8 posts tagged “cute”
Sackboy, the character from the PS3 videogame, LittleBigPlanet, has become so popular that I thought he'd make a nice gift for our nephew, Matt, who is a collector.
I finished my version of Sackboy for Matt recently (knit without a pattern, as usual), and presented him for his birthday.
Voila! Sackboy Peep:
I just barely finished in time!! Boy was it a pain to put that working zipper in! And I hate sewing things! ;o) I'm even MORE impressed with all of the amazing Sackboy's that folks have been creating after making one myself!
My Hub and I both liked him better before I added the decorative grey stitching, but for Matt, I wanted to be as accurate as I could, since he's a collector. I did leave off the two vertical lines at the back of his head. Just didn't like 'em. But I told Matt that I'd put them in if he'd like them - and guess what... he told me last night that he WOULD! Yep... a collector! heh heh So Sackboy Peep will be coming back for some cosmetic surgery! ;o)
My Hub is totally crazy about him, and REALLY wants me to make another one for him! Well.... actually, he said to make another one for Matt and he'll just keep this one!! ha ha ha! He wouldn't do that, of course, but he just fell in love with him.Sackboy Peep with photo reference:
He has a working zipper, and I made a felt inner body so he could be opened. (ugh! That was a pain! And my Hub wants me to do this AGAIN!!!) When you open his zipper, you can see his little golden heart (a stone bead that's gold with a brownish edging). :o)
Sackboy Peep with Golden Heart:
I've seen so many Sackboys that other folks have made (including the Alan Dart pattern) wearing a pom pom hat and scarf, that I figured that they must be something that Sackboy wears, so I made him a set. We recently got the game (incredibly adorable and FUN!), but I haven't seen the hat and scarf yet. So I dunno. But here's
Sackboy Peep with hat and scarf:
And since Sackboy loves to play dress-up and take on different characters, and because Matt has been very into The Green Lantern lately (new movie coming out, too!), and because GL is one of my all time favorite comic book characters... I made...
Taaa DAAAA!!!
Green Lantern Sackboy Peep!
I like him best without the mask. :o)
I finished his little vest (with very poorly made emblem) just in the nick of time, and my Hub and I are so pleased with it. It's made like a little bib! heh heh I'm really happy I managed to squeeze in making it before Matt's birthday.And here he is saying his official oath while charging his ring (hee hee) ....
The beautiful green yarn is Bamboo Soft Spell and Bamboo Charmed from www.yarncloud.com! It's a chainette yarn, and sooo nice to work with! Nice sheen, gorgeous colors, and has all those nice bamboo properties! :o)
Here's a better look at his power ring:
I would have liked to have done a better job on the ring, but just didn't have enough TIME left!!
Close-ups of the Green Lantern's Power Battery...
which I'm absolutely nuts about! If we were meanies, my Hub would keep the peep and I'd keep the Lantern Battery!! ;o) I put 4 golden dollar coins in the bottom to weight it (they were just the right size - and makes the battery even more valuable and powerful - heh heh) and a chenille stem in the handle to give it strength and body.
It was fun taking a trip down comic book memory lane! :o)
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First there were Pocket Lambie Peeps, and now we have Pocket Pup Peeps! :o)
I made little Frankie for our niece after watching her adorable wee poodle mix romping about, recently. He's sooo cute! Had to make an ami of him! And having been making Pocket Lambie Peeps lately, I realized that the lambie yarn would be perfect for him. With just a bit of changing, the lambie could become a Pup!! Tried out one of those cute little glass animal noses (from www.glasseyesonline.com ), and it's just perfect for a dog, with their shiny wet noses! :o) My Hub and I are just LOVING him! AND he looks even so much cuter in person! So another one that will be very hard to part with. *sigh*
and this is Daisy Pocket Pup Peep
We were so crazy about little Frankie peep that I had to make Daisy Peep for us, or our niece was never going to get Frankie! ;o) I was soooo sad at the thought of sending him away, till Daisy came to stay. Daisy is in homage to the memory of my sweet little Bichon Frise.
