Free Pattern: Little Penguin
A quick and adorable knitting pattern for little penguins, dressed in a bow tie for holiday parties!
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Barbara Prime
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Free Pattern: Cozy Shrug
A cute and simple pattern for a cozy knitted shrug that will fit most Fuzzy Mitten toys.
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2024: Week 4
A tutorial for the final part of the 2024 mystery knit-along. What strange creature have we been knitting?
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2024: Week 3
Find out what we're knitting for week 3 of the mystery knit-along, with tips and links to tutorials.
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2024: Week 2
Find out what we're knitting for week 2 of the Fuzzy Mitten Mystery Knit-Along!
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2024 - Let's get started!
An intro about the mystery knit-along event for 2024. Join us in knitting an adorable mystery toy!
Barbara Prime
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Free Pattern: Reindeer Finger-Puppet
A fun and quick reindeer finger-puppet pattern for a holiday gift or ornament.
Barbara Prime
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Free Pattern: Snow Mouse
Knit a sweet little snow mouse from this easy and free pattern! You can make one in an evening, for a quick gift or decoration.
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2023: wrap-up
Wrapping up the 2023 mystery knit-along event, with a brief story of how the design was conceived, plus photos of finished toys.
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2023 - Week 2
A few tips to help with the second part of the Fuzzy Mitten Mystery Knit-Along.
Barbara Prime
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Mystery Knit-Along 2023 - Week 1
A few tips and photos to help with the first clue of the Fuzzy Mitten Mystery Knit-Along
Barbara Prime
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Mystery KAL - yarn choices
Tips on choosing yarn for the 2023 mystery toy knit-along event
Barbara Prime
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Mystery KAL 2023 - Let's get started!
Intro for the 2023 mystery knit-along event, where we knit a mystery toy together!
Barbara Prime
4 min read
Free Pattern: Walnut Shell Basket
This pattern is meant to be combined with the Holiday Mice, Wee Panda, Wee Woodland Wuzzies, or Petite Pocket Pets toys. While these are...
Barbara Prime
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Capybara Toes
I have a new pattern coming out very soon, for a capybara chef! When I design a new toy, I try to capture the key features of each...
Barbara Prime
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Early Summer Update
A brief update on current and upcoming Fuzzy Mitten toy designs.
Barbara Prime
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Manatee and Walrus Mods
While I was designing my Sea Potatoes pattern, I thought of two modifications (mods) that people might be interested in trying. The...
Barbara Prime
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Free Pattern: Inuk and Baby Seal
A pair of knitted holiday ornaments: a baby seal and a small Inuit person. Make both in one evening!
Barbara Prime
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15 years of Fuzzy Mitten Toys
Back in the autumn of 2006, I was wondering what to do with my time. I'd finished my summer job (working in a greenhouse), and didn't...
Barbara Prime
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Tutorial: Soft-Sculpture for Petite Pocket Pets
A photo tutorial showing how to shape the faces of the Petite Pocket Pets toys.
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