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Stitched Scream Queen
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! If you're going to scream on the Silver Screen you might as well do it properly, and minuscule handmade maiden the Stitched Scream Queen is the little lady to do it.
faint in a wafting white gown you can knit yourself a screaming siren to entice any knitted King Kong, from the pattern in my Stitch New York book, into climbing up the most unscalable sky scraper and swatting away at passing planes while clutching her in his woolly fist. It was knitted beauty that killed thebeast, after all.
Materials
Yarn: · Small amount Pink 4-ply acrylic (skin) · Small amount White 4-ply acrylic (dress) · 2.75mm double-pointed needles or circular needle for magic loop · Small amount Yellow embroidery thread (hair) · Small amount of black felt for mouth · 2x black seed beeds for eyes · Black thread and needle · Tiny amount of stuffing (or you could use yarn ends)
Size
Hold in your hand size or 18cm (7") wide approx.
Difficulty
Tourist. Gothamite. Yellow Taxi Cab Driver.
Skills you'll need
Knitting. Purling. I-cord. Basic sewing up. Picking up stitches. Dramatic scream inducing.
Abbreviations
K = knit P = purl Sts = stitches St st = stocking stitch
Pattern
The Stitched Scream Queen is made in two parts, head and body, with the dress made separately and sewn on. There is no increase or decrease. The shape is all in the sewing.
Head
1.Cast on 8 sts in Pink yarn 2.Knit 6 rows in st st 3. Cut yarn leaving 8cm tail, thread through sts, pull tight and sew up along edge to the other end to make ball shape for body leaving a small gap at end. 4.Stuff through gap
Body
1. Cast on 7 sts in Pink yarn. 2. Knit 8 rows in st st. 3. Cut yarn, thread through sts, pull tight and sew in end 4. Sew up along edge to the other end to make short sausage shape for body leaving a small gap at end. 5. Stuff through gap 6. Sew up gap and darn in yarn end.
Arms (make two)
1. Pick up 1 st at shoulder 2. Knit 7 rows as i-cord 3. Cut yarn leaving 8cm tail and thread through st 4. Sew through the end 6 times and knot to make hand.
Legs (make two)
1. Pick up 1 st at hips 2. Knit 8 rows as i-cord 3. Cut yarn leaving 8cm tail and thread through st 4. Sew through the end 6 times and knot to make hand.
Dress
1. Cast on 10 sts in White yarn 2. Knit 10 rows in garter st 3. Cast off
Finishing
1. Sew head onto body. 2. Sew together long sides of dress to form dress in a tube around body. 3. Use white yarn to sew over each shoulder to make straps for dress. 4. Cut shape for screaming mouth and sew onto face. 5. Sew on seed beads for eyes 6. Sacrifice to Angry Ape. The Gods will be pleased with you.
Your Scream Queen lives!
Caring for your Scream Queen
· Climbing a lamp post and placing your Scream Queen and King Kong as high as you can get. It's a fantabulous sight to see and deeply satisfying. · Make two Scream Queens and wear them as earrings. It's a look that says 'dangling ladies on my ears and I know I look good' CHANGEUP Your tiny wailing woman could be turned into all kinds of purly people. Fill the fist of your Angry Ape with tiny knitted versions of people you'd like to see swept away with a purly primate. Your beetle-browed boss, that chick with the pushy elbows on your morning Metro ride, or shmuck who stole your best girl New Year's Eve 1984. Revenge is best served cold and knitted, I tell you! SCREEEEEAAAM!!! Will the Scream Queen survive the hairy adoration of knitted King Kong?
Change Up (ideas to adapt the pattern)
Your tiny wailing woman could be turned into all kinds of purly people. Fill the fist of your Angry Ape with tiny knitted versions of people you'd like to see swept away with a purly primate. Your beetlebrowed boss, that chick with the pushy elbows on your morning Metro ride, or shmuck who stole your best girl New Year's Eve 1984. Revenge is best served cold and knitted, I tell you!
Lauren O'Farrell. Not for commercial use, resale, or derivative works.
