Making Monsters

From the library I got a book that had these really cute toys in it. I wanted to make some monsters with wibbly wobbly arms. So that night I got out my knitting needles and wool and started to knit.

I didn't notice the time going by, and suddenly it was bed time and I had to stop knitting. So I put away my knitting needles for the night and went to bed.


The next morning I got straight back to work. I worked all day and by afternoon tea time I had finished the monster. Then I wanted to make a smaller one so I did a little bit of maths to work out how.

The little one was finished very soon. I gave it to Dad who was very pleased with it. When he found Mum he said, “Look what I got”. I was very pleased with the toys too. I named my one Mackintosh.

If you would like to make one yourself here is the pattern:

The big monster

The body:

Cast on 16 stitches and knit 72 rows.
Cast off


Arm (make 2):

Cast on 5 stitches and knit 26 rows.
Cast off

Leg(make 2):

Cast on 5 stitches and knit 40 rows.
Cast off

Sew it up and you are done

The little one

The body:

Cast on 8 stitches and knit 37 rows.
Cast off

Arm (make 2):

Cast on 2 stitches and knit 13 rows.
Cast off

Leg (make2):

Cast on 3 stitches and knit 20 rows.
Cast off

Sew it up.

For the face you can sew on buttons for eyes or you can do what I did with Dads toy and sew on wool eyes. Sew on the mouth with wool.


You can also make hats for the monsters.

A hat for the big monster:

Cast on 54 stiches knit 20 rows.

Fold in half and sew up.

Hat for the little monster:

Cast on 29 stiches knit 10 rows.

Fold in half and sew up.