F.O. Friday: Opus the Octopus

by Catherine Carter-Evans

Today has been a really big day in my knitting life: the day of being published for the first time!

While I realize that a pattern for a 3-foot-long knitted octopus may not be everybody's idea of a crowning achievement, it's a big one for me. Other knitters dig the pattern, and recognition from peers feels really, really good.

Opus would not have been published were it not for a lot of help along the way. Huge thanks go out to:

Evonne, for introducing me to Knitty back in '09
Rachael Herron, whose Embrace sweater inspired Opus. Her blog is amazing, as are her books.
Maia E. Sirnis for designing Embrace,
Tara Swiger, for her excellent map-making kit which got me from idea to implementation,
Anne for test knitting,
Kate and Amy and everybody at Knitty for being grass-roots, free, and fun to work with,
Mark for being ever-patient,
Dad, for being excited about cephalopods.

There are more creatures in the works - look for a new squid species in October!