Make Your Own Sea Gooseberry!

The sea gooseberry is a type of ctenophore, which means “comb jelly.” They’re an ocean invertebrate that typically eat other tiny ocean creatures. This was an art science project by Kitty Quitmeyer, you can find more of her yarn creations at

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Materials Needed:

• Blue yarn
• Pink yarn
• Novelty white/fluffy yarn
• Small crochet hook (I used a 2.00 mm hook [US 0, UK 14])
• Tapestry needle

1. With pink yarn, make a magic circle with 6 sc. Slip stitch the beginning stitch to the end to join the circle. (6 sts)

2. Inc 6 times (12).

3-5. Sc around (12). 6. (inc, 2sc) * 4 (16).

7-17. Sc around (16). Stuff form with polyfill.

18. Sc2tog 8 times (8).

19. Sc2tog 4 times (4). Cut yarn, pull taut, and use a tapestry needle to hide tail inside the form.

Join pink thread toward the beginning (magic circle) side of the form. Work in a line toward the bottom of the form as such:

(sl st) *4; (sc)*6; (sl st) * 5.

Now join the blue thread on top of the pink line you just created. Work as follows:

(sl st) *2; (sc) * 2; (hdc) * 2; (sc) * 2; (sl st) *2.

Repeat these steps to make as many ridges as you like. I made three.

Using the novelty fluffy white yarn, thread a tapestry needle with a 12″ length of yarn. Simply insert the needle in the “bottom” of the ctenophore, just a little bit out from the center of the initial magic circle, and push it out a bit on the other side of the center. Pull the yarn out and even out both sides. You can tie it in place if you want, but as long as no one tugs too much on the tentacles, they should stay in place just fine. Good job!