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Easter Nest and Egg Pattern Tutorial

By on March 13, 2011 in Craft, Easter, Knitted Eggs, Knitted Nest, Knitting, Mamma4earth, Pattern, Tutorial
Hello wonderful friends, thanks so much for visiting:) Today, I have been working on a pattern for Easter crafting. We will soon be setting up our Easter tree and I wanted to make something special, so I have Knitted a nest in handspun Alpaca yarn, spun by my daughter Jenna. Inside the nest are some rainbow eggs. I have knitted the nest with a textured appearance to give it the look of a true nest. I do hope you enjoy knitting these patterns:)
Materials:
Yarn for the nest, I have used handspun Alpaca
Yarn for eggs, I have used rainbow cotton DK
4.5 mm circular needles
Wool needle for sewing up
Fleece for stuffing the eggs
Pattern:
Nest:
Cast on 10 stitches
Join for knitting in the round (Magic Loop)
Round 1: Knit
Round 2: Increase into each stitch across the round (20 stitches)
Round 3: Knit
Round 4: (Increase into the first stitch, knit 2 stitches, increase into the next stitch, knit 2 stitches) repeat across the round, knit 1 stitch on the end. (26 stitches)
Round 5: Knit
Round 6: Increase into each stitch. (52 stitches)
Round 7: (Knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat across round.
Round 8: (Purl 1, knit 1) repeat across round.
Round 9: (Knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat across round.
Round 10: (Purl 1, knit 1) repeat across round.
Rounds 11- 14: Knit 
Round 15: (Knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat across round.
Round 16: (Purl 1, knit 1) repeat across round.
Round 17: (Knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat across round.
Rounds 18-21: Knit
Rounds 22-23: Purl
Cast off.

Sew in the ends.

Egg Pattern: 
Cast on 4 stitches and join for knitting in the round.
Round 1: Knit
Round 2: Increase into each stitch (8 stitches)
Round 3: Knit
Round 4: Increase into each stitch (16 stitches)
Rounds 5-13: Knit
Round 14: (Knit 3 stitches, knit 2 stitches together) repeat across the round, knit 1 stitch on the end.
Round 15: Knit
Round 16: (Knit 1 stitch, knit 2 stitches together) repeat across the round, knit 1 stitch on the end.
Round 17: Knit
Round 18: (Knit 1 stitch, knit 2 stitches together) repeat across the round.
Round 19: Knit
Finishing off:
Break your thread and thread your yarn onto a wool needle and thread your stitches from your circular neeldes onto your wool needle and pull tight to close the opening. I normally fill the egg from this end and make sure the the wide base is firm and then fill the rest of the egg. Close both ends by threading tight in a circle with your thread and pulling tightly closed.

Roll your egg in your hands to get the required egg shape, and there you have an Easter Egg:) 

Wishing you all an inspired week.
xo
Linda
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Slug Knitting Pattern

By on March 6, 2011 in Easter, Knitted Toys, Knitting, Mamma4earth, Pattern, Slug
Hello there wonderful friends!
Because we have a veggie garden AND because slugs LOVE our lettuce patch,  I felt I just had to knit up a sweet little slimy slug with needle felted eyes that pop up out at you when you least expect it…

I cannot tell you how many times I have picked a lettuce and right inside the innermost folds of lettuce leaves, where you would least expect to find any living thing, will be a complete family of slugs with an extended family to boot… so they are like part of the family here…
This is really the easiest little pattern in the world, promise:) and will be great to add to your Easter baskets for Easter morning too:)

Materials:

DK yarn in sluggy colours
2 double pointed needles
Wool sewing up needle
Fleece for stuffing
Fleece for the eyes, black and white
Felting needle and sponge

With double pointed needles cast on 7 stitches, knit an I-cord for 3 inches and cast off. Stuff your slug with fleece and finish off the ends.

Knit about 5 rows for the length of the eye stalks and then cast off.

