knit toys

I finished my toys! these patterns come again from Kids Learn to Knit, same as with the puppies. the owls i think are way more successful than the dogs. the tan one is made with a thicker yarn and size 8 needles. it's measurements (i think, i can't quite remember...) are 16 stitches by 20 rows.

the green owl is again a finer yarn, size 6 needles, and measures 25 stitches by 45 rows.

they both are made in the stockinette stitch which comes from alternating one row of knit stitch and one row of purl stitch.



here they all are! the tan ones are simon's, the colored ones at heading off to new york this weekend for micah and zoe!

Puppies!

i finished the two dogs i was knitting. the pattern comes from this book: Kids Learn to Knit. they are SO cute. button noses and eyes, felt ears, tails, and feet. the small tan one is simon's, he named it chester after a cute weimaraner we found a few weeks ago, and the blue one is for micah and zoe.










i think they were quite successful and very huggable, however, also very time consuming.

Knitting Puppies

so i've been teaching myself how to knit.

my first task are to make these really cute puppies, which i am going to send to some of my brother's friend's children, micah and zoe. there will also be an owl later on. these toys really consist of rectangles of knitting that you add felt and buttons to in order to make it look like an animal, but they are really very cute.

so far i've made a practice body in a tan yarn that is going to be simon's. only three sides are sewn together because i need to buy toy stuffing and other accesories this weekend to finish it off.

simon's dog is 16 stitches x 40 rows with a size 8 needles. big yarn, big needles, big stitches.

for micah and zoe's dog i'm using a blue, much softer, much finer yarn and a size 6 needle. so, i had to increase the pattern to 20 stitches by 70 rows. it's still slightly shorter in height, but much longer in length...think a dachsund or something like that.

the one side that is done took about 4 hrs and 15 minutes...a lot of time for something so small, but it's pretty and very soft.