These are brilliant! They take under half an hour once you get used to the pattern and you can make them virtually in your sleep. I’ve made trillions now in every colourway possible!

This is one of the first amigurumi patterns I got my head around, so massive props to EssHaytch.

With chunkier wool weights, I used SC for the arms rather than HDC, or they came out like sausages - you need HDC for DK though.

Pattern link is here: http://esshaych.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/mini-ami-octopus-t...