St. Patrick's day Pot O'Gold
Pot o’ gold add-on (for a St. Patrick's day themed Bear)
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a little extra sparkle! This Pot o‘ Gold accessory is a fun add-on for your Festive Knits drummer bear - simply swap out the drum for the pot o’ gold and make your bear in shades of green. This free pattern makes it easy to create a cheerful St. Patrick’s Day version of the drummer bear.
You will need:
Machines: 46 (or 48) pin, 22 pin, and 4 pin I-cord machine
Yarn: black, green, gold/yellow
Other supplies: needle, scissors, stuffing, hot glue (optional)
Pot:
On your 46 (or 48) pin machine
Cast on with black
Work 50 rounds
Cast off
Double up and cinch both ends. Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Shape this piece into a bowl.
Gold top:
On your 46 (or 48) pin machine
Cast on with gold/yellow
Work 30 rounds
Cast off
Double up and cinch the ends to make a flat circle with the cinched ends in the center. Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Stuff the pot and then sew the gold top around the top edge of the pot. Sew this piece carefully and evenly to get a clean edge.
Gold coins (make 3 or more):
On your 22 pin machine
Cast on with gold/yellow
Work 16 rounds
Cast off
Cinch both ends and flatten the piece to make a circle with the cinched ends in the center.
Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Sew (or glue) the coins to the gold top to finish the pot o’gold.
Shamrock:
On your 22 pin machine
Cast on with green
Work 18 rounds
Cast off
Cinch both ends and flatten the piece to make a circle with the cinched ends in the center.
Take a length of green yarn. Starting at the center, wrap the yarn around the outer edge of the circle and bring it back through the center. Pull the yarn tight to cinch the edge of the circle. Repeat the wrapping three times in total, spacing each leaf evenly around the circle.
Secure and hide all loose ends inside.
For the stem using your I-cord machine create a cord approximately 1 - 2 inches long and sew it between the leaves of your shamrock. Sew (or glue) the shamrock to the front of the pot to finish.
Make a cute Chicken with your circular knitting machine
Machine: 46 pin Addi King Size or 48 pin Sentro
Skill level: Easy
You will need
• 46 or 48 pin circular knitting machine
• Yarn in your choice of color
• Small amount of yellow yarn (for beak)
• Small amount of red yarn (for comb)
• 2 x 15 mm safety eyes
• 3.75 mm or 4 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill stuffing
• Yarn needle for sewing and shaping
Instructions
On your 46 (or 48) pin machine
Cast on
Work 72 rounds
Cast off
Double up and cinch, just as you would if you were making a beanie hat.
Tie the ends tightly to secure them.
Shape and add the eyes
Flatten this piece. The flat straight edge will become the top of the chicken, and the cinched ends will be the bottom. One end of the flattened edge will be the tail, and the other end will be the head. Decide where you’d like the eyes to sit, about one inch in from one end of the flattened edge, at whichever end you decide will be the head. Add the safety eyes, making sure they are even and symmetrical.
Stuff and refine the shape
Add stuffing, paying special attention to add extra stuffing at each end: One end will become the head (where the eyes are). The other will form the tail.
Close the top seam
Using a mattress stitch, sew straight across the top edge from the tail end to the front of the head. Again pay special attention to the eyes to make sure they are symmetrical.
Add a little more stuffing as you go if needed to shape the head and tail.
Secure and hide all loose ends inside.
Add the beak
With yellow yarn, stitch a small triangle or a few straight stitches centered below the eyes to form the beak.
Crochet the comb
Using red yarn and your 3.75 mm (or 4 mm) crochet hook:
Join the yarn at the very front of the head. You will work your crochet stitches in between the knitted stitches working back to create the comb along the top of the head.
Work 2 DC in the first space, 2 DC in the next, 1 slip stitch in the next, then repeat two more times: 2 DC, 2 DC, slip stitch along the top edge. This will create a wavy comb shape.
Secure and hide any remaining loose ends, and your chicken is ready to sit proudly on the shelf.
Make a Snowman with your circular knitting machines
You will need:
Machines: 46 or 48 and 22 pin
Yarn: white, orange, and your choice for hat and scarf
Other supplies: needle, scissors, 18mm safety eyes, 3 pom poms
Head/body
On your 46 or 48 pin machine
Cast on with white
Work 100 rounds
Cast off
Double up and cinch both ends. Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Add safety eyes approx 2.5 inches from the top (the cinched end) and approx 2.5 inches apart.
Add stuffing.
Make a drawstring around the bottom (the open end) and pull the drawstring to close, finish closing with a few stitches.
Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Tie a length of white yarn around the body approx 2.5 inches below the eyes to create the neck indent.
Hat:
On your 46 or 48 pin machine
Cast on with color of your choice
Work 60 rounds
Cast off
Double up and cinch both ends. Secure and hide loose ends inside. Place hat on snowman's head, if you want you can use hot glue to secure it in place.
Add a pompom to the top of the hat.
Scarf:
On your 22 pin machine
Cast on with color of your choice
Work 100 rounds
Cast off
Flatten and cinch both ends.
Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Add pompoms to the ends.
Tie the scarf around the snowman's neck.
Nose:
You can crochet the nose like I did in the photo OR:
On your 22 pin machine
Cast on with orange
Work 4 rounds
Cast off
Flatten and cinch both ends.
Roll or fold this piece lengthways to create a carrot shape, sew to secure the roll in place.
Secure and hide loose ends inside.
Sew nose to the face to finish.