Cast-on with JMCO and two needles
alternating skeins

didn’t swatch- hopefully that won’t be too big of an issue

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EXCELLENT instructions for grafting the front. I grafted when I got to the seventh row in the sleeve on the first half. When I do the second half I intend to graft first, then work the sleeve, seems like it will be easier to eliminate the gap that way.

Cephalopod made from some lace weight alpaca.
Mods: yarn held single, and I split the ply in the M1S stitches. Eight tentacles instead of six.

Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/demi-octopus

Over half of this shrug was knit in less than a week, the long time span includes a significant portion of time on another project.