It’s March! Which means we are ready for the third square in our Under the Sea Crochet-Along! This jellyfish is so easy to crochet but the tedious part is stitching those tentacles onto the bubble square. Take your time, it will be worth it!
Not sure what this crochet-along is all about?
Let me introduce you to the FREE2024 Under the Sea Crochet-Along!
Over the next 12 months I will be crocheting 12 adorable ocean creature that will fit on a crochet square that looks like a water bubble. At the end of the year I will stitch them all together to make a blanket!
There will be a few bonus patterns as well!
You can get started on crocheting all 12 of your water bubble squares now.Get the Circle in a Square Water Bubble pattern HERE.
If you missed the firstStarfish square, you can find that pattern HERE
And the Seahorse square pattern HERE
The links to all the patterns in this project will be available in one spotHERE on the Under the Sea CAL Landing Page.
Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Aruba Sea and Jade.
Shop all the colors HERE on Yarnspirations.com
– A bit of black and white yarn for the eyes
– Size H Crochet Hook and Size G or F Crochet Hook for the eyes
– Tapestry Needle
Get the video tutorial HERE on my Youtube Channelor follow the written pattern and photo tutorial below.
Jellyfish Pattern:
Head:
with aruba sea blue yarn
Magic Ring, chain 2 and make 10 DC in ring, do not join, pull tight, chain 2, turn (10 DC)
Row 2: DC in first, 2 DC in next, repeat around, chain 2, turn (15 DC)
Row 3: DC in first 2 stitches, 2 DC in next, repeat around, chain 2, turn (20 DC)
Row 4: DC in first 3 stitches, 2 DC in next, repeat around, chain 2, turn (25 DC)
Row 5: DC in first 4 stitches, 2 DC in next, repeat around, do not turn (30 DC)
Row 6:working along bottom edge, SC in across for a total of 20 stitches, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC along bottom edge, chain 1, turn (20 SC)
Row 8: skip a stitch, 6 DC in next (first scallop made), skip 2 stitches, slip stitch in next, repeat to make 4 scallops along bottom edge.
Fasten off leaving long tail.
With a strand of black yarn and your tapestry needle, create a smile in the middle of row 1 of the head.
Tentacles (make 5):
Feel free to use aruba sea or jade blue yarn (or combo of both!)
Chain 26, SC in 3rdchain from hook and the rest of the way up chain, fasten off leaving long tail.
curve the tentacles in different directions as you stitch them on underneath the head.
Crochet Cartoon Eyes Pattern–1 inch eyes(Make 2):
Using a size G or F crochet hook
starting with black yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 6 SC in ring, pull tight, (6 SC)
join to first SC withjade color yarn
Round 2:2 SC in each stitch around, join to first SCwith white yarn(12 SC)
Round 3:SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long strand of white. (12 SC)
Weave in all other loose ends.
With a strand of white yarn and your tapestry needle, create an eye reflection/sparkle by weaving the yarn through two stitches of the corner of the black pupil. I looped the yarn 2 times and then knotted it on the backside.
Stitch eyes on either side of the mouth.
My Crochet Cartoon Eyes is the pattern that keeps on giving! I have used them for so many different projects and they come in two sizes! >>> See the full Cartoon Eyes tutorial HERE <<<
Stitch the top of the head down to your bubble square, leave the scallops loose so you can stitch down the tentacles underneath the head before securing it.
If you want the backside of your bubble square to look clean, work your tapestry needle in-between the stitches on your bubble square so your sewing doesn’t show through on the other side. I will be adding the appliqués of all the sea creatures to the front and back of each square so my blanket will be reversible.
Curl and curl those tentacles as you stitch them down to make them wavy.
It’s never too late to dive into the Under the Sea CAL!
The links to all the patterns in this project will be available in one spotHERE on the Under the Sea CAL Landing Page.
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If you like this Jellyfish, you might like my Crochet Jellyfish Plushie as well!
