Last year I discovered a series of patterns for toys that you literally knit together as you go thereby eliminating on of my pet peeves: sewing it up and sewing in the ends. This is truly a concept I can get behind. I assumed when I settled in to knit this year’s toy I’d be good to go. Clearly I was underestimating my ability to screw up.
The thing about patterns is they are very much like clues on The Amazing Race: you need to read them very carefully. Careful reading can be the difference between successfully completing a challenge and successfully completing a knit. They contain very important nuggets like this:
Even though it’s one line, it should equal 20 rows of knitting. Let’s just say no octopus 🐙 should have a body that short.
Despite my inability to read, it was another easy knit. I seriously questioned my sanity around leg number 3, but I love how quickly it felt like it knit up once I started the body.
The end result, a very cute little eight legged friend (much better than a spider by the way)
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Pattern: Dandy Sir Cephalopod
Yarn: Knit Picks Chroma Worsted (from my stash for the win)
Rating: 🧶 🧶 🧶 🧶 🧶
She’s so cute! I knit an octopus once, but the legs were so much longer. At the end, I was so happy to be done. This short-legged version looks much quicker to knit.
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Well done Bonnie.
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very cute, Bonnie!
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