I love making gifts for family and friends, but birthdays and Christmas always seem to come up way to fast so it is so nice to find quick knits.
What would you say if I told you I found a pattern that you will not have to buy yarn for, is seamless (!!!!), quick, completely adorable, and baby approved!!!
Prepare your needles friends! This is my new favorite pattern from Susan B. Anderson: Octopus.
This delightful stuffy will use up little bits from your stash in any color! The pattern is written for both worsted and fingering weight yarn. Look at him!
Can you believe he is seamless!? I love not seaming!
He is going to baby Isaac for his first birthday.
He seriously looks great in any color!
Our purple friend is going to baby Grace for her first birthday! Can you tell I have a lot of friends having babies?
Baby Della has already tested out this one even though she hasn't had her first birthday yet, as her mother (yours truly) is a pushover.
She loved it! It is so easy for her to hang onto the legs. He is squishy like a ball and his legs stretch out nicely and bounce back into place. In addition to not having to do any finishing, being seamless means that it is impossible to pull off the legs, which is the first thing babies do when they get a hold of these things. Sewn on extremities have not always fared well in our house (I'm not a great seamstress yet...) and amputations have happend.
The first two are the worsted weight size. This last one is the mini octopus in fingering weight. I was able to finish each of them in a couple of hours. The only change I made was that I embroidered the eyes on instead of using safety eyes as I get nervous with little pieces of plastic around babies.
Check out my Ravelry project page: marphia for more details on the yarn, etc.
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