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Gripping kit | SIMPLE | 2 tentacles | PREORDER
$ 60.00 - $ 70.00
Preorders for Gripping are now closed. Kits will be back in stock in early 2024.
Let's make some small, bendable knitted tentacles!
I love this pattern for knitted tentacles because it’s extra. It’s absolutely whimsical and serves no practical purpose—other than delight. And that, friend, is enough. Delight is a very good reason for you to knit some tentacles.
The pattern is by Hunter Hammersen, and it walks you through absolutely every step of creating these knitted tentacles. I've gathered all the supplies you'll need, hand-dyed yarn in eerie colors, and have put together one of my classic, "thought of everything," adorable kits for you to make tentacles.
This simple kit includes everything you need to create 2 tentacles.
Order this simple kit version if you want to try out knitting some tentacles and aren't sure if you'll want to make multiples. It has:
- Everything you need to make 2 tentacles (yarn, stuffing, pliers, wire, etc.)
- 3 colors of hand-dyed yarn in deep teals and greens
- A virtual knit-along
You can make your tentacles any size, but for scale reference, this kit is for two tentacles that will be about 3" wide at the base and about 12" tall.
More details on what's in your kit below 👇🏻
What's in a simple kit?
PDF pattern: Immediate download plus a Ravelry code (that ships in your kit)
Hand-dyed yarn in 2 colors and 3 bases, ranging from 25g quarter skeins to 50g half skeins.
Tools, stuffing & notions:
- Needle-nose pliers
- 2 canning lids to use as bases
- 2 ounces of 100% wool roving for stuffing
- 8 feet of 12 gauge aluminum wire
- 4 small rare earth magnets
- a foraged sea stone for good tentacle mojo
A guided knit-along. Your kit includes a LIVE video session with me where I share my peer-to-peer tips for making these knitted tentacles.
- Saturday, October 14 at 10:00a Pacific Time via Zoom (video available afterward
Yarn colors & amounts
There's only one color set for simple kits:
a mix of deep ocean teal and toad green
- Mohair-Silk lace in Depths of Despair (25g)
- Targhee Sock in Depths of Despair (25g)
- Harvest Sport in Toad Hall (50g)
Yarn specifications
Your kit includes 3 skeins of yarn; each one is either a half-skein or a quarter-skein. Altogether, your kit has about 450 yards of yarn in 2 colors and 3 bases, which is enough to make at least 2 tentacles with the yarn held doubled.
You receive:
Mohair-Silk Lace
lace weight
half-skein (or 25g)
70% kid mohair, 30% silk
238 yards
Targhee Sock
fingering weight
quarter skein (or 25-29g)
90% superwash targhee wool, 10% nylon
~120 yards
Harvest Sport
sport weight
half skein (or 50g)
100% non-superwash merino-rambouillet wool
~150 yards