What’s that coming over the hill?

Abfabulies

12 years ago

Is it…

A monster?

Well, yes, it’s Irving, the icebox monster!

You may notice the “hill” used in these pictures is nice and grassy, and taken in a public park. Now, why is that? Didn’t we have our own rubble hill in the backyard?

Well… No! It’s gone! We actually have a garden now, just in time for summer 🙂 (Or whatever season it is we are having now…)

And yes, we already have weeds growing in between our grass. Any tips on how to avoid those are more than welcome!

Monster details

Pattern: Irving the icebox monster from The Big Book of Knitted Monsters
Yarn: Schachenmayr nomotta Bravo, leftover light green, dark green and red
Needles: US 2½ – 3.0 mm dpns, Bergère de France, bamboo
Stuffing: from Veritas

Now, I can’t remember facing problems when knitting this monster (I finished it quite a while ago already, I’m terribly behind in picture-taking and blog-updating), but through Ravelry I found there were errata available. Just so you know!

And… There’s a song that comes with this tiny project: