| Size | 17 × 17 beads |
|---|---|
| Colours | 4 · Perler |
| Total beads | 243 |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Finished size | 3.3 × 3.3 in (8.5 × 8.5 cm) |
| Pegboards | 1 square 29 × 29 board |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
The octopus has a big round head in Pink with a few Light Pink spots for texture, two Black eyes each with a White highlight, and a tiny Black smile. Below the head, the tentacles hang down as alternating stripes of pink and black, ending in little points that curl outward. The spaces between the tentacle tips are left empty, so the outline is wavy and playful. It is a favourite with children who love sea creatures.
You will need roughly 149 Pink, 88 Black, 4 Light Pink and 2 White beads. Buy a few spares of each, because the odd bead always rolls away.
Placing the beads
At 17 × 17 beads the design fits easily on one large square pegboard. Leave the gaps between the tentacle tips empty; they make the shape when the piece comes off the board.
Ironing and finishing
Ironing is a job for an adult. Cover the beads with ironing paper, set a dry iron to medium and move it in slow circles until the beads just begin to merge, then let it cool, turn it over and press the back. Cool it flat under a heavy book so it stays straight. At about 8.5 × 8.5 cm in midi beads it makes an ocean-themed magnet, a keyring or a bathroom decoration.
Colour plan
Perler 80-19083 Pink does the most work, 61% of the 243 beads, followed by Perler 80-19018 Black at 36%. Perler 80-19079 Light Pink (4) and Perler 80-19001 White (2) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 16% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
All the beads touch along a full side, so it irons into one solid piece.
Hama and Artkal S equivalents
The nearest Hama and Artkal S colour for each Perler colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the fuse beads editor.
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