The answer is this little guy, who reminds me of nothing so much as a muppet mouse. I wanted to see what the pattern would look like with a super fuzzy yarn for the body and a contrasting yarn for everything else. Sewing the little bits on is by far the most time consuming part of the whole thing. I think it looks like the “pinky” to my original “brain” version above. The weight of the sock is better and doesn’t bounce too much. The first is the “improved” pirate mouse on the left, which has fully pink ears, a pink tail, and is stuffed with a sock as opposed to batting. But I’ve made three more as gifts, so I’m going to show you what variations on the orignal pattern I have come up with. Ok, I’ve already posted about the first pirate mouse I made for my own kitty, which is pictured above on the right. It basically requires knitting a tube on circular needles, stitching up the top in one direction and stitching up the bottom in a perpendicular direction. I used this pattern for mitered hot pads because it was double the thickness. I noticed that my grandmother preferred hand knitted and crocheted potholders above all other kinds, but that they were getting worn out and too thin. This was a gift for my grandma, and while in appearance it is the most simple, it actually took about the same amount of time as the others. These details meant that this took a bit longer than the washcloth, but because of the small size it was still a pretty quick knit. And then of course, I couldn’t resist cutting off the top corners (wish I’d thought of this at the bottom corners!) and adding some duplicate stitch in a reddish yarn to get that eerie Centurion look. It’s hard to see, but if you look you can just make out the word FRACK. I followed this cylon potholder pattern but when it became clear that my gauge was too small, I added a new detail to the top. I love it, even though it came out a little squished because I went too small on the needles (size 2-I knit so loose usually). I had to improvise with Finn’s face, not having a skin color, but I think it still worked ok! I knit the entire thing while my mom and grandma were wrapping presents, so it went pretty quick.Ĭlean your toaster with a toaster! For my friend Sarah, who introduced me to Battlestar Galactica, I made this Cylon dishcloth. I honestly didn’t write down the number of stitches I cast on, it was probably 32 or 36. I knit from both ends of the white yarn so that there would be no stranding on the reverse side. I used size 3 needles and both ribbing and garter stitch for the edging. In a category that could alternately be called “small square things knit with cotton,” I made the following Christmas gifts.įor my brother, I made an Adventure Time washcloth of Finn (I was going to do Jake too, but I used up all my yellow yarn on the potholder…) I used this fingerless mitts pattern as a starting point, but obviously I changed many things. I wasn’t the best at getting quality photos of everything, but you can at least get the gist of how they look. Some of them follow a specific pattern, some of them are my modifications of other patterns, and a few of them are my own original work. I’ve collected eight knitting projects that I have completed in the last three months, all of which take a minimum amount of yarn and less-than-average amount of time to complete. And when I am slogging through a long-term-commitment pattern (like a sweater), I have to have a small project (or two) on the side just so I can finish something. I like to have a regular supply of finished objects. product knitter, I often fall into the latter category. It’s actually the opposite! In the great debate of process knitter vs. After my last post, you may have the impression that I am a big-intense-project kind of knitter.
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