Knitted Monster knitting

I present to you, the kotamonster:

   The pattern is the-thrifty-critter by Nikol Lohr.  Very cute.  For the knitting needles I used bamboo skewers that I cut in half and put these little jewel-like things that you can stick on something.  For the yarn ball I used a small styrofoam ball and wound some yarn around it.