More about Frankie ... he has this adorable bit of apricot on his back! Isn't that CUTE?!
Here's Frankie in his little bed/pocket, which is now Daisy's because I made a slightly bigger one for Frankie...
And more of wee Daisy
here's Wee Daisy with Wee Frankie (they're in loooove... *sings... Frankiee and Daisy were looveeerrrsss....* hee hee)
See him whispering sweet nothings to her before kissing her? ;o)
Frankie is a poodle mix - and you know what those Frenchmen are like! ;o) heh heh Yes, I know that Poodles didn't originate in France, but... we're pretending. ;o)
Unfortunately, theirs will have to be a long distance relationship, because Frankie is moving to Northern California to be with his new mommy, and Daisy is staying here with US! (YAY!)
And one more of Daisy, giggling because she's in Frankie's new bed/pocket
I just couldn't stop taking pics of these two pups!! heh heh I've got dozens of them!! Yeesh! Am I obsessed?
I'm knitting away, making lots of peeps, but I never get time to post them. So someday there will be a giant post from me with a hundred peeps in it! (just kidding! I'm lucky to get a peep posted now and then).
More peeps at my flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/knittycat
A Lambie Thank You to Snuffykin...
For all the very hard work she did on the weloveamigurumi swap, and for being the sweetie that she is,
I sent snuffykin this wee limbless Pocket Lambie named Laddie (see snuffykin's awesome creations here)
Laddie atop his grassy hillock (pocket) and wearing his flowery garland
Laddie inside of his grassy hillock (pocket)
Laddie in my hand (he's a wee fellow)
The back of Laddie's flowery garland
The page I sent with wee Laddie
You can see that he is wearing the original "grassy" garland that I made for him in this group of photos,
I made the "flowery" one after and sent them both. :o)
and here's Laddie with his two cousins, inside and atop their grassy hillock pockets
Apologies for the crummy group photos... I didn't have all of them together for long enough to take decent photos.
The first one on the left is Mitzy, who went to my Mum-in-law in Scotland for UK Mother's Day,
the middle one is Laddie,
and the one on the right is Mitzie, who stayed home with us as my dear Hub's Easter Peep
Yes, it's Mitzie and Mitzy... I liked the name! ;o)
I'll post more pics of Mitzy and Mitzie when I put up more of the Easter Peeps. :o)
More peeps pics (but no new ones other than these) on my flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/knittycat
HAPPY SPRING!! :o)
Don't you just LOVE springtime?! :o)
Flowers and Birdies and Baby Animals!! :o) Amigurumi Heaven!
Here are the Valentine's pressies I made for my Darling Hub... (yep, I'm mixing Easter and Valentine's Day again, but I'll be back to Easter next time... Lots more Easter Peeps and Baskets to post, soon)
For Valentine's Day and for Easter, I made limbless wee ami's and baskets for them. Here's Peter Pickle Peep, the limbless chick that I made for my Hub for Valentine's Day (yes, I'm very slow to post.... I still don't have the rest of the Easter ones uploaded yet!) I apologize for the quality of the photos... I'll try to take some better ones of these guys at some point. I forgot them when I took the Easter pics. :o/ Oops!
Two Peas in a Pod
We always say that we’re like two peas in a pod, and I’ve wanted to make a set for my dear Hub for ages! Finally remembered to do it. Simple simple… two little green balls with eyes and mouths, and for the pod, I simply knitted a leaf shape in stockinette and it obligingly curled all by itself. :o)
And a bigger pic of Peter Pickle (so named for obvious reasons... he looks like a PICKLE! heh heh) out of the basket
Making limbless wee peeps for my DH’s Valentine’s gift, and for Easter gifts has been such fun! (except for the exhaustion of making so MANY at one time) And it was a nice break from some of the more complicated one’s I’ve been making! :o) (two new "more complicated" ones to see soon) These little limbless guys have a special charm that my Hub and I love! :o)
I made lots of baskets for the wee limbless peeps for Easter, with lots of different yarns, mostly from www.yarncloud.com. Lots of different colors and textures! And this one for my Hub’s Valentine’s peep as well. It was lovely to work with all of this variety! Really fed my addiction! :o) The Heart is made the same way as my “Unbroken Heart” (made all in one piece with no break in yarn), in red mystery yarn, and tied onto the basket. The basket is meant to have a suggestion of a heart shape at the top, which is not apparent in these photos.... I'll see if I can get better photos that show it.
