Easy Free Crochet Jellyfish Pattern
I absolutely love designing crochet sea creatures, and I realised recently that I’d never made a crochet jellyfish. What a travesty! I absolutely adore tactile projects, so I really leaned into the dangling tentacles, and I hope you have lots of fun hooking them all up. I think it’s a really satisfying, simple project.
What You’ll Need
I used the following to make my jellyfish:
- 50g cream worsted weight merino wool yarn
- 100g pink worsted weight merino wool yarn
- 4mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Toy safe stuffing
- Stitch markers
- 12mm safety eyes
Stitches and Terms
- magic circle
- sc – single crochet
- 2sc – two single crochets in the same stitch
- sc2tog – use one single crochet to join two stitches
- ch – chain
- sk – skip
- FLO – work into the front loop only
- BLO – work into the back loop only
The Head
Begin working in your pink yarn
Round 1
Make a magic circle of eight stitches (8)
Round 2
2sc x 8 (16)
Round 3
(1sc, 2sc) x 8 (24)
Round 4
(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 8 (32)
Round 5
1sc x 32
Round 6
(1sc x 3, 2sc) x 8 (40)
Round 7 – 8
1sc x 40
Round 9
(1sc x 4, 2sc) x 8 (48)
Round 10 – 11
1sc x 48
Round 12
(1sc x 5, 2sc) x 8 (56)
Round 13 – 14
1sc x 56
Round 15
(1sc x 6, 2sc) x 8 (64)
Round 16 – 21
1sc x 64
Round 22
(1sc x 6, sc2tog) x 8 (56)
Round 23
(1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 8 (48)
Round 24
(1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 8 (40)
Round 25
1sc x 40
Round 26
FLO (1sc x 4, 2sc) x 8 (48)
Round 27
2sc x 48 (96)
Round 28
Into round 25’s BLO work 1sc x 40
Round 29
1sc x 40
Round 30
FLO (1sc x 4, 2sc) x 8 (48)
Round 31
2sc x 48 (96)
Round 32
1sc x 96
Round 33
Into round 29’s BLO work 1sc x 40
Round 34
1sc x 40
Round 35
FLO 2sc x 40 (80)
Round 36
1sc x 40 into BLO of round 34
Round 37
(1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 8 (32)
Round 38
(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 8 (24)
Round 39
(1sc, sc2tog) x 8 (16)
Insert safety eyes into the front. Use the joint at the back to show you where the front is, and place the eyes approximately eight stitches apart, at round 18 level.
Fill with toy stuffing.
Round 40
sc2tog x 8 then sew closed
Four White Tentacles
Work using your white yarn
Round 1
ch91
Round 2
sk1, 1sc x 90
Using the tail end of the yarn, sew the tentacles around the underside middle of the jellyfish
Eight Pink Tentacles
Work using your pink yarn
Round 1
ch101
Round 2
sk1, 1sc x 100
Using the tail end of the yarn, sew the tentacles around the underside edge of the jellyfish
Final Details
The final eye details can be hand sewn on with the cream yarn, just making a long stitch underneath each eye to give it depth.
You might also like to give your jellyfish a little mouth for some extra character!
