Notes and notions:

This is a basic set up that you can create any number of animals or things from.

This is worked in the round like amigurumi for the body. The ears are in rows.

So, I used several yarns on this that I had on hand, all worsted.

This pattern I originally worked up with double-stranded fingering weight yarn. However, any weight yarn should work.

Gauge is not critical for this pattern.

This pattern is written in U.S. terms.

You can use any yarn you wish. I was using up some colors I had on hand already.

I used scrap bits of yarn:

Slight problem, I was using yarn that had no ball band, that my ex-local yarn shop owner had brought back with her from Peru. The entire hank was somewhere north of 1k yards, and I had then separated it into a couple of balls that I don’t have the actual yardage for. So, yardage may be a problem for some. I’m guessing that I may be quite high o...

Materials:

Dimensions

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Quick work up for Yoda-like ears, to attach to a headband.

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I got inspired by Clara on The Guild wearing this squid hat, and I finally gave up and decided to try to make my own, as I always like a challenge! And… it certainly has been fun! :) (By the way, ObeyMyBrain on etsy is the original maker of the “squid hat”--you can see his stuff on etsy!)

I made this using Red Heart Super Soft (buff) and some brown that I didn’t have a ball band for anymore. You can use whatever colors though. This puppy is a prototype that I will probably make a second one of later, making the limbs ones that you work into the body rather than attach later, making them less flimsy. Not sure, still debating that...

This pattern is relatively quick to make, but can be tricky with beginners if you are using a novelty yarn, like boucle or something similar. Mainly because the stitches ‘hide’ behind the bulk of the yarn.