Crystal Palace Yarns
A medium and a large squiggle beastie
More squiggle beastie photos here.Pattern to make your own
Knitted Squiggle Beastie
(a felted project)See several photos of Squiggle Beasties HERE.
Materials:
- 1 ball Iceland (100 gr, super soft wool) - color jaguar #7250
- partial balls of 2-3 colors of Squiggle (or make your beasties all one color with one ball of Squiggle).
- The two Squiggle beasties here were made with Squiggle fern #9210 and woodgrain #9300.
- 1 pr 9" Crystal Palace Bamboo Needles in size 15.
- a few ounces of poly fiberfill or a small piece of poly quilt batting.
- a needle and dark gray or dark green cotton thread to sew up the seams
Directions:
Iceland and Squiggle yarn are held together throughout all knitting. Knitting is worked in garter st (all knit).For the larger Squiggle Beastie:
Cast on 6 sts. Knit 3 rows.
Inc 1 st each side every other row 3 times [12 sts]
Knit 6 rows.
Inc Row: *K1, inc in next st*, cont bet * to end of row [17 sts]
Knit 4 rows
Repeat Inc Row [25sts]
Knit 4 rows
Repeat Inc Row [37 sts]
Knit 6 rows
Reverse shaping - begin decreasing where you increased before.
When you are back to 6 sts, Cast Off.For the Medium Size Squiggle Beastie:
(this one is a little asymmetrical)
Cast on 3 sts.
Inc Row: *K1, inc in next st*, cont bet * to end of row [4]
Knit 3 rows
Rep Inc Row [7]
Knit 3 rows
Rep Inc Row [10]
Knit 1 row
Rep Inc Row [15]
Knit 1 row
Rep Inc Row [22]
Knit 4 rows
Inc 1 st each side [24]
Knit 4 rows
K8, inc 1 st in next 8 sts, K8 [32]
Knit 3 rows
K2 tog 8 times, K to end [24]
Knit 1 row
K2 tog 8 times, K to end [16]
Knit 4 rows
K2tog 8 times [8]
Knit 4 rows.
Bind off.Pull out the Squiggles to one side
Using a smaller knitting needle (any size from a 3 to an 9 will work fine) pull the ends of the squiggle pieces forward to the front side of the piece you have just knit (either side can be the front). The more squiggle ends you pull to the front side the furrier your final beastie will be. Keep checking the back to see that you are catching the ends and pulling them through.
Sewing
Using doubled cotton thread (I used cotton quilting thread) and a sewing needle, sew the two narrow ends to each other. (Work with the Right Side inside while sewing, you will turn it inside out to stuff it.)
Now work the edges together, butting the edges against each other at one side and sew them. Partially sew the last seam, leave an opening of a few inches. Turn the piece inside out so the right side is outermost. Stuff the beastie firmly with polyester fiberfill and finish sewing the last seam.Try forcing the Medium Squiggle Beastie to be unsymmetrical for a more interesting shape as you sew it.
Now that you see how I made two, you really don't need a pattern for more - just play around and make a piece and sew it into a shape.
Felting
This part is so easy - when you are ready to do some laundry - just toss your stuffed, knit beastie into the washing machine with your laundry and take it out at the end of the cycle. I don't put mine in the dryer, the wash cycle of 5-7 minutes seems to be plenty to felt your little guys.
They will dry quick quickly since the poly fiberfill doesn't hold water and allows air to circulate.
I'd love to see photos of your Squiggle Beasties - send a digital photo to cpyinfo -at- straw.com (where the -at- is replaced with the @ symbol for email).
copyright © 2004 Photos Crystal Palace Yarns/Straw Into Gold, Inc. - Susan Druding
