Sunday, March 22, 2015

How To Loom Knit a Mini Cow




Mini Cow

Items:
12 peg loom
looming hook
crochet hook
crafters needle
polyfil
tan yarn Super Bulk in all yarns.
black and white yarn (scrap yarn)
2 rhinestones for eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
I: Increase
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color
T: Tan Yarn
B: Black yarn
W: White yarn

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Tan:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-4: K
Row 5: K2 (Ear: K2, I1, K2, I1, K3, K4 2rows, K3, K2, K3, K4 2rows, D1 K1, D1 K1, K2 2rows, BOLB)K3, WT, K2, WT, K3, K4( Repeat other ear) K2
Row 6-8: K
Row 9-10: K3, CCW K2, CCT K2, CCW K2, CCT K3
Row 11: D1K1, D1K1, K4, D1K1, D1K1 (8)
Row 12: K
Row 13-14: CCW K
Row 15: CCB K2, K1 3times, K2, K1 3times, K2
Row 16: K
DSCOF
Sew up snout, ears, and back of head. Stuff.

Body: 12 pegs: Circular: Tan:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: P
Row 5-15: K
Row 16: K2, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K3, K4, K5, K6, K9 (work flat)
Row 17-21: K
COF
Sew up neck, stuff and close up back end. Sew on head lining back of head up with center back of body.

Legs: 10 pegs: Flat: Tan:
DSCO 10 pegs
Row 1-2: K
Row 3: P
Row 4-12: K
COF
Sew up leg, stuff, make 4. Sew on front legs starting at front base of body, follow the line back and sew on back legs starting from the purled line and sew forwards. Hot glue on eyes at base of snout.

Tail: 10 pegs: Flat: Black:
DSCO 10 pegs
Row 1-4: P
Row 5: CCT D1K1, K6, D1K1 (8)
Row 6-15: K
COF
Sew on tail back center on purled line.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Mini Duck



Mini Duck
Items:
12 peg loom
looming hook
crochet hook
crafters needle
polyfil
yellow and orange yarn (scrap yarn)
2 rhinestones for eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
I: Increase
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Yellow:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-8: K
Row 9: CCO D1K1, D1K1, K4, D1K1, D1K1 (8)
Row 10-13: K
COF
Sew up beak flat seam should be on bottom center of beak. Close up back of head. Stuff.

Body: 12 pegs: Circular: Yellow:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: K3, WT, K6, WT, K5, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8, K4
Row 5-8: K
Row 9: Repeat row 4
Row 10: K6 (start working flat) K12
Row 11: D1K1, K8, D1K1 (10)
Row 12-14: K
COF
Sew up tail by pressing flat and sewing a seam. Stuff, then sew on head lining back up with tail end. Glue on your eyes on the outter edge base of the beak. Your done!!!

Mini Donkey




Mini Donkey

Items:
12 peg loom
cord loom 8pegs 1side 5pegs other
looming hook
crochet hook
crafters needle
polyfil
grey, black, and white yarn (scrap yarn)
2 rhinestones for eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
I: Increase
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color
G: Grey yarn
B: Black yarn
W: White yarn

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Grey:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-4: K
Row 5: K4 (Ear: K2, I1, K2, I1, K3, K4 4rows, CCB K4, K3, K2 2rows, CCW K2, K3, K4 5rows, D1K1, D1K1, K2 2rows)CCG (Repeat Ear in next 2 pegs.)CCG K4
Row 6-9: K
Row 10: D1K1, K8, D1K1 (10)
Row 11-12: CCW K
Row 13: K2, K1 3times, K2, K1 3times, K2
Row 14: K
DSCOF
Sew up snout, ears, and back of head. Stuff.

Body: 12 pegs: Circular: Grey
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: P
Row 5-11: K
Row 12: K2, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K3, K4, k5, K6, K9 (start working flat)
Row 13: K
Row 14: D1K1, K8, D1K1 (10)
Row 15: D1K1, K6, D1K1 (8)
Row 16-18: K
COF
Sew up neck and back end, stuff. Sew on head lining back up with back of body.

Legs: 8 pegs: Circular: Black
Row 1:K
Row 2:P
Row 3:K
Row 4-12: CCG K
COF
Close up bottom and stuff. Make 4. Sew on legs lining front legs up with front base of body, follow line back and sew on legs starting at the purled line and sew forwards. Glue on eyes at the base of the snout.

Tail: 5 pegs: Circular: Black:
DSCO 5 pegs
Row 1-4: P
Row 5-12: CCG K
COF
Sew on tail.

