School and Monsters!

Hello everyone! I am sorry it has been a while since my last update. Since then, school has started and I have had hardly enough time to breath (let alone knit or crochet!) Thankfully, it is Saturday and I don't have a lot of homework. "Not a lot of homework" is as close as I get to having no homework. I am happy though because I finally have sometime to sit down and tell you all about my most recent knitting adventure!

I will get the link to the pattern I am talking about out of the way first. Here is the link to the pattern's page on Ravelry: Daphne and Delilah the Momma and Baby Monster. The pattern can also be on the designer's Etsy Shop: Link to the designer's Etsy Shop.

This pattern was a back to school gift from a friend. I really appreciate the gift!!

I received this back to school gift a while ago and I started on a monster right after I received it. This pattern is actually 2 patterns in one. It is for a larger Momma monster that has a pouch/pocket and a little Baby monster that can fit in the Momma's pouch/pocket (the Baby monster doesn't have a pocket). I am still a beginner with double pointed needles and the Momma monster seemed a little bit too much to start with. Instead I started with the Baby monster. In the pattern it mentions using long circular needles, but since my circular needles aren't very long (I think they are 29" circulars) and since my circular needle size is too big, I used my acrylic DPNs, or double-pointed needles, instead. I later looked on the designer's website and she actually makes her patterns so you can use either circular needles or double-pointed needles. I think that is awesome!

I started out with a little bit of difficulty. I made one leg and I thought that you continued working with the same strand of yarn for the other leg. I'm pretty sure you were suppose to cut the yarn and then make the other leg. I ended up with the yarn being carried from the top of one leg to the bottom of the other. Here is a picture showing what I am talking about:

I knitted using 3 double-pointed needles. Two needles were holding the stitches and the other one was my working needle (I think that is the correct terminology)

After I finished knitting the rest of the monster, I tied off the yarn that was carried by accident. Other than that little mess up I think it was really easy! I have not started on the Momma monster yet, but I do have the yarn picked out for her. I am looking forward to attempting knitting stripes in the round. 

I finished the Baby Monster pretty quickly (I worked on it for a few hours spread over a few days) and I would call this knitting adventure a success!! Here is the finished Baby Monster:

What knitting adventure are you working on right now?