[Fluffywelshsheep]

Will be putting it altogether  soon will show it completed

[Fluffywelshsheep]

lasted thing i have been doing
Burt the dolphin



Flower the butterfly

My socks am knitting

[Rosemary]

Burt's so cute; socks look hard - I'm going to start with two needles. I can remember my Gran knitting socks with three needles  like that.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

The pattern for the animals is really simple

Make a dolphin

Body
1 cast on 30 stitched in dk blue wool
2 knit 20 rows -dk blue
3 introduce the pale blue wool into your knitting
4 on row21 take the end of the pale blue wool and use to knit the end of the row- the knitting will change from dk blue to light blue
5 knit 10 more rows using pale blue wool
6 one you have knit 30 rows
7 cast off

Side Fins / back fin

1 cast on 10 stitches - in dk blue.
2 knit 8 rows
3 Cast off
4 fold knitting into a triangle and sew down both sides
5 repeat this to make a  total of 3 fins

tail fin
1 cast on 12 stitches in dk blue wool
2 knit 8 rows
3 cast off
4 fold the knitting into half
5 Stitch 2 ends and one side
6 wrap some loose blue wool around the middle of fin to give it shape and tie in a knot

making up
1 take the main piece of knitting and sew down one side to make a cylinder
2 take one end of the cylinder and sew so that it is closed. Turn inside out
3 take some stuffing and fill the cylinder.Add the eyes using your fingers to hold the eye supports in place
4 sew the open end of the body so that both ends  are closed
5 sew the tail fin to one end and two small side fins to each sire on the back
6 Add some stitches below the eyes to create the shape of dolphin nose

the butterfly is even easier than the dolphin
it's 12 stitches of knit then 36 rows lol
sew running stitch at the top and the middle then about 1cm from the top,
then add the felt bits for decoration.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

knitting so far

[tankgirl]

hi Fluffywelshsheep just been reading thru the knitting posts and saw your socks! how are you getting on with them? i found it a bit fidly at the beginning - had a few near misses at stabbing myself till i got the hang of holding the neddles but have made several pairs since as presents and now making legwarmers for one of my girls

[Fluffywelshsheep]

i have acually finished them not brilliant i have started

another pair which is gona be for my step daughters birthday they are little ankle sock which she loves to wear, While i was away on hoilday last week i bough some knitting stuff of adlis and have been playing with them i have compled a wrap and just started a boa scarf with tassels on it (that a note need to update my ravellary account with my lastes projects

[tankgirl]

socks look great! toasty toes!
ive been looking for a jumper pattern but can't seemed to find the right one want to make it for OH, we have one each already which we call our festival jumpers (bought them at Srawberry fair) i might have ago at making up own knit pattern though not that clever so it might come out looking a bit of an shape

[Fluffywelshsheep]

New knitting items

boa scarf model by fluffy
Ankle socks model by my feet
Wrap model by fluffy

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Boruc the Celtic sheep





Lastest knitting project.

removable jumper has a number one knitted on the back

Linz

[Tullywood Farm]

Lovely stuff -socks look complicated but its a great way to knit a tube - never thought about
them really.

Love the toys.

Just bought a few things for Tara for Christmas - nows the time to start shopping, before the stampede - like to buy practical things.  Bought her this wool, plus a pattern for knitting ducks and other animals to put away for christmas - will keep her busy in the Christmas School Holidays.


Anyone got a toy pig or dog pattern?

Julie x

[Fluffywelshsheep]

http://knittycat.vox.com/library/post/springtime-peeps.html pig toy just one of the patterns I found on ravelry

http://knittedtoybox.blogspot.com/2008/04/zero-ghostly-dog.html dog

Linz

[Tullywood Farm]

OMG
Tara will love that pig - thank you so much Jules

[Fluffywelshsheep]

thats ok i found it on http://www.ravelry.com lots and lots of FREE knitting patterns
Linz

[sandy]

Now I'm sure Boruc is a Donkey never mind, it will be well loved