Four pairs of arms...

...it must be a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Or in plain English: an octopus!  

Going one better than a Time Lord an octopus has three hearts but they cannot regenerate and, as many species have a very short life expectancy of only 6 months, I think the Doctor probably wins in this game of top trumps.  I'm rambling...

Anyway, my octopus still does not have a finished body (I got distracted by all the brightly coloured images in my laptop) but it does have all it's arms and I consider that an achievement. 

Next question is what to call him/her, I did briefly flirt with Octavius as I was looking for an alliterative name but I'm not so sure now.  Any ideas folks?  And don't all rush to suggest your own name!

 

Can you tell what it is yet?

Clean answers only, I know it looks a bit dodgy...!

I'm currently in the middle of yet another randomly made up pattern with the intention of using the end result for another odd but completely different project.

More photos to follow when I finish!