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How toA tea party for Peter IGMA Artisan Sandra Keller Palesch throws a surprise tea party for Peter Cottontail American Miniaturist 53

D id you hear that? I thought I heard Tools and materials something. Kind of a cracking, crunching sound in the snow (yes, ● Tracing paper\pencil in Minnesota we still have snow) and it ● Ruler has a distinct rhythm. It has a kind of ● Ceramic tiles - 2 hippity, hoppity quality like someone’s ● Razor blade hopping down the bunny trail. Yep, ● Small ball stylus or toothpick that’s it and he’s early! ● Kemper flower cutter 3\16th Peter Cottontail must have gotten ● Cornstarch all his jelly beans and chocolate bunnies ● Pasta machine (optional) hidden and now he’s hopping down the ● Clay roller or smooth bottle bunny trail to his surprise tea party! ● Polymer clay for the bunny cake & We thought because Peter is so daffodils: generous bringing every girl and boy a ● Fimo Translucent basketful of joy, that we’d honor him with ● White a party. We even made him a cake in his ● Blue (Fimo #33, 37 or equivalent) own likeness (which you can make for your ● Leaf Green special bunny). The table is spread with ● Golden Yellow all kinds of delicious Easter treats. You will ● Chocolate find jelly bean-covered vanilla cupcakes ● Black and Pete’s favorite, carrot cupcakes. There ● Polymer clay for the jelly beans: are cookies shaped like eggs and spring ● Translucent flowers then decorated with royal icing in all ● Premo Fuchsia or colors of your kinds of festive colors. We even put some cookies on sticks and ‘planted’ them in a choice garden pot. There are even elegant Petit ● Liquid Fimo, TLS (Sculpey) or Kato Fours with sugared violets. ● Conventional oven We’re almost ready for the guest of honor. The table is set with pretty Stokesay Ware china, flowers, the food, and the tea…the TEA! Now I have to hippity hop and brew the tea, slice the lemons….Oh, my! So, have a seat. Enjoy a treat. I’ll make the hot brew for Pete! THE BUNNY CAKE Sky and clouds: 1. First you will need to make the blue sky clay mixture. Do this by taking about 1” x 1\2” of white clay and thoroughly mixing in a tiny piece of blue clay about 1\4” x 1\4” x 1\16” in size. When you like the shade of blue sky clay take a piece of translucent clay about twice the size of the blue clay and blend thoroughly.54 American Miniaturist

How to2. Next, you will make the clouds in the 1\4” piece of a Golden Yellow clay, a pea-sized piece of white clay and a blue sky. First, take a piece of white marble-sized piece of translucent clay. clay measuring approximately 1\2” x 1\4” x 1\4” and cut it into four pieces. Forming the cake: Roll out the blue clay into a long log and place small pieces of the white 6. Trace the cake form using tracing clay, spaced out along the blue clay. The goal is to blend the white clay into paper. The overall dimensions of the the blue clay just enough to look like cake are approximately 1”x 3\4”x 3\8”. clouds. Be careful because too much Roll out each of the clay mixtures to a blending will only make a light blue thickness of approximately 3\8” thick. shade of clay. Roll the blue log with Using the cake form, fill in the blue the white clay and press together. sky clay and then the grass. Push the two colors together & gently press.3. Then using your hands roll the clay Carefully use your roller to smooth the cake’s surface. Use your fingers into another log. You can twist the clay round the corners and smooth the a bit and flatten it to blend but just sides of the cake. Cut the tracing make sure the white clay stays defined paper by leaving just enough within the mix. Remember too much paper to easily handle the cake. blending and you lose the fluffy white Place the cake on a ceramic tile. clouds. American Miniaturist 554. At this point if you are using a pasta machine, place the setting at 5 or 6 and pass the clay through the machine to see how the sky\clouds look. If no pasta machine is available roll your clay with your clay roller to simply get a feel for how the clouds/sky are going to look. Don’t roll too hard. Your clay may need more blending but just take care to not blend it too much.The green grass:5. Thoroughly mix together 1\2” square piece of Fimo Leaf Green clay with a

