Valentine Mail Monster by Becca Brody

Valentine Mail Monster

Knitting
February 2013
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
6.75 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
100 - 120 yards (91 - 110 m)
11 inches high
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Who better to deliver your valentines (or any tiny treat) than a friendly knitted monster? He is tightly knit in the round using worsted weight yarn. Limbs are knit separately and then attached, and the final size is approx. 11 inches tall.

Explicit directions are not given for the monster’s messenger bag. It is a hand-sewed a bag approx. 3 inches by 2.25 inches with an i-cord strap. The valentines are made of scrapbooking paper.

Additional yarn info:
Scrap fingering weight yarn is needed for the embroidered face and heart.
Main color: pink, half of one 100g skein
Contrasting Color: red, approx. 25 yards
Pompom: white, 1-2 yards