As always, you can see more of my creations at http://www.flickr.com/knittycat or on Ravelry (I'm theknittycat on Ravelry), and an index with links to my patterns and tutorials are at http://www.theknittycat.com.
Happy Spring to Everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the (crazy) weather, and all of the beautiful flowers!! :o)
Here's a preview of the peeps I made for Easter ... I'll put up more shots of them soon. I had such fun making these limbless peeps! And I had some wonderful yarn to play with, sent to me by my friend, Romana, of YarnCloud Yarns (www.yarncloud.com)! The textures and colors were exciting and fun! I loved putting together the various color schemes for each of the basket/peep sets.
More about this soon... (well, we
can hope, can't we?)
Lots more Peeps photos to be found at http://www.flickr.com/knittycat
and Pudge photos at http://www.flickr.com/anthor
After the last post, filled with what I haven't completed, I thought it would be nice to show you some of what I HAVE completed lately:
It's been a very PINK spring! :o)
We have two very Pink Ballerinas:
Pippa Potomus for Mia's Birthday
and Katerina Kitty Ballerina for Kristina's Birthday
Katerina rehearsing for her debut!
Pippa and Katerina are cousins and have a lot in common - they both love pink and they both love to dance!
and we also introduce:
Kermie 2 for Kristina's Birthday (okay, okay, he's not pink!)
Kermie 2 and Katerina are very close
Chatting and
Strolling
Family Portrait
and Advice from Big Brother
And a sparkly little Marisa Mousie for Jill
And before that...
the Peep that we've fallen in love with... I ordered some cool new yarn to try - Moda Dea Fur Sure, and when I saw this lovely yellow fuzzy stuff, it just cried out to be a...
Peepsie Peep!
We're all crazy about her and so glad that she was an experiment
with the new yarn, and not a gift for anyone, so we get to KEEP her!
YAYAYAY!!!
Peepsie says "Peeep!"
Which means, "Hi!"
Pudgie loves Peepsie Too! :o)
And here's...
Mossalia the wee Mermaid - my first mermaid experiment. I LOOOOOVE mermaids! :o)
You can see that I caught her (carefully) barehanded. We did not keep her, of course, but had a nice chat, took some photos, said "goodbye", and watched her swim away beneath the waves.
And we can't forget the comic fans amongst our ranks...
(okay, I'm one of them, I admit it.)
Marvel Comics' the Human Torch.
FLAME ON!
- my
impressionistic interpretation - for Matt. :o)
He's quite small (prox 3 1/2" not counting flames, 4" with flames). I think he kind of looks like a fire elemental. :o)
Knitted on size 2 needles with Senso size 3 crochet thread. Flames crocheted in strips and sewn to body.
And if you have been saving up things to do "When Pigs Fly"....
The Time has Come!
We have a Pink Flying Piggy!
Petunia Phlying Piglet
Complete with an easy pattern to make her! To make Petunia, I came up with a new (as far as I can determine) idea for making the legs of a 4-legged peep, all in one, along with the rest of the body. She’s knit in the round, all in one piece (except for wings of course), including legs, ears and tail and just stitching the sides of the legs and ears together when the knitting is done. A nice easy project. I really enjoyed making her! :o)
Pattern for Petunia Phlying Piglet can be found here!
More about Petunia and the Loopy Legs Technique in the next post! (which won't be too long away, I hope, because it's nearly finished!)
Hope you are all having a lovely summer! Lots of fun in the sun
(with your sunscreen of course) and playing at the beach, and BBQ's, and happy
times! :o) Stay Cool! (I sooo want to put ",Dudes" here! heh heh)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
We wish you all the very best Holiday Season!
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to All!
Our gifts to you:
Muppet Patterns!
