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.

2 comments:

  1. do you have a video that shows how to drawstring cast on for the flat sections or do you no actually drawstring cast on. would really like an answer trying to make this for my daughter n cousin.

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    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiZi4lnwETw
      Here is a video at the beginning showing a draw string cast on. Have plans to show video on techniques in the future. So hopefully this will help.

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