Mane: 12 pegs: Flat: Black
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1: K
Row 2: K1, P1 6times
Row 3: P1, K1 6times
COF
Sew on starting between the ears and down the spine.

Your done!!!
For a larger donkey double everything for a 24 peg loom.

Mini Alpaca


The larger alpaca video is a great guide for making the mini, you simply are knitting instead if EWrapping. I have changed the legs up but nothing that can't easily be figured out.

Mini Aplaca

Items:
12 peg loom
looming hook
crochet hook
crafters needle
polyfil
Bernat Tizzy Yarn for textured yarn and what every you would like for smooth yarn (scrap yarn)
2 rhinestones for eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
I: Increase
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CY: Change yarn
T: Textured
S: Smooth

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Textured Yarn
DSCO 12
Row 1-5: K
Row 6: K3 (Ear: CY S K2, I1, K2, I1, K3, K4 3rows, K3, K2 3rows, K3, K4 3rows, D1 K1, D1 K1, BOLB, CY T K2) K2 (Repeat other ear) K3
Row 7: K
Row 8: K8, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K9
Row 9: K
Row 10: CC S K
Row 11: ID from 12 to 8 pegs
Row 12-13: K
Row 14: K2, K1 3times, K1 3times, K2
Row 15: K6
DSCOF
Sew up snout, close back of head, and stuff. If you didn't do the BOLB sew your ears up. Note when stuffing I would suggest barely stuffing the snout, or even using some of your scrap yarn to stuff the snout. This will give you a more distinct difference in your head and snout area.

Body: 12 pegs: Circular: Textured:
DSCO 12
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: P
Row 5: K5, (Tail: K2, I1, K2, I1, K3, K4 4rows, K3, K2 3rows, K3, K4 4rows, D1 K1, D1 K1, K2 2rows BOLB) K5
Row 6-13: K
Row 14: K6 (start working flat) K9, WT, K6, WT, K5, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K9
Row 15: D1 K1, K4, D1 K1 (10)
Row 16-24: K
COF
Sew up neck, stuff, then close back end. Sew on head lining up back of head with tail. Sew up tail if you didn't do the BOLB.

 Legs: 10pegs: Flat: Smooth:
DSCO 10 pegs
Row 1-2: K
Row 3: P
Row 4-5: K
Row 6-15: CY T K
COF
Close up bottom of leg and stuff. Make 4. Find the base of the 2 columns that were not wrapped and turned at the base of the body. Start sew the leg at the base back, follow that line and sew the back leg on starting from the purled line on the back end. Repeat on both sides. If you have questions here check the video. Sew or glue your eyes on following the ears down to the base of the snout and sew your eyes on there. Your done!!!
(Note: if you want to do a darker alapaca I could suggest using 2 strands of textured yarn rather than one, reason being is with darker colors the filling will show through. )

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Mini Goat






This pattern is based on a solid colored goat, but example of size and shape in pictures above.
Also use larger goat video as a guide to help with trouble areas in creating this smaller version.

Mini Goat

Items:
12 peg loom
cord loom with 8 pegs
looming hook
crafters needle
crochet hook
2 skeins of yarn (White )
scrap yarn of Tan yarn
polyfil
2 eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color
W: White
T: Tan
BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: White:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-4: K
Row 5: K2, (Ear: K2 9rows BOLB) (Horn: CC G K2 9rows BOLB) (Horn 2: K2 9rows BOLB) (Ear 2: CC W K2 9rows BOLB) K2
Row 6-8: K
Row 9: D1 K1, D1 K1, D1 K1, K2, D1 K1, D1 K1, D1 K1 (8)
Row 10-13: K
DSCOF
Sew up snout, and close off that back of the head, and stuff.

Body: 12 Pegs: Circular: White:
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: P5 (Tail: K2 9rows BOLB) P5
Row 5-10: K
Row 11: K2, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K9
Row 12: Start working flat K12
Row 13: D1 K1, K8, D1 K1 (10)
Row 14: D1 K1, K6, D1 K1 (8)
Row 15-17: K
COF
Sew up neck, stuff through back end, close up back. Sew on head lining up back of head with tail.

Legs: 8 pegs: Circular: Tan:
DSCO 8 pegs
Row 1: K
Row 2: P
Row 3: K
Row 4-10: CC W
COF
Make 4. Close up bottom, and stuff. Sew on the legs same way you do the large size goat. Follow large goat video for helpful tips. Sew or glue on eyes and your done!!!

