Well the nights are drawing in now and for me that always seems to herald KNITTING!
I love to get out the knitting needles and some wool and find some cute, quick projects to whip up in an evening!
When I was first crafting my Mum used to collect the Soft Toy patterns from Woman's Own and I FOUND my favourite pattern in the folder:
We used to knit LOADS of these guys and the lil' stockings too for school and Church fetes! They use so little yarn and knit up in no time at all!! Now obviously this is a VINTAGE pattern now *giggles* but I did find an alternative.
Jean Greenhowe has her own website on on there she has some freebie patterns including little Stockings HERE!!
And here are just two of the MANY stockings I've already produced!! All five of us in our family has their own stocking for the tree because Santa likes to pop choccy coins in them!
So anyway I started to search to see what other cute little knitty patterns I could find online and I was delighted with the results!
Over on a GORGEOUS knitting shop called Twins Knits I found a whole host of freebies as well as her full but resonably priced patterns which are for sale!
Here is a lovely pencil bookmark:
Pattern is HERE
....and these cute little guys:
Then I discovered Mochimochi Land which had these little dudes!
hee hee aren't they wonderful?! They are HERE
They have at least 13 free patterns at Mochimochi Land which are the sweetest little Amigarumi (Japanese) style characters.
Then I found my fave site with LOADS of free patterns for knitted cuties Knitted Toy Box.
I am currently knitting, well finishing knitting the Traveling Gnome as it takes SO little time to knit!
Here he is visiting Paris!! His pattern is HERE!
He's so cute and little at only about 2-3" tall!
This is what he looks like tonight:
As you can see he's VERY straightforward to knit in stocking stitch with some increase stitches!
These patterns are mostly from America so the knitting jargon is slightly different however all of the patterns explain what the abbreviations mean and anything you are unsire of can easily be Googled. There are lots of online sites that 'translate' US knitting terms to UK English!
So have a go at some Quick Knits if you have a bit of time on your hands!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie XxXx
Twins Knits (free Patterns on right hand side, page down)
Mochimochi Land (free knits page down on right hand side)
I too have that vintage pattern and it is one of my favourites. You have been busy and Im feeling inspired to get my knitting back out again. x
Posted by: Debbie | November 08, 2011 at 06:55 AM
They are so cute.
I've been busy knitting scarves but a few of these would be lovely to add to my handmade Christmas presents.
Thanks for all the links.
Posted by: Lynne | November 08, 2011 at 07:17 AM
I still have some (vintage) mini stockings I hang on my tree. Thanks for the links, I'm starting a flowerpower elephant as soon as I get my stitches out!
Elx
Posted by: Eleanor | November 08, 2011 at 08:25 AM
Love the little travelling gnome! What a brilliant idea! Think I might have a go at the pencils - hoping that my limited knitting skills are enough!
Posted by: Gabrielle | November 08, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Cute & ideal for me to knit, I can knit but do not like knitting huge things as i seem to not finish items if too big :)
Posted by: jayne | November 08, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Seriously cute little knitted bundles of sweetness. I'm not much of a knitter. Tfs.
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy | November 08, 2011 at 09:04 PM
Love those pencil book marks, very cute knitted items.
Erika.
Posted by: Erika | November 09, 2011 at 10:32 AM
so so cute! wish I could knit!!
Posted by: Laura | November 09, 2011 at 09:06 PM