Forming the Bunny: hands to get all of the brown clay off of them before making Peter’s white- clay cottontail. Using the white clay, roll a tiny ball for Peter’s tail. 8. Cut your tracing paper with enough edges to easily handle it when putting it on the ceramic tile. Place the tile with your cake form and bunny into a pre-heated oven (250-275 degrees) for 20 minutes. Let cool. Making the Daffodils:7. Using tracing paper trace the bunny outline. Make small balls of the chocolate clay. You will need one for his body about the size of a small pea and another one about half that size for his head. Gently press them onto the paper outline.● The feet are easily made by pinching 9. Roll out a thin piece of yellow clay. Set and then pulling off a small piece of your chocolate clay. The feet the pasta machine on 3 or roll about practically make themselves this way. 1\16th” thick. Lightly dust the flower cutter with cornstarch (to keep the● The ears are made basically the same clay from sticking) and cut out two or way but need a bit more coaxing to fill more flowers. Remove excess clay. the shape on the tracing paper. Have ● Gently press flower down with finger fun with this. Sometimes pulling the to flatten. clay can yield a great ‘ear shape’ all on ● Using a razor deepen the flowers its own. petals. ● Using the razors edge to elongate and● When you’re done with the chocolate make each petal ‘pointy’. clay be sure to thoroughly wash your ● Using the small end of a ball stylus, gently press each petal to slightly ‘hollow’ its shape. Using a toothpick or similar tool, very gently sharpen the shape of the petal into a pointer shape- hence, a daffodil. ● Trim a tiny, thin piece of yellow clay56 American Miniaturist

How to and flatten on tile. Using the razor to The whiskers: lift and at the same time roll the clay to 12. Roll thin snakes of black clay until make the center of the flower. Trim and place on flower. each end of the snake is thin and pointy. Use the razor to slice offStem & Leaves: the whiskers. Do this until you have10. Flatten a small ball of the green clay enough whiskers. mix on the tile. Using the razor, slice 13. the bunny on the cake and using the off long, thin pieces and shape into the leaves. Do the same for the stem but liquid Fimo as though it were glue, just a bit wider. spread a thin coating on the back of the bunny. Attach the body first thenThe Jelly Beans: the head followed by the ears and11. The secret to making jelly beans is feet. Put a dab of Fimo on Peter’s tail and attach that. translucent clay. Soften the clay and add tiny amounts of color and blend 14. Bake the flowers, jelly beans, whiskers well. Not enough color? Add more, but just a little at a time. A tip to remember and the cake in a pre-heated 250 is that if you want darker, more intense degree oven for 15 minutes. Let cool. color use a smaller amount of the translucent clay. On the tile I have a ball 15. Spread tiny lines of Fimo where you of translucent clay and a small ball of fuchsia-colored clay. The larger pink ball want the whiskers. Using the razor, lift is the result of blending these two clays. the whiskers off the tile and position When you like the color, roll out very thin onto the cake. Do the same with the snakes of clay (approximately 1\16”) daffodils and jelly beans. and then slice into tiny pieces. Pick up 4 or 5 at a time and put in the palm of your 16. Bake the cake one last time at 250 hand to roll into jelly bean shapes. degrees for 15 minutes. Let cool. Add a tiny amount of matt varnish to the jelly beans. AM American Miniaturist 57

