Since I have a real liking for nature’s most peculiar, weird, mysterious or misunderstood underdogs I decided to design some of them for anyone who wants to get to know these natural weirdo’s a little better!

The weedy seadragon is a striking underwater animal, that lives off the coast of Australia and is related to seahorses. These colorful critters have leaf-like appendages make them resemble the kelp they live in and they use their long snouts like a drinking straw and actually slurp up their food…. (how rude)! Not a whole lot is known about seadragons, a new - bright red - species was discovered as recently as 2015!

This particular weedy seadragon measures 28 cm from tail to snout.
It is a medium knitting project, with some crocheting and quite a lot of embroidery (but the end result is worth all the effort).
This model has been knitted on 2.5 mm double pointed needles (UK 12) with approx. 85 m of yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed celadon (184) for the body and Lana Grossa Cool Wool neon blue (0055) for body, paddles and snout. The underside was knit in Scheepjes Stonewashed (821) pink quartzite and the embroidery was done in Phildar Partner 3.5 rose (0004).

Have a knitting g’day, mate!