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

[significantowl.livejournal.com]

SOSO cute. but wow, I'm looking at those tentacles and being very impressed by your perseverance :)

[nonelvis]

You have to knit 13 stitches in the round for 5 rows, then decrease one, then repeat ad nauseam until you're down to 4 stitches. I must have been crazy to take this on.

[significantowl.livejournal.com]

*winces* sweet lord, and me, I will do just about anything not to knit in the round on dpns. If I had a nephew, he would probably go through life thinking they were supposed to have four tentacles or something, and it would be all my fault!

[nonelvis]

This is the project that taught me I can't use dpns at all -- something about the way I have to hold them makes my RSIs flare up! I used magic loop on circular needles instead.