Pattern Highlights: Cephalopods!

A few years back, starting in 2007, I was pretty obsessed with making these creatures. I sold hundreds of them on Etsy, often crocheting dozens of tiny arms while working at a call center.

A few years later, I wrote a pattern...

... and then another...





... and another.





I am still very proud of these patterns, and I am so happy that many of you have continued to connect with them and make tons of sea creatures for your friends, family, and self!

To see each pattern's info, click the picture. <3 p="">

Knit and Crochet Pattern Sale!

I think it's time for a little winter sale on ALL my patterns. 30% off is taken automatically at checkout!

Click here to see the patterns. If you think a crafty friend might enjoy this discount, please pass it along... I thank ye kindly.

Melt - a slouchy hat for all seasons

Can you think of a better yarn for Ruby Submarine to play with than Cephalopod yarns?  

I was lucky enough to receive a sweet little box of mini-skeins of Bugga! from Cephalopod to design something. 

This was quite a long while ago, I am afraid, and my ideas for a design kept changing (at one point I was sketching colorwork mittens), and the little colorful skeins kept getting neglected.

Then we moved across the country. I used bags of yarn as soft, cushiony barriers for some of the fragile items, so unpacking became a fun game of "Oh, hello again fiber!" 

Finally, in Chicago, the Melt slouch hat was born.

(As you can see, two of the colors didn't make it into this version. They're still waiting for their day in the sun.)

This hat is roomy and meshy and soft, perfect for keeping the wind off your ears. It's an all-seasons hat that I have been wearing a lot just to keep my crazy hair under wraps. It can accommodate a lot of hair! 

It was really lovely working with this yarn. (If you're fresh out of mini-skeins you can use leftovers from Bugga socks!)

(Modeled by my lovely friend since childhood, Eilee.)

Experimenting with a different color combination now. I'll post finished pics soon!:

 I hope you enjoy this quick, simple lace knit as much as I have.

Melt slouch hat knitting pattern PDF

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Which creature to feature next? Vote vote vote

I just posted a poll asking crafters far and wide to VOTE on which sea creature they'd like to see next as a pattern. Stop by and tell me what you think!

Click here and scroll down a tad

It's a bebeh!

I am torn between writing a knit octopus pattern (I just have a crochet octopus so far), super-cute amigurumi style baby octopus and squid combo pattern (see above), a crochet seahorse (which I KEEP TYPING as seahore... um), a knit tentacle scarf (see previous post for a taste of that sauce), or a starfish/sea star.

Sea-lady-of-the-night

As always, it will be a blend of anatomically correct/realistic and cute.

There's also a write-in option. What critter are you itchin' to make? Let me know!

Realistic Squid Crochet Pattern is here!

Blub blub blub...

The tentacular companion to my octopus crochet pattern... It's finally finished! I need a siesta (what else is new??)

Eight arms, two tentacles, head fin and mantle like a real squid.

Horaaay! Happy hookin'

Realistic Squid crochet pattern PDF
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Octopus Crochet Pattern at last...

Happy April Fools! Um, I wish I had thought of something tricky or clever for this post, but you see, I have been distracted.

IT. HAS. RISEN.

The octopus crochet pattern is here. I didn't sleep much last night, but it was totally worth it. I have wanted to release this for about four years... a sorta-realistic octopus with curly tendril-like arms.

Any weight of yarn can be used for this, it will just change the size of the creature. For an octopus with a large egg-sized head, I used chunky weight yarn, a G hook for the head and a J hook for the rest. Just make sure your smaller hook size is small enough to prevent holes in the fabric so the head stuffing doesn't come spilling out. No one likes to see that.

Please enjoy, and spread the cephalopod love!

Realistic Octopus crochet pattern PDF

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