a tiny owl knits pattern by Stephanie Dosen These felted ? rings are super quick & easy to make! The hearts are added using duplicate stitch pre-felting. You could even add your sweetie's initial to the back! ?
Size: S. (M) (L). The size is approximate as the rings are felted to fit. For your first ring just take an educated guess about which size you may need. ● Sizes pictured: S. Yarns: 4-ply/fingering weight 1oo % wool such as: Knit picks palette.50 g - 231 yds - 211 m, 10o% Peruvian highland wool. Any 2 colors. You just need scraps. Tension/gauge: Loosey goosey. Don't worry that the un-felted ring looks holey. The bigger the holes, the better the ring will felt. ? Consider your first ring your swatch. Don't worry if the first one is a bit wonky. The next one will be better!
Notions:
A set of US 7 (45 mm) dpns, tapestry needle. Yup, this is a lot bigger needle than the wool usually calls for. Tiny owl stitch dictionary: dpns: double pointed needles sts: stitches Pattern notes: Did you know that this pattern has a video tutorial to go along with it? Yup I knit the heartfelt rings with you! Come play here: tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/videos
Ready? Let's go!
With size US 7 (4.5 mm) dpns, cast on 16 (18) (20) sts and join in the round. Knit 7 rounds. Bind off. Break yarn. You can leave your ends to dangle and trim after felting. Heart: Take a quadruple strand of contrasting 4-ply wool & do one oversized duplicate stitch onto the un-felted ring spanning approximately 4 rows high x 3 sts wide. Overlapthepoint atthebottomso theheart staysclosed&leave the ends to dangle wildly. Don't worry about weaving them in. Halfway through the felting process your ends will start to matt up & become secure. At that point, cut them to about 1cm length & continue felting. At the very end you can trim them almost flush.
Felting: Drench the ring with hot water & add a tiny dot of hand soap. Squeeze water and most of the soap out. Roll the ring between your hands vigorously and watch it shrink and turn to felt after a few minutes! (Keep an eye on the heart so it doesn't get out of control.) Rinse out any residual soap and begin trying it on for the shaping process. Smooth it out and shape it to the right size for your chosen finger. It will stay in the shape it dried in, so this part is important. The heart will probably look a little wonky at first. Use a sharp needle and scissors to shape, adjust & trim the heart.
May your days be filled with o! Love, Stephanie xoxo Stephanie Dosen is an American singer living with her unicorn and a pretty hefty yarn stash (which she suspects is currently riddled with GNOMES!) Come see more tiny owl knits patterns on etsy, ravelry & at www.tinyowlknits.com.
heartfelt rings published by tiny owl press December 2011 Items made from this pattern are not to be sold commercially. Thanks!
