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