This was amazing to knit and even more amazing to wear. The colorwork is spectacular to look at, this has hardly come off me since finishing it. Living my fisherman dream in this.
This was designed by Caitlin Hunter (cannot recommend the pattern enough) and I used the Fibrr Co.’s Lore (which I also can’t recommend enough despite the price)
I did a project on this species in undergrad so I'm partial to it for sentimental reasons. Can I please request the Atlantic Halibut? (When I went to present said project, I introduced it by its scientific name, Hippoglossus hippoglossus calling it "the fish so nice they named it twice", which caused my professor to facepalm, even though on some level I think he found it funny. The same professor who has a fish emoticon made from various punctuation marks in his official university signature XD)
Best fishes/wishes! Thanks for sharing your art, it's a delight :D
Carangiformes. This order contains the aggressively predatory dolphinfishes, and remoras, which have a sucker-like dorsal fin that allows them to attach to a larger host animal.
Pleuronectiformes. This order is made up of flatfishes, wuch as the flounder and halibut.
Continuing this month’s theme of Biology Influenced Merfolk, this week I did a theme of “weird-bodied Merfolk” inside and out. Be it fish with see-through heads (the Barreleye) or fish with literal urea in their systems (the Greenland Shark). There’s a lot of fun things to apply from nature!
Top Row:
- Old Man Ulrikson - Greenland Shark: The oldest person in town, clocking in at 499 years old. While most Greenlanders stay up north and act as sages, he likes it where he lives in Tridentsfall thank you very much. Also, no parasites in the eye for him!
- Bob Sunfish - Sunfish: A Sunfish Merman with a crippling fear of predators and the dark. The Sealions meanwhile think he’s an odd curiosity.
Middle Row:
- Benny and Fred - Halibut and Flounder: Criminal Masterminds, Master and Apprentice... at least in their heads. They’re more harmless than anything.
- Orville Colddweller - Barreleye: The guy who greets shallow-water Merfolk into the depths. He kinda wonders if he could have taken a different path in life, but decides against it.
Bottom Row:
Anat the Unlucky - Tully Monster: The unluckiest girl of the Primeval Age, whose unique look and looooooong list of misfortunes were something to behold. Tried to look for an apprenticeship and got one... who was the worst possible option.
“Honest Nasir” - Opabinia: Anat’s “mentor” and perhaps one of the most infamous conmen of his age... who kept his long list of complaints just because. Based on the knife one of said tablets... he may have gone too far one day.
Local fishing boat came into port straight from Alaska, and we always love them! I got some halibut cheeks (on the far right) and a couple whole coho salmon I've eviscerated for dinner tomorrow. Tonight, I fried up those cheeks and roasted some potatoes, cherry tomatoes, asparagus and parm, and made some dinner rolls!
Quoting our engineer: 'why do you always have to make such yummy food when we have to stuff our faces between sails?'
Because I keep forgetting that's what's gonna happen 😅