Mini Horse




 Use the big horse video as a guide to help with the mini horse.

Mini Horse

Items:
12 peg loom
cord loom with 8 pegs
looming hook
crafters needle
crochet hook
polyfil
black and brown worsted yarn (can be scrap yarn)
2 eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
D: Decrease
WT: Wrap and Turn
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color
BL: Black
B: Brown

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Brown:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1: K
Row 2: K11, WT, K10, WT, K9, WT, K8, WT, K7, WT, K6, WT, K6, K1, (Ear: K2 4rows, K1 2rows, K2 3rows) (Ear 2: K2 3rows, K1 2rows, K3 4rows) K2, K8, K9, K10, K11, K12
Row 3: K
Row 4: D1 K1, D1 K1, D1 K1, K2, D1 K1, D1 K1, D1 K1 (8)
Row 5-6: K
Row 7: K3, K1 3times, K1 3times, K3
Row 8: K
COF
Sew up snout and ears, tight cast on to smooth edge and stuff head.

Body: 12 Pegs: Circular: Brown
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: P
Row 5-10: K
Row 11: K8, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K9
Row 12: K
Row 13: Repeat Row 11
Row 14: K6 start working flat, K12
Row 15: D1 K1, K8, D1 K1 (10)
Row 16: D1 K1, K6, D1 K1 (8)
Row 17-19: K
COF
Sew up neck leaving a hole at the top of the neck. Stuff through the back end and close up back end. Sew head on lining up back of the head with center back of the body.

Legs: 8 pegs: Circular: Black:
DSCO 8
Row 1: K
Row 2: P
Row 3: K
Row 4-13: CC B K
COF
Close up end. Stuff. Make 2

Back Legs: 8 pegs: Circular: Black:
DSCO 8
Row 1: K
Row 2: P
Row 3: K
Row 4-7: CC B K
Row 8: K2, WT, K2, WT, K3, K4, K9
Row 9-13: K
COF
Close up end. Stuff. Make 2

Sew front legs on at the wrap and turn area, then follow the line back and sew your back legs on start from the purled line. See picture for help, or look the the large horse video for assistance. Now sew or hot glue your eyes on and your done!!!
  

Loom Knit Mini Sheep



Sheep

Items:
12 peg loom
looming hook
crafters needle
crochet hook
scrap cream super bulky textured yarn
scrap 2 strands of smooth grey worsted yarn
polyfil
2 black beads for eyes

Terms:
DSCO: Draw String Cast On
K: Knit
P: Purl
WT: Wrap and Turn
ID: Internal Decrease
D: Decrease
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off
COF: Cast Off
CC: Change Color
G: Grey
C: Cream

Head: 12 pegs: Flat: Cream:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-4: K
Row 5: K2, (Ear: CC G K2 9rows) CC C K6, WT, K4,WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6 (repeat ear yes you will over lap by 1 peg)CC C K6 (Note you are knitting over the ear pegs when you change back to your cream yarn. )
Row 6: K
Row 7-8: CC G K
Row 9: ID 12 to 6 pegs
Row 10-12: K
DSCOF
Sew up snout, ears, and close up back of head, then stuff.

Body: 12 pegs: Circular: Cream:
DSCO 12 pegs
Row 1-3: K
Row 4: K5 (Tail: K2 9rows) K5
Row 5: CC G (Leg 1: K3 14rows) Then work backwards to the previous 3 pegs (Leg 2: K3 14 rows) CC C go back to the normal circular knit. Knit 12
Row 6-12: K
Row 13: Repeat row 5
Row 14: K
Row 15: K2, WT, K4, WT, K3, WT, K2, WT, K2, K3, K4, K5, K9,
Row 16: start working flat K12
Row 17: D1 K1, K8, D1 K1 (10)
Row 18: D1 K1, K6, D1 K1 (8)
Row 19-21: K8
COF
Sew up neck, legs, tail, and close up back of body. Stuff, and sew head on lining up back of head with tail.  Sew or hot glue your beads on for eyes and your done.

If you want to make a bigger sheep on the 24 peg loom double everything. ( meaning if you have 4 rows do 8. Also if you are doing an area like the ear double the pegs you use instead of 2 use 4.) Think of it like a recipe when cooking. By doubling everything you will be doubling the size of the animal.  Or you can do adjustments to the goat to create the sheep at a larger size. Just keep in mind you do the wrap and turn  section to half of the loom on the head.