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AM’s adult contestwinners revealed Skill and talent abound in the chaotic creations of the perfectly imperfect. By Nikki Bosley WPIFNRIRNIZSEETR!AABOVE: Patty s always, it was dif cult to of Brooklyn, New York for her ‘Dorm Room’ project. Third place honors go toJohnson’s messy kitchen choose the winner of this year’s Joanne Baier of Elmwood, Wisconsin fortook first place in our her very messy junk shop.contest. AM Adult Contest. All of the entries were wonderful! Other contestants being recognized in this month’s AM for their skill and To narrow things down a bit we tried creativity include Becky Winsor of Yacolt, Washington; Carolyn Schott of identifying the absolute most chaotic, Scottsdale, Arizona; Nola MacDonald of Powell River, B.C.; Sandy Millar of imperfect scenes we received and Qualicum Beach, British Columbia; decided that rst place honors should go to Patty Johnson of East Moline, Illinois for her ‘Messy Kitchen’ entry. Coming in second is Sylwia Biernacka66 American Miniaturist

FeatureTeresa Corbin of Milton, Pennsylvania; 12Sharon Lascelles 34of Ashford, Middlesex, United Kingdom;and Mary S. Hartig of Eugene, Oregon. 56“The messy kitchen scene rolled aroundin my imagination for a couple of years 78before it was created,” Johnson toldAM. “It is one of my favorites that I have Biernacka’s “Perfectly Imperfect” 1: A familiar sight to manydone.” readers, a tiny orange scene belongs to series of dorm rooms tabby ‘helps’ unpack the Johnson built the cupboard, stove and groceries. 2: Groceriesrefrigerator from a kit. The over owing dumped over and just left.litter box was created from a jelly 3: Who is supposed tocontainer which she painted. Fimo take out the recycling?‘cat waste’ and ne, small-scale model 4: We’ll finish the cookiesrailroad landscaping rock for litter adds later, okay? 5: No timerealistic detail. for laundry this week. 6: Dishes have been “I enjoyed putting ngerprints on the soaking in the sink for adoor or refrigerator, dirtying up the oor while. 7: The dollhousewith dirty paint water, making the Fimo is left ‘mid-project’. We’llfruit moldy and furry,” laughed Johnson. finish it on another day.“ It was a new experience for me - not 8: Even the cat is messy!messy kitchen - but creating the kitchen LEFT: Sylwiaand then trying to make it appear Biernacka’s dorm roomneglected.” project earned second place in our contest. Johnson said the scene has alwaysbeen her granddaughter Stephanie’sfavorite since Stephanie was a little girl. “Every time she came to visit, shewould take me by the hand and lead meover to the room box and exclaim (whilepointing to the kitty on the oor), “Lookgrandma, naughty kitty spilled the milk!” that she made in WSPIENRCNIOZENERD! wooden crates. “All of them are a little messy and chaotic as dorm rooms usually are, but I chose this one as it belongs to two boys,” revealed Biernacka. “You can say everything about them but not that they’re neat.” She packed her American Miniaturist 67

How To 12 to look carefully to catch all of it. “I made for this room socks, the 34 pizza with the box, a desk, the bottom ABOVE: 1: Biernacka boys’ dorm room with various school bed’s sheet and pillow, books etc.,” said made the pizza and supplies, items related to the occupants’ Biernacka. “I also included a leather other items displayed hobbies, clothes and favorite food jacket I bought at the New York Tom in her dorm room. 2: (including pizza which they didn’t eat Bishop show two years ago. The aged Typical messy boy’s dorm completely but didn’t care to clean out and slightly damaged oor I made from room. 3: All the midnight also). veneer.” snacks ready for late study nights. 4: Pizza on Biernacka lled her room with so Third place winner Joanne Baier of the bed? Mom would many neat items that readers would have Elmwood, Wisconsin shared with AM freak out if she saw that! that her junk shop became a reality when she decided she needed a new WPTINHRNIIZREEDR! ‘home’ for her 50-year-old collection of Cracker Jack toys. “I picture (my shop) somewhere along Route 66 right next to a run-down gas station, which by the way, I also saved from my childhood. “Collecting for a junk shop taught me that scale doesn’t matter,” she continued. “Can’t you picture the oversized record hanging in a 1960s teen bedroom? Real life refrigerator magnets make perfect signs above the porch roof. Also, just like in real life, the Christmas lights (beads) stay up all year. How appropriate.” Baier said her project has extra special meaning. “I’ve incorporated small items from my parents, my daughter, granddaughter and my daily walks around town. My junk shop has become one of my favorite room boxes, simply because it invokes so many wonderful memories. And, it makes a great conversation piece, too.” All other entries made our choices for rst, second and third places dif cult. LEFT: When third place winner Joanne Baier considered her antique Cracker Jack toy collection, she knew she wanted to make a messy, unorganized junk shop. All kinds of junk is available for the right buyer. After all, one person’s junk is another person’s treasure. 68 American Miniaturist

