Crochet jellyfish pattern - Jenny the Jelly

Jenny is a sweet crochet jellyfish that loves to just hang around in the ocean with her best friends, Wilbur and Annie. Wilbur, Annie, and Jenny are friendly and easy-going sea animals that you can whip up in no time.

Last week I released the pattern for this cute amigurumi whale. So I got inspired to make more patterns with different sea creatures. Since crochet jellyfishes are so popular, why not make some of those!

So expect more sea animals on this blog this season!

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Materials

You can make them in all kinds of colors and yarn weight. I used some sports weight and worsted weight on my jellies. So that is a tip if you want to adjust the size, just use different yarn and a hook that matches.

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If you are making these for children, please make sure that all parts are safe and secure. Also, I would recommend sewing on the eyes if you are making these for babies. Just to be sure.

Crochet jellyfish - ragdoll version

Last year I made a ragdoll version of the jellyfishes. This is also an easy patter. They are crocheted in rows instead of rounds, and that adds a fun twist.

The finished size if the jellyfish is about 13 cm/7 inches including the tentacles.

I made two tentacle versions, one with spirals and one with chains. You can customize these by making longer or shorter ones.

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Jenny the Jellyfish

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 40 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: Advanced beginners

About the pattern

The jellyfish is made in continuous rounds. Use a stitch marker and move it up as you finish the rounds. You can adjust the size by choosing a thicker yarn, like worsted weight yarn and a hook that matches.
I made two jellyfishes, one with sports weight yarn and one with worsted weight yarn. I used a 3 mm size crochet hook for the small one and 3.5 for the big one.

Finished size of the small jellyfish: 5 cm (without tentacles)
Finished size of the big jellyfish: 7 cm
(without tentacles)
Difficulty level: Advanced beginners

Abbreviations – US terms

Ch-chain

Rnd–round

St–stitch 

sl st–slip stitch 

sc–single crochet 

R–round
sc2tog–single crochet decrease
sc inc–single crochet increase, 2 single crochet in one stitch
dc–double crochet
mr–Magic ring
hdc–half double crochet
Yo –yarn over
BLO –Crochet in the back loop only

Materials

Sports weight yarn or worsted weight yarn. Used in this pattern: Drops Muskat for the small jellyfish and Hobbii 8/8 Rainbow cotton for the bigger jellyfish
Filling materials
Crochet hook 3,0 mm
Scissors and stitch marker
Safety eyes 10 mm

Print

Instructions

Body

Work in continuous rounds. Use a stitch marker and move it up as you finish the rounds.
Using a 3,5 crochet hook

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a mr = 6 sc
Rnd 2: sc inc x 6 = 12 sc
Rnd 3: (1 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 18 sc
Rnd 4: (2 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 24 sc
Rnd 5: (3 sc, sc inc) x 6 = 30 sc
Rnd 6- 10: 1 sc in each st = 30 sc

Rnd 11: In BLO: (3 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 24
Add safety eyes on rows 9-10, 5 sc st space apart. Sew on a little mouth in the middle.
Rnd 12: Work through both loops as normal
(2 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 18
Add filling materials
Rnd 13: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 12
Rnd 14: sc2tog x 6 = 6 sc
Fasten off, sew the hole closed.

Skirt

Attach some yarn at the back of the jellyfish, on a remaining loop from round 11.
Ch 3, 2 dc in the same st, 3 dc in each st = 90 dc
Sl st in the first st in the top of ch 3 and fasten off.

Tentacles

Option 1:
Simple tentacles
Chain 26 fasten off.
Make 5-6 chains in total. If you want you can make your chains longer or shorter.
Sew the tentacles on various places on the bottom.

Option 2: Spiral tentacles
Make 3

Ch 31, 2 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. 3 sc in every st until the end of the row = 90 sc
Fasten off, leave a tail for fastening

If you want longer spirals, just add more chains and put 3 sc in each ch, like described above. I made mine starting with 31, 47, and 25 chains.

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