Today’s toy is a bluebird of happiness knitted with Bernat blanket yarn and size 5 mm needles. This design is by Sara Elizabeth Kellner. I had to add the accents to the bird, the lines for wings and beak and the legs/feet because it just looked like a blue blob. Not happy with the yarn choice.
Today’s toy is a knitted dancing doll, a recipe by Terry White. I did fewer stitches in the icord sine the doll was smaller than I thought, but the legs should have had more stitches. The hair was a braid around the front and then I stitched across the head like strands of hair. I…
Today’s toy is a knitted bird of happiness. Design by Sara Elizabeth Kellner. Using Knit Picks stroll in red and 2.25 mm needles, I thought I would make a red one. Love this pattern. This could be turned into a Christmas ornament with embroidery too.
Today’s toy is a knitted frog head. I used the same shape as the bunny head. My sister’s birthday gift was the Honey Bunny candy yarn from Hobbii (https://hobbii.com/yarn) I used 5 mm knitting needles. The eyes were knitted on top with the existing stitches. I did not sew them on. I used scrap yarn…
Today’s toy is a knitted bird that I designed. Using Lion Brand ice cream roving, Bernat blanket yarn, and size 3 needles, this bird is so fun to make in any weight of yarn. I love the feet with the blanket yarn. The Lion Brand yarn is self striping and does have pink, but it…
Today’s toy is a knitted and crocheted bird. I am still trying to use up the plush yarn from Joann. Since I am running out of the red, I striped both coconut and chili pepper colors for the bird. The body is knitted. Then the wings, beak, feet, and head piece are crocheted. I made…
Today’s knitted toy is a bear that I knitted during a two hour car ride to the coast. The pattern says to start by casting on 32 stitches (it is a free pattern). I will not do that in the future because it is closed at the end, so I will just start it like…
