Progress
Here is progress on my Nautie:
Just a few more increases to go on the shell.
BTW, if you forget to bring your stuffing to knitting circle, cosmetic cotton balls from the pharmacy work fine!
Just a few more increases to go on the shell.
BTW, if you forget to bring your stuffing to knitting circle, cosmetic cotton balls from the pharmacy work fine!
posted by Sherry W at 8:59 PM
4 Comments:
hmm... i am so doing that. i have no time to go get stuffing before easter, so now, i am getting meself some cotton balls! yay!
I like working with 4 dpns if I can.
I am using one yarn this time it is Cascade 220 Quattro, so it's a little varigated.
Make sure to rip up the cotton balls before you stuff. Especially the bigger parts of the animal, so it doesn't get lumpy!
All these nauties are so sweet!! And that's a good hint for cotton balls.
brie, that's good advice. I hold my handful of stuffing in my left hand (say) and pinch a few fibers off with my right. Keeping them in my right hand, I pinch a few more fibers off, then a few more, etc. It only takes a minute to fluff a lot of stuffing this way, and it makes a huge difference - stuffing is easier, and the animal is smoother.
Here's a tip to stuff a large area: when you put a handful of stuffing in, put your hand/fingers in the middle of the new blob of stuffing, and spread it out. You're making a thin layer of stuffing along the outside walls of the animal. Then put in another blob of stuffing and do the same, to make another layer. Continue until full.
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