New Pattern: Tuppy Von Monster
After much mucking about with prototypes, changing my mind about colors, fiddling with horn shapes, and all manner of other knitterly shenanigans, I'm pleased to say that my monster is finished and ready for his closeup!
Hallo, my name is Tuppy!
Knitted out of worsted-weight yarn and designed with stashbusting in mind, this little guy uses less than 50 grams of the main color, and only a few grams each of four contrasting colors. You knew you were saving those random partial skeins for something!
Affinity for plantlife not guaranteed
Tuppy has a little bit of everything: knitting in the round, increasing and decreasing, picking up stitches, simple charted colorwork, basic hand-stitching, and embroidery! The pattern includes six pages of photos and step-by-step instructions, and one page of templates for the wings and teeth.
9 out of 10 watermelons recommend Tuppy for your summer knitting!
Yarn: your worsted leftovers (wool, dishcloth cotton...whatever you've got)!
One size: lovable.
Knitted measurements:
-Toes to horns: 11”/28 cm.
-Tummy circumference: 12.5”/32 cm.
You'll also need: felt, thread, stuffing, extra-heavy stabilizer, safety eyes.
Price: $4.50
Hooray for monsters!
I mentioned in my last post that my partner in monstrosity, Tanis, was working on her very own bundle of knitted ferociousness. Her creation, The Stubenmonster, is available on Ravelry too!
Comments
he 's extremely cute thanks
Posted by: Marimi | June 2, 2009 1:44 AM
Hee! Who said vampires aren't cute? I'm going to do a bit of scrap diving and see if I can find enough yarn to make one for me!
Posted by: emmms | June 2, 2009 3:24 AM
Love at first sight! :)
Posted by: Karin | June 2, 2009 7:54 AM
Oh, how adorable! I love the tubby Tuppy!
Posted by: grumperina | June 2, 2009 8:30 AM
oh - he looks so funny and nice - just lovely!!!
Posted by: gudrun | June 2, 2009 8:50 AM
How cute! Er I mean scarry...
Posted by: Clestial | June 2, 2009 9:03 AM
gah! too cute!
Posted by: KathrynGrace | June 2, 2009 9:10 AM
I love him!
He looks like a cross between the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man and Dracula (with a little bit of Weeble thrown in). Did you happen to be watching Dark Shadows and eating marshmallows when the idea came to you?
Posted by: Deb | June 2, 2009 9:45 AM
You do amazing work!! He is so darling.
Posted by: Jena | June 2, 2009 10:11 AM
one for me, please!!
Posted by: krickie!! | June 2, 2009 11:05 AM
SO cute!! what a great looking plushie, for sure.
Posted by: Julie | June 2, 2009 11:09 AM
Lovely...
Posted by: Cláudia | June 2, 2009 11:15 AM
Wow, he's so adorable!
Posted by: YuLian | June 2, 2009 11:38 AM
I think my favorite part is the adorable wings!
Posted by: Liz U | June 2, 2009 12:47 PM
So so cute! Does he really stand upright? That's terribly impressive on top of all the cuteness!
Posted by: Kristen | June 2, 2009 12:51 PM
I am so in love! I can't stop smiling. Adorable.
Posted by: Brooke | June 2, 2009 4:12 PM
I love it! Especially the fanged smile, it's adorable and menacing--my favorite!
Posted by: Thea | June 2, 2009 6:18 PM
Oh the cuteness! I love it!
Posted by: Meg | June 2, 2009 7:58 PM
Oh, my. How cute is he!
Posted by: Kenoshia | June 2, 2009 8:29 PM
oh, those cute little teeth!
Posted by: Lisa | June 2, 2009 9:54 PM
Eeeek! What a cute little monster.
Posted by: Emilee | June 3, 2009 6:26 AM
Oh so cute! He's not scary at all. Cuddly, rather.
Posted by: Cassy | June 3, 2009 10:08 AM
How adorably scary!
Posted by: Meredith | June 3, 2009 10:19 AM
Oh! I literally squealed when I saw this little guy! I'm totally gonna make him. Thanks!!!
Posted by: Kaity | June 3, 2009 12:24 PM
What a creative way to use up yarny leftovers!
Posted by: KnitBugVal | June 3, 2009 1:00 PM
Tuppy von Monster is adorabible! And he is lonesome. You will have to make some new creations for him to hang out with in all of his awesomeness.
Posted by: hadley | June 3, 2009 1:45 PM
Ah! He's so cute! Great work!
Posted by: Sarah | June 3, 2009 1:49 PM
Oh, he's so cute! I have to make one!
:)
Posted by: TheDailyKnitter | June 3, 2009 4:57 PM
Oh, he's absolutely adorable! I love the third horn coming out of the back of his head!
Posted by: gayle | June 4, 2009 7:45 AM
Oh my, this is the cutest little monster ever!
Posted by: Frogginette | June 4, 2009 9:38 AM
O . M . G .
HE IS SOOOOOOO CUTE!!! I wuv his three little horns!!!
Can I put a picture of this on my blog? (linked of course)
Posted by: rae | June 4, 2009 2:24 PM
He is awesome. I just got the pattern and am going to do my first colorwork.
Posted by: Katrina | June 4, 2009 11:18 PM
oh my GAWD I love Tuppy!
Posted by: Debbie | June 5, 2009 6:00 AM
oh how I wish I could knit good enough to make one of these!
Posted by: Casey | June 5, 2009 1:36 PM
OMG absolutely adorable! : ) I am bursting with monster-love.
Posted by: The Left-Handed Crafter | June 7, 2009 9:15 PM
Is it my imagination, or does the third horn appear and disappear, sometimes on the front and sometimes on the back of cute monster's head?
Posted by: Mum | June 8, 2009 12:31 PM
ah god, he's killing me with his cuteness >_<! love!
Posted by: Jennifer Simpson | June 9, 2009 1:11 AM
Oh gosh! He's adorable!!
Posted by: Lindseyrose | June 9, 2009 9:58 AM
Elli! This is freaking adorable!!
Posted by: Nonnahs | June 11, 2009 11:14 PM
Hooray! My niece and nephew will have monsters for Christmas presents rather than sappy teddy bears, can't wait to get started!!!
Posted by: Lulu | June 18, 2009 12:04 PM
Oh my God, I have never commented on a blog before, but I LOVE Tuppy Van Monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ferg | July 17, 2009 9:59 PM
Lovely creature!
Posted by: Fabián Fucci | September 2, 2009 10:33 AM
So awesome! I'm going to make him.
Posted by: Jaz | February 11, 2010 12:50 AM