Feature Hartig impressed us with her two found on the back roads of America. ABOVE, LEFT: Maryentries, a French Quarter saloon You’ll never know what kind of ‘treasure’ Hartig’s artist studio tookand Pappy O’Daniel’s Antiques & you’ll nd there. Someone else’s trash several months to create.Secondhand Goods. Although they might me your treasure.” ABOVE, RIGHT: Youweren’t what we consider ‘choatic’, the never know what kind ofprojects showed the skill and creativity Winsor said her entry was actually an treasure you will find atof the artisan. accident. Pappy’s shop. BELOW: The bartender Hartig said the artist’s loft of a French “I was moving the pub and it ended has called Becky WinsorQuarter saloon is the third oor of a up falling together,” she laughed. “I said because Ernie’s hadlarger building which houses a French to myself, ‘Gosh, this is a ready-made a little too much drinkQuarter Tavern on the bottom and an entry.’ “ tonight.actress’s salon on the second oor.Hartig’s artist is absent - perhaps he’s She named the doll ‘Ernie’ and saidleft to purchase more paints or another she was inspired to do the project in thebottle of local wine. He doesn’t let muchinterfere with the creative process, least rst place because of her Irish heritage.of all tidying up. “I’m always inspired by anything Irish. “The walls of the artist’s loft were I’ve never been there but would like todone with joint compound,” explained go someday.”Hartig. “It took quite a while because Ihad to sand it and add multiple layersof color to get an aged look. It took mea couple of months just to do that oneroom.” She tried to age and distress severalpieces of the furniture. She made theeasel herself as well as one of thepaintings. Hartig’s other entry, Pappy O’Daniel’sAntiques & Secondhand Goods, wasinspired by a character in the comedy lm, O, Brother Where Art Thou? “It’s a kind of shop that might be American Miniaturist 69

How To ABOVE, LEFT: The Schott’s ‘Old Attic’ includes a how I remember it.” girl’s snoozing in the handmade bedspread and two girls who Nola MacDonald’s ‘Old Hillbilly attic bedroom were were based on her daughters, Shari and based on Carolyn’s own Sandra. She used store-bought lace for Cabin’ is a ¼ scale Porch Each porch daughters. the mannequin and used ribbons to that is handcrafted with no pre- ABOVE, RIGHT: make the roses on the dress. The sleeping purchased parts. Carolyn’s cellar was bag was created from an old shirt. inspired by her aunt’s “Working in 1/4 scale is such a fun cellar. “There’s a scene outside the lit window,” project, and coming up with ideas of how BELOW: Macdonald said Schott. “The outside of the box is and what to use for parts and accessories – Nola’s Cabin is in covered in fabric that looks like bricks.” is a challenge and such fun,” she said. quarter inch scale. Schott said her ‘Dolly’s Cellar’ entry MacDonald, who is diagnosed with was inspired by her aunt. Rheumatoid Arthritis, said that working with miniatures helps her overcome all “The cellar looks like my Aunt’s in kinds of obstacles. Pennsylvania. Even the cinders I used for coal come from my driveway in “I have been ‘playing’ with miniatures Pittsburgh. When I was a little girl my for a long time, and it is something I so aunt had a cellar and in my head this is cherish. Making miniatures and being with the wonderful people that come with the hobby has been my cherished gift of a lifetime. The hobby helps deal with my pain and immobility.” Millar’s room box entry, ‘The Babysitter’ features a sitter watching the Disney channel on television while listening to her records at the same time. She’s eating potato chips and candy bars while she talks on the phone as three wee ones are doing as they please. “The oldest is being artistic with his crayons on the wall while his brother nds a way to climb the toy shelves with hopes of reaching his favorite toy. The third neglected little one, although somewhat con ned in his walker chair, manages to 70 American Miniaturist

