For the 9 inch animals…

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for the 7 inch animals…

 

 

 

Hello there, I’m just emerging from my cosy little corner, where I’ve been ensconced for the last few weeks knitting away every spare moment in my days, and I’m happy to let you know that I have a couple of new patterns ready to share.

This is an animal outfit that I’ve wanted to work on for a while and I think my teenage self would approve, because in the 1980’s sweater dresses were the height of fashion. I had a maroon machine knitted one with a white Fair Isle design, probably from C&A or Top Shop, worn with maroon tights and maroon suede pixie boots and I thought myself most sophisticated when wearing this to go into town on a Saturday morning!

So this pattern is for sweater dresses/sweaters, worked from the top down, with 4 different yoke designs, each of which can be worked either as a longer length flared dress or a shorter and narrower sweater.

There are instructions for working the lower body and sleeves either flat and then seamed, or seamlessly in the round if preferred. The yoke for each design is always knitted flat in order to accommodate an opening at the back of the neck, making it easy to dress your animal, and there’s a functional button fastening at the back.

Also included is a single colour version with a simple textured yoke.

There is a version to fit the 9 inch animals and one for the smaller 7 inch animals too, if you’d like a copy of either pattern they’re now available on Ravelry and Etsy.

I’m so thankful to the people who have helped me test out the pattern, they’ve already made some lovely sweaters, and I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else makes from these patterns. If you do give the patterns a go, please do share your makes on Ravelry or the Facebook group.

I am still working on a Coats and Cardigans pattern for the small 7 inch sized animals, and some new 7 inch animal patterns too, so those will be coming up once I’ve had a little more time in my cosy knitting corner.

Well, that’s my news for today. The weather is turning colder here this week and winter is arriving out in the countryside, so Toby and I will be bundling up on our walks from now on. I’ll hopefully be back soon with some pictures from our walks over this autumn.

So ’til next time thank you as always for visiting with me here, and for supporting me and my family by buying my patterns, and for the kind words you send my way in your messages and comments. I hope life is treating you kindly in these unsettling times,

J x

 

Hello, I hope you’re having a good week. It’s been very spring-like here, with blue skies, sunshine and a warm and fragrant breeze to ruffle the new leaves on the trees. So far however I’ve been inside and having a productive week, as I’ve just put the finishing touches to some new clothing patterns for both the 9 inch and 7 inch animals. These are for skirts, trousers and shorts (baggier in style than the shorts included with the boy animal patterns) and I’ve been playing around with these for quite a while, as I’ve been asked about skirts and trousers many times over the years.

Both pattern sizes contain seven options for skirts, along with the shorts, trousers and panties and also contain instructions on adding a pretty knitted edging, which looks like a crochet edge, to dresses and the free camisole pattern. The panties and camisole together work as either underwear or nightwear.

Here are the 7 inch pattern pictures:

And here are the 9 inch pictures:

Both the 9 inch and 7 inch patterns are now up and live on Ravelry and Etsy  (Ravelry has a much better download system and adds less seller fees, just saying). Please make sure you choose the right size for the animals you are clothing, the 7 inch version has pink and yellow skirts on the cover and the 9 inch version has blue and green skirts.

As always I hope they’re fun to knit and that anyone who gives them a go enjoys working from the patterns.

Now that they’re done I’m heading out to the orchard with my camera to see the apple blossom before it fades, see you soon, J x

The cow patterns are finished!

As always with my patterns there are 2 versions available:

• one that comes with a naked body, removable shorts and a choice of 2 removable sweaters, one in an Argyle colour-work design and the other in a single colour textured stitch pattern.
• and the other which comes with knitted on tights/pantyhose and shoes and a choice of 2 removable dresses, one in an Argyle colour-work design and the other in a single colour clover lace pattern.

Both patterns include the same range of options for the heads, including a couple of different designs using colour-work patches. There are two different options for the body, either plain or with colour-work patches, and two different options for the horns, long or short.

There are comprehensive instructions for knitting and finishing the cows, including over 100 detailed colour photographs to show the steps and the different options. By combining different colours, horns and amount of hair you can easily tailor the pattern to your needs and make a variety of different cattle breeds, in the pattern I’ve shown Highland, Argyle, Holstein, Friesian, Swiss Brown, Jersey, Redpoll, and White Park cattle. I wanted to try a yak and maybe a bison but ran out of steam, but those might also be possible.

As with all of my other patterns they’re now available on Ravelry, Etsy and will shortly be on Lovecrafts too.

If you decide to give either of the patterns a go I do hope you enjoy them.  As always I am very excited to see my patterns coming to life in the hands of others, happy knitting and thank you so much for your kindness and support xx