Monday, May 28, 2007

Birdie


I finally finished something! This is Birdie from Lucinda Guy's Handknits for Kids, knit out of Rowan Cotton Glace.

I hope to knit a few more toys this summer - and to get this blog updated with everyone's information!

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Pasha from Knitty


Thank goodness there's a group here just for knitted toys - I thought I was the only as obsessed ;) Glad to see I've got good company!

Pasha was very quick, a couple of longish evenings and she was sewn up. Pasha's a she 'cause she demanded the glittery red scarf. However, she's a little confused 'cause when she wandered outside, there's no snow and it's HOT!

Monday, May 21, 2007

the momerath was lonely

momerath_village2

So I made him some friends.

This little momerath village will be a birthday gift for a sweet little girl who's turning four next week. I hope she likes them!

P.S. I wrote about toys (sewn, not knitted) on Sew Green today - stop by and say hi!

Monday, May 7, 2007

Soft and Fluffy

I'm in a few Harry Potter KALs and I was seeing a lot of house scarves and hats and stuff like that, but I wanted to do something really original.



So I knit Lord Voldemort. I used the basic person pattern in World Of Knitted Toys, except that I ignored the directions for the nose, since he doesn't have one. I sewed his robes rather than knit them, for time's sake more than anything else.

Friday, May 4, 2007

Kitty


This is the kitty from book, Natural Knits for Babies and Moms . I really like this book a lot. The patterns are simple, yet elegant. The kitty was a pretty fast knit. This little kitty was gifted to a very dear little 3 year old boy as part of his Easter basket.

I used Cascade 220 wool and size 7 needles. I'm looking forward to making another one, except I think I'm going to reverse the colors for the striping since I still have plenty of the yarn left over from this kitty.

There are more details on my blog. I'm casting on for a teddy bear sometime this weekend. Fun!


A Great Beginner Toy

I designed this knit block to be a first project for the local chaper of International MOMS Club. Each face has a different stitch pattern with increasing difficulty. It was a fun little project, and I hope it gets lots of play time in my home... so much better than the plastic toys around here!







You can find a picture of the toy in action, and the pattern on my blog Jofrog is Knitfrog.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Kate: in progress

Hello all! I'm so glad this KAL exists, else I would have kept looking and dreaming about toys, but never actually casting on. I'm nearly finished (well, with the big part anyway) on Kate, who is a bit bigger than I'd imagined (guess I should use a ruler next time... :)

I'm using the yarn the pattern recommended, but am doing it on two circulars instead of dpns. Here are some pics of my progress:

and a cute one for scale, as you can see Kate will be nearly as big as my little girl, who is already in love with her new toy :)

Hopefully, I'll have a finished project to share soon!

Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

It's great to be here!

Hello everyone! I’m so glad to have found this knitalong. I have only knit a few toys so far, but I have plans (and yarn, of course) for more. I will post a picture of the kitty I recently made in the few days. It’s great fun for me to make the toys and watch them transform into their own little personalities. Thanks again for letting me join. I look forward to sharing and being inspired.