Featurecontribute to the chaos in the room.” to have in its attic.” ABOVE, LEFT: The Corbin’s had a lot of fun creating her Lascelles said that she wanted real babysitter talks on the phone and watches‘Garage’ project attic insulation showing between the television while the “It replicates our own garage, mess beams at the front, as many attics in the babies get into all sorts U.K. are boarded over by amateurs using of mischief.included!” whatever bits of wood or old doors they ABOVE, RIGHT: “Using trash or ‘treasures’ depending can put their hands on.   Teresa Corbin used many recycled treasureson your outlook appeals to my northern “The family’s cast-offs sit around on to create her garagefrugality,” she continued. “I love the the dusty oor, including some old toys scene including circuitreactions from non-miniaturists when which are set out as if a child had played board parts, Chap StickI tell them the paint tray on the top in the attic at one time. A faded ‘quilt’ caps, rubber door stopsshelf is a breath strip pack or the spray hangs forlornly on the wall. and straight pins.paint cans are plastic ‘straws’ from soap BELOW: The miniaturedispensers. I made all the wooden items: “This was a good project to give family’s unused items fillsawhorses, ladder, broom, workbench, a home to all those club makes and Sharon’s attic.window, new handles for cheap tools.” leftover items that you don’t have a home for. I also had fun distressing and Corbin purchased some of the items as staining items to make them look old,well including the toy motorcycles, rolling the opposite of what we are normallytoolbox and some of the metal tools. trying to do when we make minis!” Lascelles said her dollhouse group “In AM wishes to thank all of itsa Nutshell”, which meets in Shepperton, contestants and reminds its readers towest of London, assembles a group display look forward to the next Adult Contest.each year to raise funds for charity.   You could be a winner! AM “Last year we were asked to build Captions and photos:attics, of any period or style, whichwould have external walls and a roofso that the display would look like abird’s eye view of a city. This was myentry. I modi ed a standard glass-frontedroom box to have a roo ine, and insideI nished the roof with ‘roo ng paper’and beams, and a rough masonry wallrunning along the back just like mypreviously-owned Victorian house used American Miniaturist 71

How to Pretty pram afghan Desna Tysoe shares a darling knitting project with us for our dollhouse nurseryT his pretty little pram or crib afghan INSTRUCTIONS has been designed by Desna Tysoe. It is a very basic pattern ● Cast on 32st.that has endless finishing possibilities. By ● K 17 rows.adding your own trims, felt animal shapes ● Next row K10, P12, K10or flowers, your crib afghan can be made ● Next row Kspecial for your dollhouse babies. ● Repeat last 2 rows, 16 times ● K 16 rows Tools and materials ● Cast off. ● Iron flat.● Size 20 needles ● Sew in the ends. Cut animal shapes● DMC 50 Cotton● Felt for decoration out of felt. Stick on the afghan. You can also sew grass with green cotton or sew on a pretty bow. AM72 American Miniaturist

