Snoozing Ned



Yarn: Remnant cotton pulled from the stash and felt
Pattern: Coats & Clark Snoozing Ned
Needles: size 3 DPNs
Started: February 1st, 2007
Finished: February 15th, 2007

Meet Snoozing Ned, otherwise known as my Valentine's present for my girlfriend. Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen? This is one of those where I'm extremely proud - not only did I make that, I made it so it didn't look like a not-too-bright four year old made it! (this is what usually happens when I attempt to be arty.

This project was far easier than I thought, except for when it wasn't. Maybe I'm just not that bright, but I had the hardest time reading the instructions for this - for example, it asks you to K 3 rows in one place, where they mean work 3 rows stockinette stitch. Still, I loved my first chance at sewing fabric into knitting... it makes the idea of steeking far, far less scary. The combination of sewing and knitting was a lot of fun. I'm not saying I'm going to be going crazy with knitted toys in the near future, but the girlfriend loved the present more than I enjoyed making it, so it was definitely worth it.