PDF pattern for Horse or Zebra softie now available

PDF pattern for Horse or Zebra softie (soft stuffed toy) is now available at KnitOwl toys with electronic delivery. Great for making Christmas gifts for your friends and family :)

Green Aliens

They look like the friendly type...

Green (female) Alien Monster Doll with babies for Mrs.Pao's nephew :)
Custom toy shop

More KnitOwl toys and more dreams

That is a newborn size pacifier next to the tiny green kangaroo!
I still use tweezers to turn and stuff these little guys.
I've reserved the pink Mama kangaroo and joey for a lady in Canada who contacted me yesterday. Her nice comments on that toy have spurred me to make a few more baby kangaroos. I hope they would make good baby shower gifts. I'm sure another set will be in the shop soon as well.


SOLD

This black cat stuffie was made with the same pattern as the rag rabbit dolls. Alee at Stuffed made a rag rabbit from my PDF pattern and it is really cute! She did a great job on the face especially, using tiny stitches. I really appreciate her testing it out for me! I'll have the .PDF up in the Etsy shop for sale soon.

More Pregnancy Dreams: Again, my brain is working on things at night that I barely think about during the day. We were talking about how soon after Bazooka is born I'll be physically ready to do even light desk and counter type work. I don't think I'll know that until about 3 or 4 days after she is born, at the very least.

Last night I was dreaming about her already being here and taking care of her -- but my mental 'image catalog' is weird, and it kept bouncing between a lifelike doll I had as a kid and my sister's daughter when she was two. I knew I was dreaming and that none of it was like it will be - but some part of me wants to 'practice' maybe... subconscious wondering if I'll know what to do with her, etc... My dreams are always very real - like I'm actually there, doing those things, until something seems 'out of place' and because I know it's a dream then it usually breaks apart and I wake up.

Rag Rabbit doll PDF ready to test

This PDF pattern is available here.

If any of you who I already have email addresses for would like to test-run (or at least test-print) my ragdoll PDF I would appreciate it! I hope to have it as an on-demand download at my Etsy shop. It includes a printable pattern and instructions for the beginner.

Blog regulars only for now, please - thanks!
This is one of several nuigurumi patterns (soft toy animal) patterns I'm developing!

New toys in the KnitOwl shop

New arrivals at the shop

I'm almost happy enough with my horse pattern now to make a publishable version. This is the fourth alteration to the original pattern. The 'mimsy' or rabbit doll is an extension of the bubblehead babies pattern - which still needs lots of perfection.

Mark and I discussed today about how to get a small booklet put together once I get the patterns ready for printing. Just to get the patterns ready and sufficiently tested will take at least three months...

Bubblehead babies and puppies

Puppies: We won't disturb DeeDee for a little while, she is pretty nervous normally and we have been worried she would get more nervous during/after the delivery. She is doing awfullly well for doing it all herself, and besides a few little check-ins by Mark (At 30 weeks pregnant I can't crawl under there too well, but I can see a few noses and tails) we'll leave her be unless it rains. Mark says there are seven survivors of three different colors.

Sewing: Trying out another new pattern, using a new head construction I saw in an internet group on Flickr. I like how bubbly they are!


The prototype needed some changes but was a good start!

Much closer, a happy Bubblehead baby ;)

How to Sew a Hooded Towel

Kelba unwillingly models a hooded towel

Click here for Instructions and more pictures on how to sew a hooded towel.

I made two of these towels last night! Kelba has become the 'clothes model' for anything medium sized ;)

Baby Update: At nearly thirty weeks I've finally reached that 'Uh-oh really can't bend/roll like that' phase - and sometimes she gets wedged uncomfortably in my right side and I have to lay down for a few minutes to try to coax her to the left. But she is active, especially in the morning and just before bed. Mark said she felt like she was 'dancing' in there last night as we were watching a movie.

And more little horses come clopping in:


Punk Rock Zebra!
Mark said one needed purple hair ;)

Rabbit Prototype in progress...

Link to Visit: Peter Callesen paper cutouts



I guess it does kind of look like Cthulu at this point ;o)
Two legs, two arms and one ear down.. one more ear to go then I can sew it up and see how the body actually works with all these 'dangly bits' included!


Still doesn't look like much...
but more rabbity?

Rainy Day: New softie friends at KnitOwl

We're having major rain and thunderboomers today!
But that's okay - as I have lots of things to be sewing ;o) I've been staying up late and working on these in between other things. I also have a red alien half-done, and a few other things cut out to try.


6 inch pink bunny girl

9 inch sleepy blue bear

'Hopkin Green Frog' : SOLD! Thanks!