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Stitched Slake Moth

Downloadable PDF, English, English
$2.88
Stitched Slake Moth
$2.88
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What you'll need

One size only: Approx 8cm / 3"
Patons Fab DK 100g (opens in a new tab)
Patons Fab DK 100g
Black (2311)
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1
Tools & Other Supplies
4.50mm (US 7) Single Pointed Needles (opens in a new tab)
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Product Details

The humble Slake Moth is possibly one of the most unsettlingly horrifying characters that ever crawled menacingly from the pages of a book. In this case China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station. They feed on people’s dreams, they excrete nightmare-making invisible poo, and they leave their victims drooling hunks of human vegetable.

“The thing made its body thin and spread those colossal wings, massive flat folds of stiff skin that seemed to fill the hall. They were irregular, chaotic in shape, random fluid whorls; but mirror-perfect left and right, like spilt ink or paint patterns on folded paper.”* Perdido Street Station*

What would make a more perfect tribute to Mr Mieville’s monsters than to immortalise them in lovely squishy yarn?

I was invited to take part in The Kitschies Steampunk Party by the squid-worshipping Pornokitsch team. For the event I conjured up a Stitched a Mini Slake Moth pattern for a mini workshop.

China Mieville himself owns the very first Stitched Slake moth.

Craft
Knitting
Designer
Deadly Knitshade
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Notes
30cm pipecleaner and 2 googly eyes
Number of patterns
1
Pages
2
Skill Level
Beginner