Things I have learned from knitting an octopus

[nonelvis]

1. Do not try to knit an octopus.

2. I cannot make a French knot to save my life.

3. I also apparently sometimes pick up stitches from the edge in the wrong direction, no matter how many times I try to pick them up in exactly the same way every time.

4. Knitting tentacles is incredibly boring.

5. The cats will never be impressed by my work.

6. Okay, at least it's kind of cute.

Comments

[iainpj.livejournal.com]

As a matter of purest curiosity, what made you want to knit an octopus in the first place? (Myself, I'd only count on the cats to be unimpressed as long as it takes you to decide that it's safe around them, and then one day you'll come home to a lone button on top of a houseful of unraveling and stuffings.)

[nonelvis]

It's a gift for my nephew-to-be, who is due in less than a month.

The cats are actually getting too old, lazy, and toothless to do much damage, but I'm still going to put the octopus on a high shelf, just in case.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Right, but why an octopus? I get the baby gift thing, but surely there are other animal possibilities. ;)

[nonelvis]

Probably because it was one of the few stuffed toy patterns I found on the site I was searching, and also because I am dumb and thought "Hey! An octopus! How hard can that be after all those Adipose?"