How to Crochet an Octopus

This pattern is by Móhu, the link to the original is here.
This pattern is meant for beginners and it was the first pattern I was able to crochet. There is a video attached that will give a visual explanation of each stitch.

Stitches and their descriptions:
Working yarn – The yarn in your hand
Tail – The yarn that you don’t crochet with. (Shorter piece of yarn after the slip knot)
Slip knot – Wrap the yarn around two fingers and pull the working yarn through the back of the loop
Yarn over (yoh) – Wrap the yarn around the hook 360°
Chain (ch) – Yoh and pull though the loop on your hook
Single crochet (sc) – Insert hook into stitch, yoh, pull through the first loop, yoh, pull through both loops
Increase (inc) – Sc then sc again in the same stitch
Decrease (dec) – Insert hook into stitch, yoh, pull through loop, insert hook into next stitch, pull through all three loops
Slip stitch (sl) – Yoh and pull through both loops
Half double crochet (hdc) – Yoh, insert hook into stitch, yoh, pull through one loop, pull through the three remaining loops
Back loops only (blo) – Only using the back half of the stitch. (Insert hook into the middle of the “v”)

Materials needed:
Yarn
Crochet hook
Scissors
Sewing needle/embroidery needle
Stitch marker (a paper clip or safety pin will also work)
Safety eyes or black thread (for eyes)
Stuffing (fabric scraps or yarn scraps also work)

Pattern:
Body:
Make a slip knot
Row 1: 2 ch and then insert your hook into the first chain. Complete 6 sc in that stitch (total stitches: 6)
Row 2: 6 inc (total stitches: 12)
Row 3: sc and then inc (should be done 6 times) (total stitches: 18)
Row 4: 2 sc then inc (should be done 6 times) (total stitches: 24)
Rows 5-8: sc all around for all four rows (total stitches at the end of each row: 24)
Between rows 7 and 8, add eyes
Row 9: sc then dec (should be done 8 times) (total stitches: 16)
Join rows with a sl, then ch
Row 10: (blo) 2 sc then dec (should be done 4 times) (total stitches: 12)
Row 11 part 1: (skip ch that you made at the beginning of the last row) 3 dec
Stuff
Row 11 part 2: 3 dec
Ch then leave a tail and cut
Pull tight and sew closed
Tentacles:
Insert hook into one of the stitches in the ridge (made by the blo row)
yoh and pull through the stitch
5 hdc in one stitch then sl in the next stitch until you reach the end of the bumps (you should have 8 tentacles)
Tie both tails together and cut