Lake monsters are a common sort of cryptids in global folklore. There is an estimated 300 lakes across the world that have reported strange monstrous sightings. The Loch Ness Monster is the most famous, but don’t let the fame limit your imagination as you knit this lil creature: this cutie could be any of a number of reported lake monsters from around the world. Using only a tiny bit of scrap yarn and an hour or so, you could have your own pack of Tiny Lake Monsters in no time!

Yarns:
20 yds green fingering weight yarn
1 yd black fingering weight yarn

Tools & Materials:
• US 1, 2.25mm double pointed knitting needles
• Darning needle for sewing up
• Tiny amount of stuffing or scrap yarn for filling

Stitches Used:
BO: bind off
CDD: centered double decrease (slip next 2 sts together as if to knit, knit next st, pass the two slipped sts over the st you just knit (2 sts decreased))
CO: cast on
FO: finish off
K: knit
Kfb: knit in the front and back of the same stitch (1 stitch increased)
K2tog: knit two stitches together
P: purl
P2tog: purl two stitches together
SSK: slip the next 2 stitches knitwise, place them back on the left needles, knit them together through the back of the stitches
St(s): stitch(es)
WE: Work even
**: repeat the stitches between the ** as described