Monday, January 26, 2009

*Zackie Zebra* (free pattern)


May I introduce you Zackie, she is wild and beautiful and young zebra, living somewhere in Africa and she is also my free pattern of January as promised last week.
The pattern isn´t tested, so if you find any errors, please tell me... I hope I´ll see many beautiful and wild zebras soon.

Tässä on Zackie Seepra, joka elää savannilla Afrikassa. Ohje on englanniksi, mutta jos joku tahtoo ohjeen suomeks, niin pistäköön kommentia, niin voin postata sen jossain vaiheessa suomenkielisenä.Zackie Zebra

You need:
Black and white cotton yarn
A pair off 3mm needles
Safety eyes
Stuffing and tapesry needle
A bit of black felt for the ears

Legs (make 2):
In black, CO 9sts, P1 row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k1*, repeat to the end. P1 row (in total 17 sts)
Next row: K1, m1, k6, m1, k3, m1, k6, m1, k1. P1 row (in total 21sts)
Next row: K6, skpo twice, k1, k2tog twice, k6.
Next row: P6, p2tog, p1, p2tog, p6
Next row:K6, slip 1, k2tog and pass the slipped st over, k6.
(If you want to make thinner legs, decrease 2sts on the next K row)
St-st making stripes of two rows for 15 rows. Cast off.
Sew the back seam of the legs and stuff firmly.

Body:
With white cast on 21sts. P1 row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k4* repeat to the end. Change to black (from now make stripes for 2rows) P1row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k5* repeat to the end. P1 row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k6* repeat to the end.
St-st 12-14 rows.
Next row: K1, *k2tog, k4* repeat to the end. P1row.
Next row: K1, *k2tog, k3* repeat to the end. P1 row.
Next row: K1, k2tog to the end.
Break off the yarn and pull yarn through the stitches that left to the needle. Sew the back seam off the body and stuff.

Head:
Make stripes of 2 rows. With black CO 13 sts. P1 row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k1* repeat to the end. P1 row.
Next row:K1, *m1, k3*, repeat to the end. P1 row.
Next row: K1, *m1, k4* repeat to the end.
St-st 11 rows.
Next row: K1, k2tog 7 times, k12, k2tog 7 times.
St-st 5 rows.
Next row: K1, k2tog 4 times, k8, k2tog 4times. Make the last 4 rows in black.
St-st 3 rows.
Next row: K1, K2tog to the end.
Break off the yarn and pull yarn through the stitches that left to the needle.
Sew the back seam of the head, if you use safety eyes attach them now. Stuf the head.

Arms (make 2):
Make stripes of 2rows. Cast on 10 sts with white.
Begin with P row, st-st 19 rows.
Next row: K2tog to the end.
Break off the yarn and pull yarn through the stitches that left to the needle. Sew the seam and stuff the arms.
Finishing:
Sew the legs and the arms to the body. Cut small felt triangles(ears) and attach them above the eyes. Cut pieces abot 5cm(2 inches) from the black and white yarn (this is the mane) and knot the them tightly below the ears. Sew head to the body. Make a tail from a piece of black yarn.

Abbreviations:
K = Knit
P = Purl
st = stitch
K2tog = knit 2 stitches together, P2tog = purl 2 stitches together
M1 =
Increase or make 1. You can use a technique you prefer, I use this: From the front, lift loop between stitches with left needle, knit into back of loop
st-st = stocking stitch, K on the right side, P on the wrong side
CO = Cast on.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

More about Mint Village (in Finnish too)

Hi!
Now I finally have time to check my blog and write to the Internet. :o) I´m Minttusuklaa and I´m in High School(that´s best word to the Finnish lukio) in my 2nd year so I´ll graduate in one year. I love knitting and crocheting in my pastime. Especially I love making amigurumis and I really enjoy writing down patterns and designing new patterns and I try to design a new pattern per month. So I´ll release my January pattern maybe next week. I´ve knitted since I was 6 and now I´m 15, but I learned to crochet when I was eleven.


Moi,
nyt mulla on kerrankin aikaa kirjoittaa jotain tänne blog
iin. :o) Olen Minttusuklaa, 15v ja lukiossa toista vuotta. Mä rakastan neulomista ja virkkaamista, mutta neulominen tulee kyllä ensimmäisenä. Yleensä ennätän neuloo vain vapaa-ajalla (lue: silloin kun ei ole koulua) ja mä tykkään hirveesti väkertää n.k. amigurumeja, joiden paras suomennois ois pehmolelu. Mä oon myös suunnitellu ja julkkaisut omia ohjeita Ravelryssä, mutta ne kaikki on englanniksi. Jos joku haluaa, mun ohjeita suomeksi, niin käännöksiä kyllä löytyy.
Mä opin neulomaan kun oli 6v ja virkkaamaan kunnolla kun olin 11.

I Finished today my Bitty Baby and I think she turned out quite well!

Pattern is from Bittersweet: http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/bitty-babies/

Sain tänään valmiiksi Pikkuvaavin ja siitä tuli söpö!

Best wishes:
Minttusuklaa

Friday, January 9, 2009

A new blog!



Now I finally made a blog!!! HOORAY! I´m Minttusuklaa (that is Mint Choclate in English) and I love knitting bunnies and making amigurumis. I´ve designed couple of my own patterns and their available for free in my Ravelry account http://www.ravelry.com/designers/mintsu