I haven't had a chance to post anything for a couple of days being busy with numerous chores around the house, baby, grocery shopping and different crafting projects. Preparations for a party that we hosted on the weekends added to our busy and stressful everyday routine.
The other days I came across some adorable soft toys here: http://www.redshoeshomegoods.com/photomod/polkadotdresser.jpg
I guess I am not the only one "shopping" for ideas and inspiration over the Internet.
Since I've never done knitted toys before and couldn't find any patterns handy I decided to improvise with a pair of needles and some cotton yarn. It happened to be fairly easy to make. I casted some stitches and knitted gradually decreasing their number; sew the top and side edges to make it look like a bag; and added ears on top. I've knitted two striped kitties in yellow and purple. To cheer them up I appliqued flowers as eyes and added additional flower to the crocheted tail on the back. 
These are the finished cats.
Oh, yes! About the dresser from my previous post. It was definately a lot of work! Drawing the images on the dresser took me quite some time! I sanded it for a distressed look and put a coat of Shellac over it. With the exception of some imperfections that only I know about the dresser came out pretty good. At least for the first furniture painting project ever!
4 comments:
thanks for the link!
glad i could be of inspiration, your knit cats are cute!
love your felt bags too!
What a transformation from the pine drawers.
Thanks for sharing your blog on flickr. I'll keep an eye out
I love your cats :)
and the flowers at the eyes are so funny
You have some skills! Great!
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