Introducing Farfalla the Flying Narwhal

The newest pattern in the Mochimochi Shop is a little bit make-believe and a lot bit magical!

farfalla_announce1

In fact, Farfalla the Flying Narwhal is a little more make-believe than I had thought, because I’ve been referring to her as female, and someone on Facebook just informed me that only the male narwhals grow tusks… I guess this gal just can’t be boxed in!

It’s hard not to love a narwhal, but when I was thinking about designing one, it took me a while to figure out how to make mine a little special. It was my sister-in-law Jenna who initially suggested giving a narwhal wings, way back in… April of last year. So this one has been in the works for a while! Thanks, Jenna!

Another cool thing about this project is that the photo shoot for it got me to finally visit the Chicago beach! I realized that it was less than a 10 minute drive from my apartment—I had no idea. My sister just happened to be in town last week, so I recruited her as a hand model. Thanks, Leah!

Farfalla is an intermediate-level pattern, and techniques include knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, a little stranded colorwork, and mattress stitch. I recommend using worsted-weight yarn (like Cascade 220) and size 5 DPNs, but as with any toys, you can scale up or down using a different yarn weight and needle size.

The pattern is now available as a PDF download for $6 in the Mochimochi Shop.

farfalla_announce2

Knit one for you, and one for someone who doesn’t believe in magic… maybe now they will!

6 thoughts on “Introducing Farfalla the Flying Narwhal

  1. Actually, it’s just very rare for female narwhals to grow the tusk, but there are tusked female narwhals in nature. just fyi!

Comments are closed.