felting

felting is when little "hooks and loops" in the organic fibers interlock creating a compacked matirial!

mountain plush toy

here is a pattern for people who love to knit small and cute things!


my own made up pattern for a mountain plush toy!

main body.....
1 skein of cotton yarn (I use sugar and creme)
1 skein of fluffy white yarn
size 1 nettles (dpn)
scissors
tapestry nettle
black thread or safty eyes (optional
stuffing or old yarn scraps


base....
felting nettle (please be very careful with this tool, it is very sharp!)

felting pad
roving
ruler or mesuring tape
sewing nettle
--------pattern starts here------------
MAIN BODY
R1: cast on 30 sts onto 3 dpn. work 1 knitted row.
R2: [k 2 tog,k1] 1 row (to decrease, you are starting at the bottom and going up)(at end of 1 nettle you will have to knit two instead of 1)
R3:k all sts.
R4:[k 2 tog,k1] 1 row
R5: k all sts.
R6:now switch to your white yarn and [k 2 tog,k 1]1 row
R7-8: k all sts.
R9:[k 2 tog,k1]
ending:use nettle (tapestry) to thread the yarn through the sts and pull tight.use sewing nettle to make little black eyes where ever you want to put them.Weave in the ends and stuff the figure. END OF MAIN BODY!

BASE!....

mesure the base of your mountain and take a piece of roving some bigger than the base. nettle felt a circle that fits the opening of the mt. sew up the base to th mt (don't forget to stuff it before you sew up the base!)

and there! you have a toy plush mountain!

~from the staff of knit happiness

mochmochi land!

look at this website: www.mochimochiland.com

it is a wonderful website to visit and there are a lot of awesome patterns!

who is cuter? angora rabbit or a mo?

this picture below (right) is an angora rabbit! it's yarn is much like mohair!

this one is (as you already know ) a mo.

i need your help! i cant chose which one is cuter. i will start a pole! it starts now to may 8th. which ever one has more votes is the winner! and the people who voted for the winning picture will be on the next post.

rules

-no voting twice
(yeah thats it)

~from the staff of knit happiness!

yarn of the week!

drum roll please. . . this week's yarn is. . . . .

MO HAIR (MOHAIR) a mo is an animal much like a goat that is really fluffy and has a great softness!

happy knitting

~the staff of knit happiness!

The New Year

this year is coming to a close, and I know some of you knitting fans have all ready made your new year resalutions. Now I have a little project to give you all, go to raverly.com (a knit and crochet community) and look up a pattern that you have never seen and try to make it. (ex. maybe you want to try a harder pattern or an easier one, your choice.)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


~the staff of knit happiness!

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~the staff of knit happiness

question time?

Q: can you really knit happiness?
A: yes
Because you are knitting something for someone and you get that feeling like your really proud of something,well that proudness = happiness. So next time you knit something remember that you are practicly knitting happiness for some one!




~Happy Holidays!
~From the staff of knit happiness.

Ribbed Scarf (green)

1 skein of green organic cotton

cast on 20 stitches

knit 2 purl 3 repeat till the end of the row.

keep knitting this way till you have the length scarf you want

Welcome

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I love to knit so if you have any questions just ask me!