Designing a Stuffed Animal Pattern From Beginning to End Loom Knitting

13 Questions to Get You Started

How to make your own stuffed animal patterns

Questions to ask when creating a stuffed animal pattern

1: What are you making?

2: How much detail is in what you are making?

3: Can you reduce a certain amount of detail without losing its distinct visual as to what it is?

4: What size stuffed animal do you want to make?

5: What loom will you require?

6: What color yarn will you need?

7: What kind of yarn thickness will you need?

8: What kind of stitches will you use?

9: Will you need a yarn to create a special effect?

10: What are your basic shapes in your animal you are creating?

11: What techniques might need to use to create the shape?

12: Will you make your head vertically or horizontally?

13: How many color changes will you need to do and will this effect your way of going about making the animal?

After answering all these questions it is time to start working up a 1st draft.

Options to help you do a first draft is to find a pattern that is close to what you are making, or using several patterns that have features of what you want for size.

Write it out and then go about making your draft. (Note: You may want to try a mini size, and double or triple everything later for the original, this way you don't have to waste supplies. I like to start with a 12 peg loom and make adjustments to enlarge later.)

After you make your draft, start making notes of adjustment on your 1st written out pattern.

Make another animal and see if you get what you want. Do this process until you are satisfied with the results you have. 

Draft Work Up

Draft Purple Alien 15 Pegs

Terms

DSCO: Draw String Cast On

K: Knit

P: Purl

D: Decrease

BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back

COF: Cast Off

DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off

CC: Chang Color Yarn

LB: Light Blue

Pu: Purple

N: Navy

L: Lavender

Head: Circular: DSCO 15: Light Blue

Row 1: K

Row 2: K7 CCPu K8

Row 3: K8 CCLB K7

Row 4: P7 CCPu P8

Row 5-6: K

Row 7: Pu K1, LB K3, Pu K1, N K2, Pu K1, LB K3, Pu K4

Row 8: Pu K4, LB K3, Pu K1, N K2 3rows, Pu K1, LB K3, Pu K1

Row 9: Pu K1, LB K2, Pu K2, N K2, Pu K2, LB K2, Pu K4

Row 10-13: K

DSCOF

Ears: Flat: DSCO 6: Purple

Row 1: K

Row 2: K3 CC L K3

Row 3: K3 CCPu K3

Row 3-7: Repeat rows 2 and 3

DSCOF

Sew up ear, flip your colors on the second ear. Sew base edges together in purple. Sew on head at purled line and sew up.

Body: Circular: DSCO 15: Purple

Row 1-3: K

Row 4: P9, Tail K3 2row K2 K1 K2 K3 2rows BOLB, P3

Row 5: K

Row 6: CCLB K6, CCPu K9

Row 7: Pu K9, LB K6

Row 8-13: Repeat rows 6 and 7

COF

Close up bottom, stuff, sew on head, start sewing head lining light blue with stomach.

Arms: Flat: DSCO 10: Purple

Row 1-2: K

Row 3: CCN (Claw: K1 3rows BOLB) Claw in next peg, CCPu K4, CCN Claw, CCPu K1, CCN Claw, Claw

Row 4-5: CCPu K

Row 6: D1 K1, K6, D1 K1

Row 7-12: K

COF

Sew up arm, reverse row 3 to make other arm. Sew on arms at top of body lined just to the outside edges of the light blue on the stomach

Legs: Flat: DSCO 10: Purple

Row 1-2: K

Row 3: P

Row 4-5: K

Row 6: D1 K1, K6, D1 K1

Row 7-9: K

COF

Make 2 and sew up, sew on purled line on the outside edge of the light blue. 

Double your pattern 

See video as to how to do it.

Actual Size and Pattern

Purple Alien 29 Pegs

Terms

DSCO: Draw String Cast On

EW: E-Wrap

K: Knit

P: Purl

D: Decrease

BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back

COF: Cast Off

DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off

CC: Chang Color Yarn

LB: Light Blue

Pu: Purple

N: Navy

L: Lavender

Head: Circular: DSCO 29: Light Blue

Row 1: EW

Row 2: EW14 CCPu EW15

Row 3: EW15 CCLB EW14

Row4-5: Repeat rows 2 and 3

Row 6: P14 CCPu P15

Row 7-9: EW

Row 10: EW28 CCLB EW1

Row 11: LB EW3, Pu EW2, N EW4, Pu EW2, LB EW4, Pu EW13

Row 12: Pu EW13, LB EW4, Pu EW2, N EW4, Pu EW2, LB EW4

Row 13: LB EW4, Pu EW2, N EW4 5rows, Pu EW2, LB EW4, Pu EW13

Row 14: Pu EW13, LB EW3, Pu EW3, N EW4, Pu EW3, LB EW3

Row 15: LB EW2, Pu EW4, N EW4, Pu EW4, LB EW2, Pu EW13

Row 16-23: EW

DSCOF

Ears: Flat: DSCO 12: Purple

Row 1: EW

Row 2: EW6 CC L EW6

Row 3: EW6 CCPu EW6

Row 4-20: Repeat rows 2 and 3

DSCOF

Sew up ear. Flip your colors on the 2nd ear (see video for help) . Sew base edges together in purple. Sew on head at purled line and sew up.

Body: Circular: DSCO 29: Purple

Row 1-6: EW

Row 7: P18, Tail EW5 4row EW4 EW3 EW4 EW5 4rows BOLB, P6

Row 8-9: EW

Row 10: CCLB EW12, CCPu EW17

Row 11: Pu EW17, LB EW12

Row 12-23: Repeat rows 6 and 7

COF

Close up bottom, stuff, sew on head, start sewing head lining light blue with stomach.

Arms: Flat: DSCO 20: Purple

Row 1-4: EW

Row 5: CCN (Claw: EW2 5rows BOLB) CCPu EW1, CCN Claw in next peg, CCPu EW7, CCN Claw, CCPu EW1, CCN Claw, CCPU EW1, CCN Claw

(Other arm) CCN Claw, CCPu EW1, CCN Claw, CCPu EW1, CCN Claw, CCPu EW7, CCN Claw, CCPu EW1, CCN Claw

Row 6-9: CCPu EW

Row 10: D1 EW1, EW16, D1 EW1

Row 11: D1 EW1, EW14, D1 EW1

Row 12-23: EW

COF

Sew up arm, reverse row 3 to make other arm. Sew on arms at top of body lined just to the outside edges of the light blue on the stomach

Legs: Flat: DSCO 20: Purple

Row 1-4: EW

Row 5: P

Row 6-9: EW

Row 10: D1 EW1, EW16, D1 EW1

Row 11: D1 EW1, EW14, D1 EW1

Row 12-17: EW

COF

Make 2 and sew up, sew on purled line on the outside edge of the light blue.

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