Showing posts with label sweater poncho knitting miniature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweater poncho knitting miniature. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Little Lego Man

...Cowboy up!

Yesterday I posted on Facebook that I had a hankering to do miniature knitting again. I played around with it last year and found it frustrating yet fascinating. Katie Aaberg challenged me to knit a sweater for a lego man. Challenge accepted!


Did I succeed? You decide. I couldn't knit him a sweater after all because the little lego arms are tight against their little lego bodies making it impossible to get them through sleeves. I then went for a sweater vest look but ended up making it too big. And the tight arms bunches the knitting around. I think it looks like he's wearing a poncho. In my opinion, it works out great since he's a cowboy and all.

Just to give you a scale on how small miniature knitting is, this photo shows my miniature needles up against size US 1 or 2.25mm.


Name: Little Lego Man
Pattern: my own design
Yarn: 3 strands of DMC 6 strand embroidery floss
Needles: 7/0 or .65mm
Gauge: 19sts= 1 inch and 23 rows= 1 inch