Things keep popping up around my house. Every time I turn around…

Albert & Maddox Monsters

I finished these little guys in one day. It was fun, satisfying & easy. Just what I needed to clear my head.

Albert the Monster

Pattern: Albert
Yarn: Berroco Comfort DK (two strands held together)
Needles: US 6 DPNs

Maddox Moster

Pattern: Maddox
Yarn: Cascade 220 (two strands held together)
Needles: US 8 DPNs

Having completed both of these guys I wanted more. I have tons of scraps (who doesn’t?) and no pressing knits so I can fool around for a while if I damn well please. So I ventured over and bought some sealife patterns from  hansigurumi.  I bought the squid, hermit crab & fiddler crab.

Squid-A-Licious!

He still is waiting patiently for his eyes to arrive in the mail (I liked the look of glass eyes better than knitted ones).

Pattern: Squid-a-licious
Yarn: Brownsheep Lambs Pride Prairie Goldenrod & scrap Malabrigo
Needles: US 6 dpns

I am totally in love with this guy. Knitting him was so much fun and the short row shaping is genius. I know a lot of people have mentioned the fiddliness of knitting it, but I didn’t find any of that.  I will say, if you do not like directions that state “knit 8″ this is not the pattern for you, even if 1 leg only takes 15 minutes.

I have since moved on an am 1/2 way through the hermit crab. He has a fabulously genius curly shell, 4 little legs & 2 pinchers done and  is just ready for a head & some sewing up.  Then I think I might be done with the short rows for a while

I spent Sunday writing up the Matthias sweater pattern, I just have to double check the row gage math on my sleeves & epilates and then I think it’s ready to go. I tell you though, that’s a lot of math. Sizes available are 36-68.  That’s 14 different sizes & a whole lot of “wait, where was I?” going on