Introduction

The motivation for this pattern comes from the fact that I did a lot of amigurumi of aquatic animals recently and I thought that a jellyfish with long tentacles would be very cute and snuggle material. After looking at different patterns online, I decided to create my own.

The characteristic that I wanted for sure was long tentacles that curled. I think this effect it adorable and adds some character to the design. The ultimate goal was to make the biggest jelly fish that could still fit comfortably on a desk as a cute decoration.

Materials

• 5 mm hook
• Stitch markers
• 6 weight yarn (in this pattern, Sweet Snuggles™ Lite Yarn by Loops Threads)
  • For the tentacles : 30 g (24 m)
  • For the base and the body : 50 g (40 m)
• Safety eyes 14 mm
• Polyfill

Pattern notes

This pattern is worked in rounds, so it is important to mark the last stitch of each round with a stitch marker.

If no number is provided in front of a stitch, do 1.

The pattern is using US terminology.

Terminology

Steps

Tetacles (make 6)

ch 30

R1 : inc in the 2nd ch from the hook, 27 inc, 3 sc.

Cut the yarn, and attach the two tails together with a knot.

Base

R1 : 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)

R2 : 6 inc. (12)

R3 : (sc, inc) x 6. (18)

R4 : (2 sc, inc) x 6. (24)

Put a stitch marker in the last stitch of R4.

Close.

Attach a tentacle in each corner of the hexagon formed by the base at R3. Here’s an example from the smaller version of this a pattern.

Body

R1 : 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)

R2 : 6 inc. (12)

R3 : (sc, inc) x 6. (18)

R4 : (2 sc, inc) x 6. (24)

R5 : (3 sc, inc) x 6. (30)

R6 : (4 sc, inc) x 6. (36)

R7-12 : 36 sc. (36)

R13 : (4 sc, dec) x 6. (30)

R14 : (3 sc, dec) x 6. (24)

Put the eyes between R7 and R8 about 8 sts apart.

R15 : Attach the base to the body with sc making sure that the tentacles will be outside. For the first one, take the first st of R15 and the last from the base (the one we marked earlier). When there is about 8 sts left to connect, add the polyfill to your liking and finish attaching.

Add a stitch marker in the first st of R15

R16 : ((sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc), sl st) x 12

Details

For the details, I like to add a little smile and some cheeks. They add a lot of personality to the project!

Final word

Thanks for checking out my pattern, don’t hesitate to reach out and show me some pictures of your creations on Instagram! (@filmignoncrochet)! I hope you had fun making this jelly fish and are pleased with the result, you can also contact me if you have any questions!