Little Owl Workshop with Susan B. Anderson

Join Susan B. Anderson in this brand new workshop that explores bottom-up seamless toy knitting!

Little Owl is a simple and fun bottom-up seamless toy that will be worked on during class. The toy is a skill-building exercise. During class we will discuss and have demonstrations about toy knitting techniques including face embroidery, stuffing and gauge tips, care and washing tips for knit toys, and all sorts of little tips and tricks. Susan will cover Kitchener stitch with a clever tip for memorizing, several different ways to pick up stitches and knit directly onto toys so they become seamless, and many more finishing and toy-techniques.

Skills needed:

Knitting in the round on a small number of stitches on double-pointed needles.

Materials needed:

Finished measurement:  4 ½ inches tall

• Light worsted or DK weight: Main Color MC (body) – 50 yards, Contrast Color CC1 (head and ears) – 50 yards, Contrast Color CC2 (feet and beak) – 20 yards
• US#4 (3.5 mm) set of 4 double-pointed needles or size to obtain gauge*
• Fiberfill, small baggie-full (available at a craft store)
• Yarn needle
• Scrap yarn
• Open stitch markers
• Black embroidery floss (available from Stitch Sew Shop)
• Embroidery needle (available from Stitch Sew Shop)
• White thread and a sewing needle to match felt (available from Stitch Sew Shop)
• Copy of the Little Owl pattern, available on Ravelry

*Gauge: 6 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch

**Susan will provide the white felt for the eyes!