DOLLS HOUSEfeature WORKSHOP l Our library of dolls house vidoes have now been copied on to DVDs - each one giving full instructions on making miniature projects - as before the presenters won’t win any Oscars (nor will the cameraman come to that) but they’re all talented miniaturists passing on great ideas and sound advice in an easy to follow mannerFlowers, Plants & Trees Dressingmaking Part 1 - Dressingmaking Part 2 - Miniatures from Odds Creating Miniatures fromfrom Bread Dough Doll assembly, shoes Dressing the dolls and Ends Sculpey & Fimoby Diane Harfield and wigs by Sue Atkinson by Pat King by Anne DaviesCode: DVD121 by Sue Atkinson Code: DVD123 Code: DVD124 Code: DVD125 Code: DVD122How to Make Twelfth Electrifying a Dolls Decorating Rooms and Millinery: Hats, Hat Soft Furnishings &Scale Furniture House Roomboxes Boxes, Parasols & Fans Upholsteryby David Thorpe by Pat Cutforth by Martin Dare by Anne Davies by Pat CutforthCode: DVD126 Code: DVD127 Code: DVD128 Code: DVD129 Code: DVD130fÓä°ääÊi>V…ÊÊÊ˙°™™

Flower Fairies Whether or not you are a believer, says Joyce Dean, we are all fascinated by the stories that surround these magical creatures. TI P! F airies are known to brown clothes, but have been known to belong to one of the four wear blue or green. By using groups: Air, Earth, Water different color and Fire. To classify Fairies Fion are tiny Breton fairies. Holda Frau is the fairy who, according to of petals is a difficult task as they German folklore, makes the snow fall as she and wing can be found in flowers, shakes out her bed of feathers in the sky. shapes, you forests, trees, lakes and There are also many extremely nasty can make a fairies around but let’s not dwell on them.flower fairy for streams. The location When Sue Harrington was asked to each season. in which they are produce some twelfth-scale sized flower How about found will determine fairies for a new book, her little creatures making one the shape and form followed Cicely Mary Barker’s illustrations. for a specific that they take along Her fairies were created with tinyholiday such as with their function. pointed ears and various skinChristmas and There is a whole alphabet tones; from pearly white, of magical beings. You may have heard of Easter? some of them. The Abatwas are tiny South African fairies that are extremely shy and only ever appear to young children and pregnant women. Apparently, if a woman sees one of these fairies in the seventh month of her pregnancy, she will have a boy. Ashrays are Scottish water fairies. These are nocturnal, and if exposed to sunlight will melt into a rainbow pool of water. Brownie is the name of the house fairy. These fairies do odd jobs around the house. They live in attics, cellars and woodsheds and usually dress in ragged74 American Miniaturist

How topretty pink, palest of blue and spring-grass green. Nowwe get the fun part of dressing these darling beauties inoutfits made of flower petals with butterfly or dragonflywings. Once completed, you can enjoy your very ownbeautiful fairy. Tools and materials● Silk flowers● Fabric glue or hot glue gun● Fairy doll● Butterfly or dragonfly wings1. Use one petal to make a bodice for the dress. Glue directly on to the doll.2. Glue each petal around the waist to form the skirt.3. The style of each dress depends on the size of the petals of your flower. The leaves can also be used to add to the design.4. If you have printed copies of butterfly or dragonfly wings from our cutouts section, paint them to match your fairy’s outfit and glue in place. Wings can also be created from petals, leaves or feathers.5. There are many other accessory items that can be added, such as hats, hair and shoes.6. Put your fairy in a suitable setting - using flowers or woodland items as an appropriate backdrop. It is easy to create different types of fairies, dependingon the accessories you use in your setting. Try lookingaround your own garden for suitable rustic materials.You could also visit your local garden shop for ideas. AM American Miniaturist 75

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This photo shows cut out chairs from the wallpaper and to the front, real This photo shows a portion of the wallpaper border.chairs. Also notice the wallpaper printed street meets up with the real street. This has been glued to the backboard. You can use foam core or something similar. You see no dimensions on this.The shutter thickness can be seen in this photo. Notice the window boxes and awning.This photo shows the side of the bricks. Awnings with real plants hanging from them. Notice the shutters, window shade and real plant resting Pat starts by gluing one complete section motifs are cut out and layered as desired. on the window frame.of the wall paper border she is going to use You can see from the detail pictures, theto her background board. The second layer number of different layers she uses. Thehas the windows and doors cut out and number you use is dependent on the effectthat is attached with the clear dimensional you are trying to achieve. Likewise, thesilicone to the previously glued complete picture you are working with determineslayer. From this point on the individual which items you wish to give depth to. AM American Miniaturist 79

