CTHULHU SCARF BY MERELEN
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Skills needed: Knit, Purl, Add fringe Yarn: Worsted weight (I used Red Hear's TLC Essentials in Medium Thyme) Needles: US 8 Cast on 25 stitches
First Cthulhu head
Row 1-10: Stockinette stitch Row 11: K5, P4, K7, P4, K5 Row 12: P5, K4, P7, K4, P5 Row 13: K4, P6, K5, P6, K4 Row 14: P4, K6, P5, K6, P4 Row 15: K5, P4, K7,P4, K5 Row 16: P5, K4, P7,K4, P5 Row 17: K6, P2, K9, P2, K6 Row 18: Purl across Row 19: K7, P3, K5, P3, K7 Row 20: P6, K3, P7, K3, P6 Row 21:K3, P5,K9, P5, K3 Row 22: P4,K3, P11, K3, P4
Scarf part: Knit all rows.
Second Cthulhu head
Rows 1-8: Stockinette stitch (Purl the odd rows and knit the even rows this time) Row 9: P4, K3, P11, K3, P4 Row 10: K3, P5, K9, P5, K3 Row 11: P6, K3, P7, K3, P6 Row 12: K7, P3, K5, P3, K7 Row 13: Purl across Row 14: K6, P2, K9, P2, K6 Row 15: P5, K4, P7, K4, P5 Row 16: K5, P4, K7, P4, K5 Row 17: P4, K6, P5, K6, P4 Row 18: K4, P6, K5, P6, K4 Row 19: P5, K4, P7, K4, P5 Row 20: K5, P4, K7, P4, K5 ow 21-30: Stockinette stitch (Purl the odd rows and knit the even rows) Bind off in pattern (You'll want to be purling.)
Tentacles
Reliable sources (i.e. teh internetz) show that Cthulhu has 8 tentacles. I decided fringe could fill in nicely. This site has some great directions with pictures. http://www.ehow.com/how_2226277_add-fringe-scarf.html If you're like me and want to divide the fringe tentacles evenly, I did it like this.
About the pattern.
My ex boyfriend is awesomely nerdy, so I made him a knit Cthulhu. When I gave it to him, it was suddenly winter in Wisconsin and he didn't have many warm winter clothes. He asked for a Cthulhu scarf since I had green yarn left over, and the hunt for a pattern was on. I found a great felted pattern and a few crocheted patterns, but nothing that was just knit. Several charts, false starts, and revisions later, this was the result!
