Pattern: Captain Underpants by Shelly Hattan
Yarn: Oddments of DK from stash
Needles: 2.5mm dpns
I’m not a big toy knitter. I like the idea of knitted toys and have a lot of patterns for them, but when it comes down to it, the idea of having lots of tiny bits of knitting to seam and stuff and sew together puts me off.
But I had to knit one of these for DS2. He’s a huge fan of the Captain Underpants books and has read them all several times. Plus the pattern was really simple and all knitted in the round (except for the cape), so there was no seaming and just a bit of sewing, which suits me fine. 
The yarn is just oddments from my stash of various acrylic yarns and nothing very exciting.
I’ve been secretly knitting him over the past couple of days while the small people have been at school, which meant getting in as much knitting during the day as I could, then having to hide everything at 3.00pm before they finished for the day. Now I just have to figure out the best place to put him for DS2 to discover when he gets home today!
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It’s really cute!
lol!!1!1 I’ve no idea who Captain Underpants is but he looks pretty damn awesome! I want one!
He looks great! I might make one to have in my class next year. But I’m with you on toy knitting – lots of fiddly bits to sew on is no fun! I have an unfinished cat waiting to be put together – maybe this summer!!
Lolz! I also have no idea who Captain Underpants is, but I love him just for the name!! Your toy is great! He’ll be much loved, I’m sure.
I really like the idea of crocheted toys and amigurumi, but I also find all the small pieces annoying. It’s a shame, there are so many cute patterns out there, but I have to force myself to do one at a time, otherwise the house will just be filled with little pieces of toy.
How cute!