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T hese little Easter outfits have been designed by Aof tsopurcinhg Rebecca Smith-Keary and have been worn by babies since the 1930s, but even today’s mothers for the babywould love these sweet outfits for their little ones. Get out your knitting needles and The main part of the outfit is made in one piece with spend the afternoon making athe sleeves being knitted in later. This reduces seams delightful Easter playsuit for yourand makes the garment less bulky. The playsuit could dollhouse babe.be left plain if desired since the motifs are separate andare sewn on at the end. yf = make a stitch by bringing thread forward and over the needle There are also patterns for knitting a little rabbit or ss = stocking stitch ie alternate rows of k and pa chick for the children to play with – they have been sl = slip stitch from one needle to the otherdesigned to hide an Easter egg inside – but can also be psso = pass slipped stitch overstuffed with cotton. C & T = cut the cotton a few inches from the knitting and thread through the remaining sts Tools and materials using a needle. Pull up tightly and fasten off.● Size 20 knitting needles NOTE● No. 80 crochet cotton● Safety pin ● When working the ss sections, k the 1st and last st● Red crayon of the p rows to give a firm edge.● 2mm silk ribbon● Pom-pom for rabbit tail ● When cutting thread after arms, 1st leg, left back and front, secure the loose end with a couple of sts but Abbreviations still leaving a long tail. This can be used to sew up the garment.K = knitp = pearl PLAYSUITst = stitchtog = together This darling playsuit will fit thedec = decrease by knitting two stitches together Heidi Ott babies.inc = increase by knitting into the front and backof the stitch Sleeve (make 2)82 American Miniaturist ● Cast on 12 sts and work 2 rows in (k1, p1) rib. ● Work 12 rows in ss, increasing 1st at each end of the 5th and 9th rows. ● Row 15: Cast off 2 sts, k to end.

How to● Row 16: Cast off 2 sts, p to end. Right back:● Row 17: Sl, k, psso, k to last 2 sts, k2 tog. ● Row 42: P11, k2.● Row 18: P. (10 sts) ● Row 43: K11, k2tog.● Cut thread and transfer sts to safety pin. ● Row 44: P10, k2. (12 sts) Now the sleeves are knitted in. Make sure thatLeg they are the right way around. After knitting the right● Cast on 16 sts and work 4 rows in (k1, p1) rib back, transfer the first sleeve to the left hand needle● Row5: (k1, inc) to end. (24 sts) and knit that and the front. Transfer the second sleeve to● Rows 6 to 20: work 15 rows in ss starting with a p the left hand needle and knit those sts followed by the left back. row. ● Row 45: (Right back) K2, (k2tog, k1) 3 times, k1,● Cut thread and repeat for the second leg but do not ● (Sleeve) (k1, k2tog) 3 times, k1. [front]: K1, cut thread after 2nd leg. ( k2tog, k1 ) 6 times, k1. (Sleeve) (K1, k2tog) 3 times, k1. (left back) (k2tog, k1) twice, k2tog, yf,Body k2tog. (43 sts). ● Rows 46 to 48: K 3 rows.● Row 21 to 30: Knit right across the two legs and ● Row 49: K2, (k2tog, k1) to last 2 st, k2 (30 sts). work a further 9 rows in ss. ● Row 50: K. ● Row 51: K1, (k2tog) to last 3 sts, k1, yf, k2tog.● Row 31: Cast on 2 sts at start of row and k to end. ● Cast off.● Row 32 to 40: work 9 rows in ss starting with a p Sew the sleeve seams as far as the shaping, and then sew the shaped section to the armhole of the body. row, k the 1st and last st on each p row. Sew the inside leg seams, then the back as far as● Row 41: K13, cast off 2sts, k22, cast off 2 sts, k11. the increase. Tuck the wider section behind the other side and stitch in place. Make two buttons by cuttingLeft back: tiny circles (1/4 inch in diameter) from a plastic milk jug.● Row 42: k2, p9 Place the disc on a cork and make two holes with the knitting pin. Sew in place. ● Row 43: Sl, k, psso, k9.Row 44: K2, Sew a pom-pom to the back of the playsuit for a tail if p8 (10sts) decorating with the rabbit face pocket. ● Cut thread and re-join to front, wrong side facing. Rabbit face Pocket Front: This is in reverse ss. ● Row 42: P22. ● Cast on 9 sts and p 3 rows. ● Row 43: Sl, k, psso, k18, Now work 4 rows in ss starting k2tog. with a k row. Work a further 5 ● Row 44: P (20 sts) rows in ss, decreasing at each ● Cut thread & re-join to right front, end of the k rows until 3 sts wrong side facing. remain. Cast off. Work a nose at the bottom of the face and two eyes. Ears (make 2) ● Cast on 4 sts and work 10 rows in ss. K the 1st and last st on each p row. Moisten the tip of the crayon and lightly color the inside of the ear (reverse ss). American Miniaturist 83

