These are so adorable, thank you for giving your design, I am going to have a go at creating these. I am about to execute in a edition of the Miakdo and have been looking for the ideal presents for my other entertainers, these will be perfect! I just wish I can go with your charming stitching. Just ordered it from PIJ and can't wait to get this. http://bit.ly/kokeshi-doll
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I have knitted the pieces and am ready to sew and stuff..the only problem is with the sleeves where to leave the opening and where to lightly stuff..looking at the picture is not clear enough to me.
Sorry for taking so long to reply. For the arms, seam the row edges and leave the cast on edge open. Stuff the hand portion, the peachy shade bit, and leave the pink part more loosely stuffed so that the arms fall loosely from the side of the body. Hope this helps :)
*** This giveaway is now closed *** I read only last weekend about the May Giveaway Day on the SewMamaSew blog. Its such a cool idea so I decided to take part. Up for grabs are these two little cats. I made them as favours for Smem's birthday but made too many. Two winners will be chosen at random on June 1st and I am willing to ship internationally as they're only small and are very light. Comment away! (but please make sure that I can get your email from your blogger profile so that I can contact you if you win) Good Luck!
I was going to post about how I connected with my domestic goddess and baked muffins this morning but as it is my 100th post I thought I would share a pattern with my readers. This is Piggywig. I only started him this afternoon so he is a super quick knit if you needed a present in a hurry. He's about 12cm tall. You'll need straight 2.75mm needles, a darning needle, some polyester stuffing and oddments of yarn in pink, blue, green, cream and black. Gauge is not too important - I knit at about 9sts:10rows:1 inch - just make sure that your knitting is nice and tight so the stuffing doesn't show through. Body Using pink, cast on 30 sts. Mark the centre of the cast on sts. P 1 row. Next row: Inc K-wise into every st - 60 sts. Beginning with a P row, st-st 7 rows. Next row: (K2, K2tog) to end - 45 sts. P 1 row. Break off pink and join on blue. Beginning with a K row, st-st 10 rows. Mark the centre of the last blue row. Break off blue and join on green and cream. Work 10 rows
Another little free pattern to keep all my followers going. This little guy is from the same basic shape as the hippo and lion. He's only about 2 inches long, and could easily be knit in an evening. download now from Ravelry
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For the arms, seam the row edges and leave the cast on edge open. Stuff the hand portion, the peachy shade bit, and leave the pink part more loosely stuffed so that the arms fall loosely from the side of the body.
Hope this helps :)