantic or tiny Kitty Squid with bulky or sure the stitches are tight enough
fingering weight, respectively. that the filling stays put.
 Teensy amount of scrap yarn in contrasting color for eyes
(optional). Size:
 Crochet hook, size smaller than recommended for weight of Approximately 6” long in worsted
yarn, to keep stitches tight enough to contain filling in spite of weight, but will vary depending on
rough play. (I used size F for sport weight, size G for worsted.) yarn, hook, etc.
 Small amount of filling material. Polyfill, beans, etc. You can
even use more scrap yarn.
 Catnip (optional).
 Yarn needle.

Instructions:

Note: If you want to have a string on the top of your squid that you can use to bounce it around and play
interactively your cat, begin by leaving a long tail; or for a little added durability, work a length of chain stitches (up
to a couple of feet long). If your cat prefers independent play, you can skip this step. Warning: An unsupervised cat
can easily sever a length of yarn, and swallowing it could have severe consequences for kitty’s digestive tract.
Nobody wants that.
Mantle (A.K.A. “Pointy Top”)
1. Ch 13. Turn.
2. Beginning in 3rd ch from hook, along ch: 2 dc, 3 tr,
2 dc, 1 hdc, 2 sc, 1 sl st.
3. Along opposite side of chain: 1 sl st, 2 sc, 1 hdc, 2
dc, 3 tr, 3 dc.
4. Cut yarn.
Repeat steps 1-3 to make a second matching piece.
After last dc of second piece, do not cut yarn; place
the two leaf shaped mantle pieces back to back and
join with sl st around perimeter, leaving the "dc" end
open. Do not cut yarn.
Feeding Tentacles
1. Sl st in next sc of body.
2. Ch 25. Turn.
3. Sc in 2nd ch from hook; dc in each of next 2 ch; tr
in each of next 3 ch; dc in each of next 2 ch; sc in rest
of ch.
4. Sl st to join to next sc of body.
Repeat steps 1-4 once more - 2 long feeding
tentacles.
Make 2 additional regular tentacles - total 8 regular,
2 feeding tentacles. Cut, leaving a 12" tail.

Head Stuff with filling and catnip, if desired. Use tail to sew
Ch 1. Work 10 sc around open space, in dc's/turning up opening between tentacles. Weave in ends.
ch sts of mantle section. Join in the round.
Rows 1-2: Sc in each sc around - 10 sc.
Row 3: *Sc in next sc; 2 sc in next sc. Repeat from *
around - 15 sc.
Row 4: Sc in each sc around - 15 sc.
Row 5: *Sc in each of next 2 sc; 2 sc in next sc.
Repeat from * around - 20 sc.
Rows 6-10: Sc in each sc around - 20 sc.

Regular Tentacles
1. Sl st in next sc of body.
2. Ch 16. Turn.
3. Sc in 2nd ch from hook; sc in each ch. (NOTE: The
Eyes (optional) (make 2)
tighter your sc's, the more the tentacles will twist.)
1. With contrasting color, ch 4 and join in the round
4. Sl st to join to next sc of body.
with sl st.
Repeat steps 1-4 five more times around body - 6
2. 2 sc in each ch around. Sl st to join. Cut yarn,
tentacles total.
leaving long tail for attaching to squid.
Sew eyes to squid at head section, above the 2
longer feeding tentacles. Weave in ends.

Pattern and all images copyright Cara M. Key, 2013. Please do not repost, sell, or otherwise
claim this pattern as your own.

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