Give your knitted octopus its legs

Next you need to divide your knitting to create the octopus’s legs. You’ll be working on a few stitches at a time, so make sure you have stitch holders handy to hold the remaining stitches.

Row 29 Kfb, K1, kfb, turn, placing rem 21 sts on a stitch holder.

Continue on 5 sts on the needles as follows:
Row 30 Purl.
Rows 31–50 Work in st st.
Row 51 Slip 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped stitch over (skpo), K1, k2tog. [3 sts]
Row 53 Knit.
Row 55 K1, k2tog. [2 sts]

Change to Yarn B.
Row 57 K1, kfb. [3 sts]
Row 59 (Kfb) twice, K1. [5 sts]
Rows 61–82 Work in st st.
Row 83 Skpo, K1, k2tog. [3 sts]
Place these 3 sts on a second stitch holder to be worked later.

Take the 21 sts from row 29 and place next 3 sts back on working needle.
Rep rows 29–83 to form the second leg and place the final 3 sts onto the second holder. Make sure the legs are not twisted when placing onto the holder.

Rep rows 29–83 a further 6 times until eight legs are formed.
Place the now 24 sts on the second holder back onto the working needle and rejoin Yarn A.

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