Six Inch Teddy

Unfortunately my phone's camera took this picturr upside down...

Ehow gives a easy to follow pattern on how to knit a simple bear using straight needles.  It’s knit all at once, meaning no ‘make two’ parts, and knit up for me in about 2 hours. 

While knitting it, i wasn’t too sure if i would like it or not, but now that it’s pretty much finished (i don’t think I’ll put a face on it), i find it to be super cute! Its a great pattern to use for your scrap yarn…not sure how much, but I’m fairly certain I’ll be able to make at least six or seven of these with one basic skein of yarn.  I used a size 7 needle, so I’m interested to see how big it would be with size 9 needles. 

Definately a great item when you feel like making something quick and low maintenance while watching a movie, or as i prefer, listening to an audiobook. 

I plan on making a couple of  larger Teddys for my friend who is expecting twins, but i may just add a few of these in as well.  They’re the perfect ‘newborn’ size and would look cute in the cribs, not to mention, a great stuffed animal they can keep and cherish for years to come; my grandma had bunches of stuffed animals this size from my dad’s youth that i enjoyed admiring for years.

It’s getting late here, so i don’t think I’ll be knitting much more tonight.  It’s Halloween and me and my love are planning on going to a cornfield maze tomorrow, so i better get nice and rested so i can run from any chainsaw bearing zombies or clowns that may center me out.  Not to mention, NaNoWriMo is starting tomorrow, and its the last day of my vacation, so I’ll need the rest before a world of stress hits, lol.

I hope everyone has a safe and spooky Halloween!

Learn To Knit!

Though I wanted to be in bed a few hours ago, I couldn’t help myself but to make a couple of ‘How To’s’ for knitting! Expect the videos to be up sometime by the end of the week! I must warn you, they were made for a friend, so they are far from ‘professional’ what with my hesitating moments, stammering through explaining and yes, even cracking a few lame jokes.
However, it gets the point across and will hopefully have a non-knitter (God save their souls) knitting within hours!

I cover the basics; Casting On, the Knit Stitch (Garter Stitch), the Purl Stitch (like the Garter Stitch), Stockinette Stitch, 2×2 Ribbing (easy patterns for 1×1, basket weave and Moss Stitch included), Binding Off and even how I hold my yarn!
On Tuesday, hopefully, I’ll be sitting down for tea with my bestie and teaching her the basics before we have to go to work. The only downfall is that she’s left handed and I’m a right handed knitter, so hopefully we can come to terms with our differences. Haha. Hopefully, in no time, she’ll be good to go and helping me make inventory to sell! Or even starting up her own thang!

So, until then, get pumped for some crazy learning times for those of you who wish to learn, and thank you to the handful of readers I have picked up in the past few weeks with my nonsensical blogging! *big hugs!*

Isn’t this just precious?! I can’t remember the link, but it’s posted on Etsy. This is not my work and is in no way affiliated with me, just something I thought I’d share for inspiration!

That darned needle!

So i’ve nearly finished another pair of wristwarmers. Almost. I have this cat who loves plastic bags, and it just so happens that i keep all of my knitting supplies in one. Somehow he managed to claw open my double bagged stash and now ive lost my tapestry needles. Without those, i am stuck on the very last step in finishibg them off. Sure, i could use a crochet hook to threat the edges together, but after coming to love the ease and quickness the tapestry needle allowed me, crocheting them just isnt appitizing, so im putting them off for a little bit.

On the subject of needles, the ones i use are wooden, and with Colorado’s very dry air, they like to splinter easily at the tips. Ive picked out so many slivers in the past week, its amazing that i still have fingertips left! I know of a trick that i use for my violin; taking an empty plastic film canister, a piece of sponge and poking holes in the lid of the canister, wetting the sponge and storing it with my needles to make a humidifier. The only problem is i dont have any film canisters, so i only hope i still have the one i use with my violin in its case. Any other suggestions on how to stop this from happening is very welcome!

The yarn i was knitting with last night is a tweedy kind if material according to it’s packaging. The color grafients of purples, blues, greens and pinks are beautiful! I havent decided if i am to put this into my sell pile, my self pile, or my gifting pile. It’s acrylic fiber, but it’s bulky so it’s nice and warm. My main thought was to make another pair tonight so that my cousin and i could keep our wrists warm tomorrow night, as we are headed to a concert and we know that waiting for autographs after the show will be really chilly. Not to mention, it could be good advertising!

I have also been researching more cable stitches to make the wristwarmers look different. Ive found some really cute patterns that i really want to incorporate, so im very excited for that! This week to come is surely going to be busy!

Now if i can only find my tapestry needles!