My love of both knitting and crustaceans runs deep. My grandmother once reared her own sheep and knit pretty much everything the family wore, while my poppy was a lobsterman in the shores of Placentia Bay. During summers spent in Arnold’s Cove I remember going down to the wharf and looking down at the crab boats coming in. The fisherman let me hold them and often gave us a few – a ritual I repeated with my son when he was young. This pattern is an update on the original with some adjustments based on feedback along the way, along with a few additional details that make him a bit more accurate:

• Yarn weight and standardised size: The original version recommended a bulky weight but also said you can use whatever (as the size of a toy isn’t too important!) Now that I am designing more crustacean clothes, the size does matter. So this is written with an aran weight and adjusted stitch count to help standardise the size.
• Updated instructions: I have edited to be a bit more succinct, clearer on the increases and introduced new step-by-step photography.