Pattern: Arnie the Caterpillar Yarn: Bernat Cottontots and Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton!
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The Time I Knit an Octopus
Last year I discovered a series of patterns for toys that you literally knit together as you go thereby eliminating on of my pet peeves: sewing it up and sewing in the ends. This is truly a concept I can get behind. I assumed when I settled in to knit this year’s toy I’d be…
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The Time I Knit Things in June
Aunt Bon’s Bonbon
I love the look of knitted toys. They’re cute and cuddly (especially with a squishy yarn). Everyone loves a stuffed animal. They do tend to have one major drawback in my eyes though: all the fiddly little ends to sew in. I tried a couple of projects that were categorized as “seamless” but that…
Read MoreJelly Bean Monkey
Despite my questionable embroidery skills on his face, I find sock yarn monkeys charming. Pattern: A New Sock Monkey Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Jellybean
Read MoreThe Saddest Weiner Dog Ever
I have this love-hate relationship with knit toys. I love the end result, but they all seem to involve my least favourite part of knitting – sewing. For some reason I had this crazy idea that if I knit a toy as a flat square it would be more fun to assemble. Actually, it was…
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