Swap with rockacake

These are the things that I sent Rocka311 for our personal swap.

Swappie

I did a swap with Veronica (rocka311) and she sent me the most adorable stuff. I saw some valentines that she drew by hand and I told her she should make a shirt with the design and she offered to make me one! What a doll!! I sent her some cute stuff too. But I sent it just today and it's a secret for now. Here are the things:

my favorite fruit, duh (NOW with pictures)

I totally forgot that I had not posted a picture with this pattern. I apologize for not posting one sooner.


I got my yarn in the mail today so NEW PLAN! I made a little peach, I love her, her name is Georgia. I will put a picture up soon (promise) I have the pattern for it though:

You will need size 8 dpns.
peach colored yarn
green yarn
yarn needle
puffy paint/yarn for embroidery

CO6, divide onto 3 needles
K
KFB all
K
K1, KFB around
K
K2, KFB, around
K
K3, KFB around
K
K4 KFB around
K 6 rows
K4, K2tog around
K
K3, K2tog around
K
K2, K2tog around, stuff and embroider if you are doing so
K
K1, K2tog around
K
K2tog around

cut yarn, pull through remaing sts. and through the center to the bottom end. Tug a little on the yarn to make a little dimple in the top and knot.

Make a little stem with your green yarn. Use the I cord technique, and make a leaf with the leaf pattern from the pear/ apple pattern and sew into the little dimple.

Paint a face on her if using puff paint.

ENJOY!

love, PEACHcake

Little Lulu

I knitted a little banana today. I made my own pattern while I was knitting and it is so so easy to make! You can make one in about 2 hours! You just need yellow and white worsted weight yarn and size 8 dpns. Here is the pattern:

inside of the banana:
with the white yarn:
CO 6 sts. and divide them among needles
kfb all - 12
k
k1, kfb around - 18
knit for 24 rows and then BO all sts.

peel:
with the yellow yarn:
CO 4 divide onto your dpns.
KFB all - 8
k
k1, kfb around - 12
k
k1, kfb around - 18
k
k2, kfb around - 24
knit for 20 rows
leave stitches on one needle and put other sts on two different stitch holders (8 on each)
working in st. st. work for 8 rows
on 9th row k2tog, k2 all
p
k2tog, k2, k2tog
p
k2tog twice
purl the last two sts. together and pull, make a good knot

now pick up the sts. on one of the holders and do this again, and then when you finish, pick up the remaining sts and repeat

stuff your two pieces, only stuff the peel a little, put the inside into the peel to see how much you want it to stick out. pin the inside of the banana to the peel and sew all the way around. with the yellow yarn

Now you have a little banana!

enjoy!

Love, peachcake

Lemonlime

I haven't updated this in a few days because school started back so today I will. Sunday I knitted a green apple named, Mrs. Sour Apple and she has a sour look on her face.

I made her from the same apple pattern that I invented. I also bought beautiful purple yarn which I made into a Henry Bear from Jess Hutch's book "Unusual Toys to Knit and Enjoy."


AND I made more fruit people. I think that this will be the last of my fruit knitting endeavors. I want to knit some other things. Today I knitted a lemon and a lime from my own pattern that I amde up while I knitted the little fruits. I am going to post the pattern here for all to benefit from (the toy making kind of knitters).



here is the pattern:

Lemon/ Lime pattern:
CO 6
K 3 rows
Kfb all – 12
K
K1, kfb around – 18
K
K2, kfb around – 24
K
K3, kfb around – 30
K
K4, kfb around – 36
Knit 4 rows
K4, k2tog around – 30
K
K3, k2tog around – 24
K
K2, k2tog around – 18 at this point you should stuff and embroider your fruit
K
K1, k2tog around – 12
K
K2tog around – 6
K 3 rows: cut yarn, thread needle and pull through remaining stitches and through the center, make sure that you leave a little nub just like the other end!

ENJOY!

Henrietta

I made a little snow owl and her name is Henrietta. I made her from a pattern that was posted on craftster.org by marshmellow. I love this little owl. I had so much fun making her and she is my favorite toy yet!