Spooky season is finally here, and I am absolutely giddy! The next three months are my favorite time of year—Halloween, crisp fall weather, and then Christmas. What could be better?
To celebrate October and kick off Vlogtober, I’m starting an exciting new project that I’m calling The Crochet Monster Mash. This is going to be a month-long adventure where I create a completely randomized crochet monster using the amazing book Crochet Monsters by Megan Lap.
The Wheel of Misfortune
Here’s how this works: instead of carefully planning and choosing each element of my monster, I’m leaving it all up to fate—or more specifically, to the Wheel of Misfortune.
Each week throughout October, I’ll spin the wheel to randomly select different components:
- Body style
- Yarn type
- Yarn color
- Arms, legs, teeth, and other features
The beauty (or chaos) of this approach is that I have absolutely no idea what this creature is going to look like when we’re done!
What We’ve Selected So Far
Week 1 Results:
After spinning the Wheel of Misfortune, here’s what fate has decided for our monster:
Body Style: Open mouth with no teeth – one of seven possible mouth styles from the book. It looks pretty simple to make, which is a great way to start!
Yarn Type: Worsted weight – I had five categories on the wheel (worsted, plush, velvet, blanket, and special), and worsted won out.
Color: Lime green – I’ll admit, I was really hoping for the shocking violet variegated yarn, but lime green is a classic monster color! I’m using a beautiful lime green worsted weight yarn with a size 4 hook.
About the Book
Crochet Monsters is an incredible resource that I’ve checked out from my local library multiple times. It features 35 body patterns that you can mix and match to create thousands of different possibilities. Megan Lap also has another book called Crochet Impkins with a similar customizable concept.
The book includes various body shapes like open mouth, blob, cylinder, egg shape, round, and square—with options for legs or no legs. Then you can add different features like arms, teeth, horns, and more.
Join the Monster Mash!
If you want to crochet along with me, grab a copy of Crochet Monsters and create your own monster! We can share our creations and see how different (or similar) our monsters turn out.
I’ll be posting progress updates throughout the week on Instagram and Shorts, showing the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of bringing this creature to life.
Next Friday, I’ll be back with an update on how the body turned out, and we’ll spin the Wheel of Misfortune again to determine what component we’re making next—maybe arms, legs, teeth, or something else entirely!
The Big Reveal
On Halloween (October 31st), I’ll reveal the completed monster in all its randomized glory. Maybe we’ll even have a naming contest for our creation!
The best part? This monster might end up with a lime green body, worsted weight arms, chenille ears, and fur horns. There’s no telling how this Frankenstein-style creation will turn out, and that’s what makes it so exciting!
Stay tuned, follow along, and let’s see what kind of monster we can create together. After all, it’s alive… IT’S ALIVE!
We’ll do the mash, we’ll do the monster mash…
Follow along: Check back each Friday for new updates, and watch my Instagram and Shorts throughout the week to see the progress as our monster comes to life!