Here is your slug, now to add the eyes. Needle felt the white fleece onto the top of the eye stalks first and then needle felt a tiny black dot into the middle of the white. And there you have your slimy, slithery slug!
Happy day to all:)
Linda
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Our Work In Progress…

By on February 17, 2011 in African Penguin Pattern, Cochineal, Easter, Knitting, WIP Wednesday
We have been busy with quite a few projects this week so far. Remember those Angora / Merino batts that I drum carded, well, this is the spun up yarn in the photo below, it is wonderfully soft and I will probably knit my little ones some Easter rabbits with it… It was definately an easier spin by blending it with the Merino.

Jen has made an early start on her winter knitting, she is knitting up a pair of fingerless gloves from this lovely book, Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, she is almost finished the second glove. She did make a few changes, she added more rows before the cast off for the thumb and after, she felt that they were just too short and now she is very happy with them:)

My dried and skeined cochineal Merino yarn, I really love the colour, the skeins on top of the pile are darker and were dyed up first, the two at the bottom were dyed in an exhaust dye bath (just means I re-used the dye to dye up those two skeins (exhaust dye bath) and now I have a lovely lighter shade:) I am now re-using that same dye bath to dye up some Mohair and I expect I will have a wonderfully light pink shade…

Mohair dye bath.

I am almost finished my new pattern for an African Penguin, they are found along the south and west coast of South Africa. His pattern will be in my Etsy soon.

              Needle Felted Bird's Nest and Eggs, Easter

On Sunday I finished my Easter nests for my shop,  here is a little tutorial if you would like to make your own:)
Happy Thursday everyone:) xo
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Mamma4earth Easter Chicken Knitting Pattern Tutorial

By on February 3, 2011 in Chickens, Easter, Knitting, Mamma4earth, Pattern, Tutorial
Easter is just around the corner so I thought I would knit up and share a sweet little knitted Easter Chicken pattern with you:) I have knitted him in the round in the Magic Loop with a circular needle, such a Wonderful technique this, I love it! I have knitted some chickens with wings and some without. Enjoy the pattern:)

           Easter Chicken. Soft Mohair Yarn

           Easter Chicken. Soft Mohair Yarn

Materials:

Yellow Brushed Mohair or DK Merino yarn
Wool sewing needle
4 mm circular needle
Roving for stuffing
Orange Merino yarn for the beak
Felting needle
Black fleece

Pattern:
This little Easter Chicken is knitted in the Magic Loop Technique in the round with a circular needle.

Cast on 9 stitches
Round 1: Knit
Round 1: Knit 1 round.
Round 2: Knit into the front and back of each stitch for 1 round (18 stitches).
Round 3: Knit 1 round.
Round 4: Knit into the front and back of each stitch for 1 round (36 stitches).
Knit eleven rounds.
Round 16: (Knit 1 stitch, knit 2 together) repeat across this round.
Round 17: Knit 1 round.
Round 18: (Knit 1 stitch, knit 2 together) repeat across this round.
Rounds 19-25: Knit.
Round 26: Knit 2 together across the round.
Round 27: Knit
Round 28: Knit 2 together across the round.

Break yarn and thread the yarn onto a wool needle and thread the remaining stitches through the wool needle and leave until you are finished filling your bird with stuffing.

Once you have stuffed your chicken firmly, shape as seen in the above photo.

Wings:
Knit wings in garter stitch (plain)
Cast on 5 stitches.
Knit first and second row.
Row 3: Cast on 2 stitches at the beginning of the row and 1 stitch at the end of the row.
Row 4: Knit.
Row 5: Cast on 1 stitch at the beginning and knit 2 together at the end of the row.
Row 6: Knit.
Row 7: Knit 2 stitches together at the beginning of the row, knit to the end of the row.
Row 8: Knit.
Cast off.

Sew on wings.

One that has been knitted without wings.

Beak:
Sew a loop with the orange yarn and weave in and out of the loop. Make the end of the beak sharp and pointed (just like a chicken’s 🙂

             Easter Chicken. Soft Mohair Yarn

Needle felt on the eyes with black fleece.

Happy Thursday to you all:)
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Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you.

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