Knit another owl friend, this one’s for Nicki. I’m quite fond of him!

Knitting without a pattern is pretty liberating, and I love how these critters all have such personality.

This little guy came into being with no pattern, and I hadn’t had my needles out in months and months and months.

Pretty proud of him! He’s for my mum, who’s going away on holiday for a couple of weeks and will miss her bird (who I’m birdsitting). This little chap can join her on her trip.

These two little fellows came into being this weekend.

The octopus is by request, for Theunis. The bumble bee is the first creature I’ve made without following any sort of pattern - I plan to give him to my grandmother, who taught me how to knit when I was a little girl.

My very first creature. I made him for my sister on the day of our uncle’s funeral.

This little dude was gifted to Amber as a “goodbye” present when I left &some.

This little lady went to Jade on her birthday.

Finished making this Octopus today. I thought I’d give him to Emily, seeing as I carelessly tweeted a picture of a crustacean last week (she is mortally terrified of crabs).

My Friday night was spent folded on the floor with Pamela, knitting our little fingers sore on pointy 3mm needles.

Someone from work asked me to make her a tadpole with fangs, and Pamela made a little bunny for her little girl, Mika. These creatures are so cute!

My workmate wanted to pay me for my efforts, which is nice - I spent more than the profit on more wool and bits to make more things. Fun! I’ve had a few people encourage me to sell them, but they take about three hours to make so really if I was to cover time and materials, they would be pretty costly. The tadpole’s adoption fee is $25, my first real commission!