Showing posts with label King Cole Tinsel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Cole Tinsel. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Back At Last!
I have been offline for quite a long time. First we had a family problem which really knocked me for six, and left me feeling very tired and not very - well, bloggish. Then when I did feel like making a comeback my pc developed a major problem and I could only get online with a tiny netbook which I wasn't comfortable writing on. I finally tackled the issue head on and, to my immense pride, managed to fix it. Now all I need to do is catch up on updating every damn program in my pc, fix my printer which has decided it won't put out any black ink from a nearly full HP 300XL cartridge, and then it's business as usual. I will be uploading a pattern (I hope!) for something I've been working on while I was de-internetted - here's some piccies to whet your appetites.
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Chuzzle
As a fan of the casual game Chuzzle, I was inspired by a new yarn which I found at my local hobby store - King Cole Tinsel. This is perfect for a sparkly Christmas Chuzzle, but any dense eyelash yarn should work. Chuzzles are really simple creatures, so the pattern is really simple too. Remember all instructions are in UK notation, so for US users read sc instead of dc.
You will need about 20 grams of King Cole Tinsel DK yarn, toy stuffing, and a pair of googly safety toy eyes. I used a 3 mm hook, but whatever makes a close fabric for you is fine.
Start by making a magic ring or chain 2. Work 6 dc into the ring or the second chain. Do not join rounds, but do be careful to mark the beginning of rounds as the yarn makes it hard to see where you are. On the next round increase into every stitch; then increase 6 stitches evenly on each round till you have 36 (so on the next round you would dc 1, inc 1 all round, then on the next dc 2, inc 1, and so on). Work 3 rounds of straight dc, then decrease by six evenly on each round till you have 12 stitches left. Place your toy eyes now, and stuff the toy. Now decrease on every stitch till you can close up the hole. Fasten off, sew in the ends making sure you have closed the opening, and there you have it!
You will need about 20 grams of King Cole Tinsel DK yarn, toy stuffing, and a pair of googly safety toy eyes. I used a 3 mm hook, but whatever makes a close fabric for you is fine.
Start by making a magic ring or chain 2. Work 6 dc into the ring or the second chain. Do not join rounds, but do be careful to mark the beginning of rounds as the yarn makes it hard to see where you are. On the next round increase into every stitch; then increase 6 stitches evenly on each round till you have 36 (so on the next round you would dc 1, inc 1 all round, then on the next dc 2, inc 1, and so on). Work 3 rounds of straight dc, then decrease by six evenly on each round till you have 12 stitches left. Place your toy eyes now, and stuff the toy. Now decrease on every stitch till you can close up the hole. Fasten off, sew in the ends making sure you have closed the opening, and there you have it!
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