06.03.07
More Yarn Projects! Woo hoo!
This week I worked on another knit project. I’m trying to learn different knitting skills, so this time I choose a pattern from a book called, Simple Knits for Cherished Babies, by Erica Knight. This pattern gave me the opportunity to try making a knit teddy bear. I have never done this before, and I just used the supplies I already had on hand, so I really think this project would have come out nicer had I had nicer materials to work with. But the experience was good, and I am encouraged to try more stuffed knits. Here’s a picture of the pieces I knitted before I sewed them up.
And here’s the completed teddy bear next to another ball of yarn for size comparison.
I’m really happy that spring is here so little teddy and I could hang out comfortably in the backyard for a little while. I haven’t given her a name yet, but her presence has encouraged me to make her more companions, ha! So I did a web search and found this “CUTE” blog. Unfortunately for me, it’s in Japanese, but that little cutie before the plate of fish is an “amigurumi.” However, if you scroll down to the bottom of that page and click onto the arrow pointing to the right, there are more cute amigurumis. Apparently, there are a bunch of different patterns for them out there, but they are crochet, not knit. Maybe I can adapt it to a knit pattern, but in the meantime, I may just try my hand at one or some of these! For anyone interested, there is a flicker group which displays hundreds of these amigurumi. So cute! It’s fun to look at all the creativity that’s out there. They’re like the crochet version of beanie babies.
Okay, I’m off to see what I can get my hands on!
Marlakins
