Cute Crochet Jellyfish Free Pattern With Flowing Tentacles
Put your hands into this adorable crochet jellyfish pattern, perfect for beginners and amigurumi lovers alike. This soft and squishy sea creature makes a charming toy, nursery decoration, or ocean-themed gift. The pattern uses simple stitches like single crochet, increases, and decreases making it easy to follow even if you’re new to amigurumi.
Crochet Jellyfish
With its ruffled skirt and curly tentacles, this crochet jellyfish brings a touch of underwater whimsy to your handmade collection. Customize it with your favorite yarn colors for a personal and playful touch.
Materials
- Cotton yarn in blue and optional accent colors
- Black yarn for the face
- 2.5 mm crochet hook
- Cotton stuffing
- Scissors, tapestry needle, stitch marker
Jellyfish Body
- Begin with a loop and chain 2.
- Round 1: Work 6 single crochets in the second chain from the hook.
- Round 2: Increase in every stitch for a total of 12 stitches.
- Round 3: Repeat (1 single crochet, increase) around for 18 stitches.
- Round 4: Repeat (2 single crochets, increase) around for 24 stitches.
- Round 5: Repeat (3 single crochets, increase) around for 30 stitches.
Skirt Ruffle
- Turn the work to face the wrong side.
- In the back loop only, alternate one slip stitch and two double crochets in the next stitch around.
Continue the Head
- Turn to the right side and work one single crochet into each front loop from Round 5.
- Round 8: Repeat (4 single crochets, increase) around for 36 stitches.
- Rounds 9–11: Single crochet in each stitch.
- Round 12: Repeat (4 single crochets, decrease) around for 30 stitches.
- Round 13: Repeat (3 single crochets, decrease) around for 24 stitches.
- Round 14: Repeat (2 single crochets, decrease) around for 18 stitches.
Stuffing and Closing
- Stuff the head firmly with cotton filling.
- Round 15: Repeat (1 single crochet, decrease) around for 12 stitches.
- Round 16: Decrease in each stitch around for 6 stitches.
- Fasten off and close the hole securely.
Tentacles
- Attach yarn between the first and second rounds of the jellyfish body.
- Chain 12.
- Skip two stitches and make 10 half double crochets down the chain.
- On the body, skip one stitch, single crochet into the next, skip another, and single crochet again.
- Repeat the same steps all around the body.
- Continue attaching more tentacles between each round down the jellyfish.
- You should have around fifteen arms when complete.
- Fasten off, secure, and weave in ends.
Embroider the Face
- Use black yarn and a tapestry needle.
- Stitch a small curved mouth near the center of the body.
- Add small eyes above the mouth to complete the face.