Soft Kitty

02/14/201203/20/20121 Comment

I made this little guy as a parting gift for one of the boys I had been babysitting. The time had come for me to move on to the next job, and so I wanted to give him a little gift. He loves stuffed animals (What three-year-old doesn’t?) and has a couple of cats, so I decided to make him a stuffed kitty.

This cat is made from the “Mao” pattern by Angela Tong, found here. It’s knit from the ears down in one piece, with the i-cord tail picked up in the back at the end, so there is no real sewing involved aside from the face.

The bottom is flat, so he stands up very nicely. It was the first stuffy I had made, at least in a long time and the only one for a child instead of an animal.

What kind of gifts do you like to make for kids? Anyone have an interesting stuffy pattern you have used recently?

Button Ornament

02/09/201203/20/2012Leave a comment

It’s a bit late, considering the holidays are over, but I wanted to share the ornament I made for an “Ornament Exchange” back in December.

It didn’t take very many supplies, just some different sized buttons and string.

I got the original idea from an old Martha Stewart Kids project and changed it up a bit by using string instead of pipe cleaners that I couldn’t find anywhere in the house.

I think he came out pretty cute. What do you think?

Nook Pouch

01/03/201203/20/2012Leave a comment

I got a Nook for Christmas!

Ok, I got a Target gift card for Christmas and bought a Nook, but I still got it for Christmas.

So now I need something to protect it.Why go out and use more of my Christmas money to buy a cover when I can make one?

I found some green and yellow yarn left over from a previous glove project and set about to make a square pouch for my eReader.

Because I like to make things in one piece with minimal sewing, I decided to use a “double knitting” technique. By working every other stitch with a different ball of yarn, I created two separate panels of fabric connected at the and bottom.