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Knit Octopus in Season Alpaca
We know how Ringo Starr felt about gardens and octopuses, the sea and the shade, and we couldn’t agree more. Like that fabled octopus, we’d like to escape to a nice, cool spot this August, preferably with enough Season Alpaca to whip up our own Knit Octopus!
Wherever you’re anchored, you’ll have a whale of a time knitting up this leggy number. We used our super soft Season Alpaca yarn, doubled for twice the nice, in cool and simple Dove Gray. But like color-fickle octopuses themselves, we think Stillwater Blue or Peach Stone, Lavender Moon or Heirloom White would yield equally tantalizing tentacles!
Our eight-legged friend is knit in the round with a smooth stockinette head and a textured under-carriage. We’ve spared you the 1,920 little suction cups the real thing has in favor of a seamless seed stitch construction that requires absolutely no sewing up.
A scientific rumor circulated recently that octopuses are actually alien because their DNA is like nothing else found on planet Earth. So on this 8/8/18, find a shady garden and cast on for something truly out of this world!
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Pattern designed and written by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes.
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Materials
- 3 skeins of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca, 100% baby alpaca yarn. Each skein of this sport weight yarn is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 654 yards required. We used Dove Gray.
- A bag of Fairfield’s Poly-Fit stuffing
- 2 yards of scrap yarn for eyes. We used Season Alpaca in Heirloom White.
- US 6 (4 mm), 16-inch circular needles
- A set of US 6 double pointed needles
PLEASE NOTE: This pattern uses just about all of the 3 skeins, so if you want to be sure you have enough, consider ordering an extra skein. If you don’t end up needing it, you can return unwound yarn for a refund within 30 days of purchase, or within 6 months, for store credit. Our Return Policy has all the details!
Gauge
18 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, with yarn doubled
Size
- Circumference Around Widest Part Of Body: 20½ inches
- Height Of Body: 7½ inches
- Length Of Each Arm: 10 inches
Note
You will use the Season Alpaca doubled throughout this pattern. The easiest way to do this is to pull from two balls at once.
Pattern
For the free pattern, please visit our original Knit Octopus story.
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LEARN ABOUT SEASON ALPACA + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS
Season Alpaca always brings deep beauty to your hand-knits. Made of 100% super baby alpaca, the most special grade of Peruvian alpaca there is, this sport-weight yarn is incredibly soft, and with its long fibers and many fine plies, it also creates smooth stockinette and lovely stitch definition. Prepare to knit with your new favorite alpaca yarn!
More Knitting Patterns
- Be sure to explore our collection of (mostly free!) Season Alpaca knitting patterns and cast on!
More Sport-Weight Yarns
- Shop our entire collection of sport-weight yarns
- If you want to use a different yarn, be sure to take the time to get the correct gauge. Need help? Check our All About Gauge Tutorial, our Yarn Substitution article, and our Complete Guide To Yarn for lots of helpful information.
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