Today’s toy is a knitted daisy. This design is by Bernat’s design studio. Using Red heart yarn and 4 mm knitting needles, this toy was fun to make. I didn’t mind the petals or sewing them to the outside edge of the donut. Love the leaves as hands and feet. Such a joy to knit. My only change would be to make the donut smaller.
a very whimsical bunny by Sayjai Thawornsupacharoen. I used the same yarn I have been using, the Charisma 10 ply Aran. I put pipe cleaners into the ears, but didn’t stuff them. This pattern is for crochet, but I modified it for knitting. That’s why it is shorter. I need to knit more rounds next…
Today’s toy is a knitted cat. It is my design. Using Hobby Lobby’s adore-a-ball and size 3 needles, I tried to knit a chubby cat with nothing to sew on. The feet are knitted bobbles. The only thing is that I used yarn for the whiskers and they are drooping now, so they don’t look…
Today’s toy is a knitted toucan bird. The pattern is by Loly Fuertes. It is very colorful. Using Big Twist and Red Heart Super Saver yarn to get the colors and size 3 needles, I am very pleased with the result. My BIL requested I make this because I like to make birds.
Today’s toy is a knitted beagle. This pattern is from a magazine insert for knitting all of the Peanuts characters. The designer is Sachiyo Ishii. I used Mainstays cotton in arctic white and black and a 2 mm size 0 knitted needle. Love this pattern. I plan to also knit the dog house.
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 bird I designed, knitted. I have made a few of these. I start with a figure 8 cast on like toe up socks and increase 6 stitches every other round up to 42 and then knit some and then decrease twice for the neck and increase for the head. I put…
