Hello there wonderful friends!
Because we have a veggie garden AND because slugs LOVE our lettuce patch, I felt I just had to knit up a sweet little slimy slug with needle felted eyes that pop up out at you when you least expect it...
I cannot tell you how many times I have picked a lettuce and right inside the innermost folds of lettuce leaves, where you would least expect to find any living thing, will be a complete family of slugs with an extended family to boot... so they are like part of the family here...
This is really the easiest little pattern in the world, promise:) and will be great to add to your Easter baskets for Easter morning too:)
Materials:
DK yarn in sluggy colours
2 double pointed needles
Wool sewing up needle
Fleece for stuffing
Fleece for the eyes, black and white
Felting needle and sponge
With double pointed needles cast on 7 stitches, knit an I-cord for 3 inches and cast off. Stuff your slug with fleece and finish off the ends.
Knit about 5 rows for the length of the eye stalks and then cast off.
Here is your slug, now to add the eyes. Needle felt the white fleece onto the top of the eye stalks first and then needle felt a tiny black dot into the middle of the white. And there you have your slimy, slithery slug!
Happy day to all:)
Linda
