A loom knit EASTER

It's a loom knit EASTER! Here are a few things that I have loom knit for Easter. The flower pot was made by simply doing a "small hat" and inserting a small clay pot. Then I put some cute flowers in the pot. The bunny was done with simple tubes. The body and head are one piece. The legs and arms are small tubes. The ears are longer tubes. Everything was stuffed, except the ears. The face was done with art markers. You could easily use buttons, beads or wiggly eyes instead. The daphodil was done with a booty loom. The "cup" was done by doubling a piece (like you do with hat cuffs). When I closed it up the "cup" came on it's own. The stem is done with a spool knitter. Insert a pip cleaner stem to make it bendable. The placemat that the bunny and flower pot are on was done using a regular gauge knitting board, and two colors of yarn at one time (pink and white). I knit a piece that was as long as I wanted, and removed from the board. Then with the white I crocheted a little edge around it.

The eggs were fun and easy to do as well. I've been making these little cuties for years without following a pattern. All you do is pick the egg you want to use, then chose a loom that fits easily over the egg. Knit a tube that is as long as the egg and remove from the loom. Put the egg inside the tube and close the ends. It's that simple. You can fancy it up with different stitches, beads and other embelishments. Also change the egg size.... Here's one I did with a giant egg, using the one over two double loom knit stitch. Change the color of yarn to get that great painted affect.

These little egg people were fun, and also done with no pattern. With a booty loom make a tiny hat. Decorate the tiny hat with a pompom if you like. Then glue the hat to one half of a plastic egg. Use art markers to make the face. These make adorable eggs in any basket, and you can still use them to hold stuff!

HAPPY EASTER!

© Copyright March 2007 ~ Janice Haley