An octopus got out!!!

Yes,  Octavius has got out!  That clever little octopus!!!

He was seen on MustHaveCute this week:

I didn't even know of MustHaveCute but obviously Octavius is better connected that I am - probably something to do with having 8 arms instead of my two!

And while he was there, someone kindly adopted him so he's heading off to Massachusetts!  Do they know what they are letting themselves in for?  Octopedes can be slippery customers....

Nate and Kate were meant to go to their new owners tonight too - but I'm not feeling so good - so they get to live with me for a little while and look after me!  Sorry Elaine!

Looks like we'll have to see if more octopedes babes are due anytime soon.....  Keep your feelers out...

A new friend for Nate and Kate - but he needs a name!

You may remember the little octopus earrings I made a couple of weeks ago, called Nate (N-8) and Kate (K-8) because they each had 8 wiggly legs!  They now have a new friend who is a necklace...but he doesn't yet have a name.... I tried thinking of other names with "8" in them but got stuck....Any ideas?

To be honest, I haven't checked whether the latest octopus is male or female as I'm not sure how to sex an octopus...and can probably get through life without knowing.....but no, now I've typed that, I have to go and find out.  Did you know that you sex an octopus by looking at it's third arm to the right (clockwise).  In males, this arm has a suckerless tip and a channel for delivering spermatophores!  Well - now you know!  And if only I knew where to start counting from, I guess I could check on my little octopuses!  But where is number one?

Anyhow - hope you come up with a good name for him or her....

Octopodes Nate and Kate!

If you regularly read my blog, you may remember that a couple of weeks ago I put up a poll to ask you what dangly leg animal I should make next in my collection.  I had done dogs, cats, sheep, birds, penguins, "anyone"....etc.

I foolishly selected a variety of animals that, in hindsight, maybe I should have considered more carefully!  Anyhow - the winner was the Octopus!

Thus I have made octopodes Nate and Tate as earrings with lots of dangly legs! (FYI, the plural for octopus can be either octopuses, octopi or octopodes! )

And so here are Nate and Kate.  Do you get their names?  Yes, could have been Ollie and Olivia but that seemed a little obvious.  So it is Nate = N-8 or N-eight and Kate = K-8 or K-eight as in "oct"??? A little obtuse? I do hope so!!!!

I want to sit on top!

Actually, Nate and Kate were easier to make than I had envisaged - and their legs really do dangle and jiggle well and make a sweet little ringing sound if they move a lot!  Hope you like them - especially if you voted for the octopus!

Yes, Kate is the one with the wider hips!  Nate looks so much more like a male!  You can tell they are quite the playful couple of octopodes!