● Sew the ears to the front of the playsuit, leaving the ● Moisten the tip of the crayon and top half loose. color the reverse side of the ears; fix to head with pink side● Sew the pocket to the playsuit covering the cast on facing. edges of the ears.Chick motif Arms (make 2)● Cast on 8 sts and k 6 ● Cast on 8 sts and work rows. Inc at start of row 10 rows in ss. C & T. 7 and end of row 8. Sew up side seams, stuffing as you sew.● Now cast off 6 sts and k Fix to sides of body. to end of row. K a further 5 rows on the remaining ● Finish with a silk ribbon tied 4 sts. C & T. Run a row around the neck and a pom- of sts across the chick’s neck and gather up. Sew pom tail. the chick in place on the front of the playsuit and work a little eye in black and a few sts for a beak in TINY CHICK red or orange. This is based on a pattern that● Make a tiny bow in silk ribbon and fix in place on the we used to make for our nursery chick’s neck. school’s spring party when the children were small. TheTOY RABBIT original chick was filled with a crème egg. This This is quick and easy miniature version is madeto make. It also adds an with approximately 2 the numberadorable touch to the nursery of sts and rows of the original, and I like to makeand can be used all year a little Fimo egg to pop inside.round.Legs ● Work in garter st throughout. ● Cast on 16 sts and k 6 rows.● Cast on 5 sts and inc ● Inc at each end of the next 2 rows. in each st. ● Cast off 6 sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows (8● Work 9 rows in ss. Cut sts remaining). thread and repeat for 2nd ● Work 6 rows on these sts, then C & T tightly and leg, but do not cut thread. sew up the seam at the back of the head. Stuff theBody and head head, and work the eyes in black thread. Make a beak by working several sts through a small loop.● K right across the two legs and work further 19 rows ● Gather up under the head and sew along the back in ss starting with a p row. Next row: (k2 tog) to end. and the vertical seam. Secure a Fimo egg inside the C & T. body with a few sts, ensuring that the egg can still be seen. If preferred the body can be stuffed, but the● Sew up the legs, stuff and sew the back seam. Run chick stands up better with the egg inside. a thread about half way down and gather up to ● Tie a little bow of silk ribbon around the chick’s neck.AM separate the head and body. Work a few sts in black for face.Ears (make 2)● Cast on 4 sts and work 8 rows in ss. K the 1st & last st on each p row to give a firm edge.84 American Miniaturist















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