Octopus Guard

This is my octopus. He won't eat you though...I don't think.

So this is one of those projects that started as a joke between me and the DH. We saw a video and then found the pattern, and it just had to happen! The DH is very picky about colors when it comes to knitting animals. In order to avoid his grumbling about the octopus being the wrong color for the next million years, I made him come to the yarn store with me.

I really like how it came out, though I would have liked to have found a yarn that was a bit more variegated so the octopus looked like he had some texture.  I would also have liked the underside of the tentacles to be a bit more textured as well, there must be some way to get some suckers, preferably without knitting bobbles. The pattern is really well written, and very easy to follow, I just have to knit pick.

I've gotten tons of compliments for him and a request to alter the pattern into a hat because who doesn't want to look like their head is getting eaten? I don't know if that alteration will ever happen. As it is, this guy ate around 800 yards, which is quite a bit for a future hat, but as a guardian of the window sill, he does a great job!