Miniature (Giant) Squid

Have you ever had a day where, no matter what you did, you just sucked at doing it?

Yeah. Me, too.

There was this day last week where I failed at gobs of things. Cookies got burned. Puppy dog tails got stepped on during playtime. Cups of coffee got spilled on freshly steam-cleaned carpets. Pasta got overcooked. Gloves (and yes, they were handmade gloves) got lost under the millions of feet of snow that kept me trapped in the house for nearly a week.

There’s a point where a girl just gives up, sits down, and knits herself a miniature Giant Squid out of some leftover Knit Picks Palette.

His name is Captain Phil in honor of the late captain of the Cornelia Marie, of Deadliest Catch fame.