Giving credit where it is due, Debi van Zyl, M.Arch., made and sold her Beast Pillows on etsy and her website since 2014. (Ms Sunday’s essentially identical design came on the scene in 2021.)

Info on Ms. can Zyl and her creations is available on various social media platforms.

Ms. van Zyl lives outside Austin, Texas, raising her family while consulting all over the world in museum and cultural event design.
http://www.debivanzyl.com/about
https://www.instagram.com/dvanzyl/?hl=en

Held yarn double = 490 y working length.
Made inbetw size.
Changed colors along with the gradient.
CO 120 on 24” circular.
(14 r, 2 str same shade held together,
7 r, one str previous shade, one str next shade held together)
repeated above color sequence to the top.

Omitted provisional cast on and grafting.
Used contrast colors and modified striping to make a mouth lower than the one written.
Stuffed legs and arms lightly.
Made a patch pocket.