Elmo Peep:
Cookie Monster Peep:
link to pdf of Cookie's pattern
the Thing Pattern?
Well, the pattern's written and the photos are in
it, but it's not fully proof read.
But here it is anyway! :o)
the Thing: link to pdf of the Thing's pattern
link to pdf of Nellie the Elephant's pattern
Much Joy and Many Blessings to Everyone!
Why knitting Peeps is fun...
- You don't have to worry about gauge.
- You rarely have to weave in ends (they just get buried into the peep).
- You can use any yarn that pleases you, including scraps.
- They are generally very short term projects (instant gratification - something we knitters don't often get).
- Pretty much one-size-fits-all.
- They give you the opportunity to try out new techniques on a small project.
- They're cute and knitting them makes you a very cheerful knitter!
- They make the recipients happy!
Okay, they won't keep you warm like socks, a scarf or a sweater, but they will give you the warm fuzzies inside. :o)
Info about Hello Kitty Peep and Muppet Peeps...
I've been getting requests for patterns for a number of my peeps, and I want to thank you all so much for your kind interest in them! :o) I'm so pleased that you like them so much! As you probably know by now, I don't actually HAVE patterns for them. You may have already guessed that I'm not much of a pattern writer, since I like to make things up as I'm knitting them. This makes it a little difficult to reproduce them. :o) But I am making an effort to share the things I've learned, and I'm writing up instructions as best as I can for the little guys. I'll be putting up a "nearly" pattern for the Thing here soon, which has been taking up a LOT of my time, and frying my brain (at the moment, it's fairly complete except for the arms and hands), and then I'll be able to concentrate a little more on instructions for some of the other peeps. I do have some notes on a couple of the others that just need finishing, and I'll put them up as soon as I'm able.
The Hello Kitty that some of you are interested in was actually a very simple variation on the classic peeps, which are made using the double knitting technique. My recommendation is that you start out by trying out the free pattern for the double-knit bear that is linked to on the intro page (Peeps! and how to make them... Introduction). It teaches the inside-out double knitting technique really well (that's where I learned it, though I had tried the right-side out technique previously), and it is the starting point for the classic peeps.
Then if you want to make Hello Kitty after that - her legs are a bit shorter and instead of increasing in the center of the front of the face, you increase at the sides, to make her head wide and rather flat, and quite large in proportion to the rest of her body.
(TIP: I find it unwieldy to do much increasing and decreasing while the peep is inside out, so I turn them right side out after the arms are made, and place the stitches on two circular needles to do the increasing for the head, or you could use dpns. Also, I've found that turning goes a lot easier if you turn the arms first. I also stuff the legs, arms and body at this point, using the back end of a size K crochet hook to push the stuffing into the limbs.)
I used a slip stitch technique to shape her ears so I wouldn't have to knit them separately and sew them on (which I heartily dislike doing), but it would work just as well to make them separately, or pick up stitches at each side of the head for them. I will eventually provide the slip stitch technique, but I'm not sure when I'll get to it, since there are so many things to do! So I'd suggest making the ears one of the other ways, and not waiting for me! :o) When I do make the bits and pieces separately, I knit them in the round with 2 circular needles so I don't have to make a front and back and sew them together. The ears on the classic peeps are double knitted while making the heads, and require a break in the yarn for the second ear, but no other sewing. (Have you gotten the idea yet that I don't like sewing?).
As to the muppets... I don't have any patterns started yet, but since I am making an Elmo, and possibly a Cookie for Christmas gifts, I will try to make some notes as I go. Except for Kermie, They are based on the classic peeps, but are larger, and have much larger heads. Then their eyes, Elmo's nose, and Cookie's cookies were knitted separately in the round, then stuffed and and sewn on. Kermie was approached totally differently, knitting his body and head in the round in one piece, then each limb knitted in the round, then stuffed and sewn on.
I hope this has been helpful to you. If you check back
here occasionally, I hope to eventually get some patterns done and posted. But as I
keep making new peeps, and I'm as slow as a snail at writing patterns (if a snail wrote patterns) ... I think it is going to be a looong process!
:o)
