Tuesday, August 12, 2014

How to Loom Knit a Turtle and Ladybug



Turtle and Ladybug Pattern

Items:
Flower Loom
24 peg circular loom
3 colors of yarn
Polyfil
2 Eyes
Looming Hook
Crafters Needle
Crochet Hook

Terms:
CO- Cast On
COF- Cast Off
DSCOF- Draw String Cast Off
EW- E-Wrap
P-Purl
D- Decrease

Body: Circular: 24 peg
DSCO 24 pegs in light green
Row 1-6: EW24
Row 7: Change color to dark green, P24
Row 8-18: EW24
Row 19: D every other peg tossing the bottom loop over.  (12 pegs)
DSCOF
Close up top, stuff, and then close up the bottom.

Head: Flat: 24 Peg Circular Loom
CO 16 pegs
Row 1-4: EW
Row 5: D1 EW13 D1 EW1
Row 6: D1 EW11 D1 EW1
Row 7-11: EW
COF
Sew up Stuff and sew onto body following the purled line.

Legs: Circular: Flower Loom
(You can use the legs as the head for the ladybug)
DSCO 12 pegs
Rows 1-6: EW
COF
Draw string your cast on, Stuff and sew on the body purled line. Make 4. Line front legs directly by head, then count three stitches over from front legs and sew on back legs. Glue on eyes.
Ladybug Legs: Flower Loom: 6 pegs
DSCO 6 pegs
Row 1-7: EW
DSCOF
Sew up side, make 6 legs. Sew them lined up in 3 on each side of the ladybugs head.
Mirror Spots for shiny reflective fun.
Crochet hook size G.
Chain 10, slip stitch into first chain.
Chain 1. Single crochet 20 times all the way around creating a ring, slip stitch into first single crochet.
Chain 2 snip end pull end through and tight the chain to a knot.
Trace out your edge of your completed ring and use that as a guide to cut out mylar or sticker mirrors, to glue onto the back of your rings. Make 5.  You can also use button, or felt to create spots to.

7 comments:

  1. Can you please tell me how many grams of yarn is needed and the weight?

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    1. I used Lions Brand Hometown USA which is 142g but used less than half of that for the green and light green. This is a size 6 Super Bulky Yarn. Hope I answered your questions. Please let me know if you have anymore.

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  2. Can you help me with this one please:

    Row 19: D every other peg tossing the bottom loop over. (12 pegs)
    DSCOF

    Do I e-wrap every other peg and then toss the bottom loop over or am I moving a loop from like example from peg 1 to peg 2 and then moving the bottom loop over?

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    1. I would appreciate clarification on this as well! :)

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  3. I will try it.. i'll let you know. thank you!

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  4. HI Scarlet! My daughter wants a turtle. How big will this be? Any simply trick to make it bigger -- not huge, maybe 8 or 10 inches long.

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  5. Hi Scarlet, I loved your teddy bear so I thought I'd try the turtle. It's so cute, but I do not see 2 shades of green. Row 1-6 show light green, is that the blue as shown above. Or is row 1-6 the bottom of the turtle which is not shown. Thanks for your help.

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