LoopyKnits

Oh, the sea life you’ll see when you cruise around the web for a while. I’ve been collecting links to these crocheted and knit little darlings over the past several months. Enjoy!

• Nubby little squids, octopuses, coral, jellyfish, and other sea life. Found via.
• Crochet an octopus amigurumi* family and have a cephalopod party with a free pattern. Found via. (*Amigurumi definition here)
• Delicate little nautilus shells.
• Incredibly detailed Japanese crocheted sea creatures. Found via.
• Cephalopods and seahorses, starfish, jellyfish, puffer fish, and … just to embrace a bit of the jungle too, some elephants and other exotic critters. Found via.
• Is that your squid ringing, or mine? Found via.
• Oooh, he’s so cute when he’s angry! Check out this “Mary Had a Little Beaver” (*snicker*) octopus diorama. Found via.

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Grrr … every time I check my knitting blog I see that the style has defaulted to an ugly plain template, not the luminous Ambient Glo template I chose. It’s making me nuts trying to figure out what’s doing this.

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This might be a fun novel to check out for yourself or to buy as a gift for your favorite knit-and-purler: Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris. Don’t you love the idea of the whole “knitting mystery” sub-genre? I had no idea, but I see in Amazon that this category goes back several years. Apparently I am going to have to make up for some missing time.

In the meantime, let’s reward the latest cool author who decided that knitting made a character more interesting. Her book debuts today in hardcover. (Disclaimer: I get no kickback from your click-through and haven’t read the book. I’m just intrigued.)