Knitted Duck Plush
By Lesley Karpiuk / pinktoque The Pink Toque Craft Blog http://craftblog.pinktoque.com Il craftblog@ pinktoque.com
Materials
US size 9 needles Worsted weight yarn in yellow (used Bernat Satin Solids in Sunrise) Small amounts of worsted weight orange yarn (used Bernat Satin Solids in Sunset) Ribbon, tapestry needle, black yarn for eyes or seed beads
Duck Body
Cast on 30 sts Knit for 50 rows Bo, leaving a 12 inch tail You now have a square. Fold it in half so that you form a triangle. Using your lengthy tail and a tapestry needle, stitch up one side of the triangle. Open it up and you'llsee that you now have a cone. You may wish toflip it inside out so that your seam looks neater. Stuff the cone, keeping in mind the pointed end is going to eventually be the head, and the seam goes up the stomach of your duck. At the top of the cone, you'l have an extra "flap" (for lack of better word) that you now fold over like a triangle. Sew the edges closed, and you've formed the rear end of that the duck willsit on. Shape it to sit up on its rear like in the photo. Now it's time to make the other body parts.
Wings & Feet - Make 2 in Yellow and 2 in Orange
Cast on 9 sts Knit 5 rows K2Tog, knit 5, K2Tog (you have 7 sts left) Knit 2 rows K2Tog, knit 3, K2Tog (you have 5 sts left) Knit 2 rows K2Tog, knit 1, K2Tog (you have 3 sts left) Knit 2 rows K2Tog, knit 1 (you have 2 sts left) K2Tog to bind off Weave in ends. Stitch wings and feet to duck in appropriate places. I positioned the wings so that they were like hands — sewing them on their side so that the pointiest end where I bound off was facing the stomach.I used the bottom seam as a guide and lined up each foot along that seam when I stitched it on.
Back - Make 1 in Orange
Cast on 7 sts Knit 5 rows K2T, knit 3, K2T (you have 5 sts left) Knit 2 rows K2T, knit 1, K2T (you have 3 sts left) Knit 2 rows K2T, knit 1 (you have 2 sts left) K2T to bind off
Weave in ends. Stitch beakto duckatthe endof theface, making sure the pointy end where you bound offis hangingabitovertheedgeoftheface.Once youve stitched thebackoftheeakontotheface,fold the pointynd under the "chin" and stitch down, making a more blunt beak. Tie a ribbon around the duck to clearly define the neck area. You can make eyes either by sewing on black seed beads or embroidering the eyes with black yarn. Voila! This pattern and photos are copyright $\mathbb{\odot}\mathbf{2009}$ to Lesley Karpiuk / pinktoque and the pattern is protected under the AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Creative Commons license, and anything made resulting in the use of this pattern may NOT be sold orused for commercial purposes.Basically use this pattern to make knitted ducks for personaluse and do not sell what you make from it. Please do not redistribute or reproduce the pattern. A free copy of the pattern can be found at http://craftblog.pinktoque.com. Thanks
