Coniglietti e agnellini a maglia
purtroppo anche qui siamo alle solite, le istruzioni sono inglese, non è una scelta mia ma una realtà del mondo virtuale.
Ho trovato molti siti italiani che mostrano uova ricoperte di maglia, ma nessuna mette a disposizione le spiegazioni.
Se qualcuna decidesse di cimentarsi in questi semplici progetti, bastano un'inglese scolastico e i dizionari di maglia inseriti nella sezione scuola di maglia.......
Materials:
About 30 yards of main color
5 yards of contrasting color for inner ears and tail
Wool roving if you want to needle felt the tail and inner ears
Wool for stuffing
Needles to match yarn gauge
(I used Peace Fleece worsted weight wool/mohair yarn with size 6 needles)
For the legs:
Cast on 10 stitches and knit for ten rows (garter stitch). (leave a 12” tail for sewing the leg up later)
Break yarn.
Cast on 10 stitches (leave a longer tail, about 18 inches for stitching up other leg and back of bunny) on the same needle that is holding the other ten stitches and knit ten rows.
Now knit across all 20 stitches for 25 rows. Bind off.
Knit two arms – cast on 8 stitches and knit 8 rows, bind off. Repeat for other arm. (Leave a longer tail, about 9 inches after casting off for sewing bunny’s arm)
Taking the smaller tail, thread with a yarn needle and sew straight across “foot” , and then gather stitches to form a circle and stitch straight up leg. When you reach the top of the leg, make a knot with the other yarn end that is there.
Now do the same for the other leg using the longer tail. This time continue sewing all the way up the back of the rabbit. Make a knot using other small tail at the top. Now turn body piece right side out and stuff. When stuffing, take a small piece of wool and push down into one leg at a time. I find using a crochet hook to be very helpful. Continue stuffing all the way up to the head.
Now cut a piece of the same color yarn, thread a yarn needle, and starting at the back side of bunny (where the seam is), you are going to make a running stitch all around where the bunny’s neck is going to be. Pull tight and tie off. To hide yarn ends, thread each end of yarn and pull through body of bunny, pull and cut yarn.
For each arm, take the longer tail and make a running stitch across top edge, pull to gather and then sew down arm. Tie yarn to other tail and knot. Stuff arm and then sew up opening.
Sew arms to just under neck, on the side of the bunny, attaching last sewn up side to side of bunny. Tie off and hide ends.
For ears: Cast on 6 stitches and knit one row, purl one row (stockinet stitch) for 14 rows. Next row (knit stitch) knit two together , knit two, knit two together.
Row 16: purl
Row 17: Knit two together, repeat
Cast off
Repeat for other ear.
For inner color of ear, either needle felt some wool roving, or if the bunny is for a baby, or you don’t want to needle felt, crochet (size h hook) – using contrasting color, chain 9 turn, single crochet in second chain from hook and down to beginning chain.
Sew inner color to ears.
Now to sew the ears to the head. The top of the head is still open. Take one ear and push the end of the ear into the top of the head and close the head seam. You may want to use a pin to hold, and sew closed by sewing straight across.
Repeat for other ear.
A Little Lamb
The body of the lamb knit up looking like half of a sweater! After this step I only knit 5 rows of stockinette before decreasing for the nose.
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Knitted Lamb
by Angela Mobley
MATERIALS
About half a skein of white yarn. If you have a nubby yarn or a boucle, that works even
better. But truly, any white yarn would do.
-coordinating needle size on the small side.
Gauge: gauge is not important in this pattern.
INSTRUCTIONS
Cast on 20.
Knit 20 rows.
At the end of row 20, cast on 6 stitches (26 stitches).
Cast on 6 stitches at the end of row 21. (32 stitches)
Knit 6 rows even.
Next row: Purl 6 stitches, thread a darning needle and pull through next 20 stitches to take
them off the needle, continue purling last 6 stitches.
Knit a row, purl a row over these 12 stitches, repeat twice for a total of 6 rows knitted and
purled. Thread yarn through a darning needle and pull through all stitches on the needle to
gather.
Sew up back of head and under the lamb's chin. Sew up the lamb's back. Gather the 20
stitches on the yarn. Stuff head first, then body. Stuff the head firmly, and leave a bit of
"give" in the neck. Gather the cast-on edge, sewing that up last. Run a line of sewing
around the neck to define the neck. If you use the lamb as a puppet and want the neck to
have more "give", stuff the neck loosely and gather the neck tightly.
Legs:
Cast on 8, knit 10 rows even, cast off. Make 4 legs. To finish legs, gather the short
bottom edge and sew up the long edge. Wrap a glass stone (like the kind that are put in
planters) in stuffing wool and place in the bottom of the leg to give it weight, making sure it
is flat to create a bit of a foot. Alternatively, fill fabric tea bags with millet and hand-sew
into a leg shape to weight the legs. Stuff the rest of the leg loosely, or firmly if the puppet is
going to be played with a lot.. Sew the legs on firmly, right under the lamb's body,
imagining the legs are as legs of a table and placing them accordingly. Adjust your sewing
to keep the legs as straight as possible.
Ears:
cast on 5, knit 4 rows, knit 2 together at the beginning of each row until you have
one stitch remaining, pull yarn through last loop. Make another one. Sew the ears on by
folding them slightly and placing them on the sides of the head.
Tail:
Crochet a tail 5 stitches long, or cast on 5 stitches, cast off 5. Sew onto your lamb.
Enjoy!
