I've never been interested in making knitted or crocheted toys. Never really got the appeal of amigurumi, either. Or maybe, especially.
But yesterday, the younger son and I were looking at LOLcats and there was an ad on the site that featured an amigurumi octopus. Well, they said it was a squid, but it only had four legs, so who knows what it was. My son says, "Hey, look at that cute octopus! I want one!" and I said (foolishly), "I could make one of those." He replied, "Today? Can you do it today?" Well, then I was in over my head. I searched the toy patterns on Ravelry and found this one. I had some Cascade 220 Superwash around from an aborted sweater design last year.
A few hours of tight crocheting later, it's done.
Pattern: Tiny Octopus, by Takara
Hook: size H
Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash, in a turquoise blue
Eyes are black pony beads
Notes: Pretty simple little project for anyone who can do single crochet. Hard on your wrists to work so tightly if you're prone to carpal tunnel troubles.
4 comments:
Yes, it's darling, but let's get down to the knitty gritty. Are you saying you're in favor of sweater abortion? I am horrified, horrified!
Cute!
Ah the power of persuasion! He's cute!
Sue did not read your statement properly. You only aborted the design of the sweater, not the actual sweater. You are not making any pronouncements about sweater abortion. As I read it, you are saying that you are for intelligent design.
That's a cute little cephalopod you have there, btw.
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