Polka Dot Cottage: Striped Sock Puppet

Striped Sock Puppet

Posted September 3rd, 2009 by Lisa

Puppet says hello.

My six-year-old’s buddy had a birthday party today, and we wanted to make him something special.  Enter our friend Sock Puppet.  We’ve made a few of these before, but this time I thought I’d share the steps here, in case you’d like to make your own striped friend.  Eamonn chose all of the yarn colors and buttons from my stash, and I knit it up in a couple of days.

Notes

The I’ve assumed here that you are already familiar with loom-knitting.  If you need help with some of the specifics of sock-making (like short-row heels, shaped toes, and flat closed binding-off) see the following resources:

Sock puppet guts

Materials

  • 1/2 skein worsted weight wool in blue
  • 1/2 skein worsted weight wool in yellow
  • 1/4 skein worsted weight wool in purple
  • 2 matching red buttons
  • 1 big focal button
  • Small amount of yellow embroidery floss
  • Small handful of pillow stuffing

Supplies

  • 24-peg blue Knifty Knitter
  • Loom hook
  • Tapestry needle
  • Embroidery needle

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Directions

  • Cast-on using the e-wrap method, with a double-strand of blue yarn.  (The entire sock will be knit with a double-strand.)
  • Knit 6 rows in a rib pattern K2 P2.
  • Switch to yellow, and knit 4 rows, entirely in knit stitch.
  • Swtich back to blue, and knit 4 rows, entirely in knit stitch.
  • Continue alternating four rows of yellow and blue until you have knit the fifth blue stripe.
  • Switch to purple and add a short-row heel using pegs 1-12. (See Notes above)
  • Switch to yellow and knit as before, alternating yellow and blue stripes of four rows each, until you have finished knitting the fourth yellow stripe.

It's hard to knit when he's looking at me

  • At this point, I find it easier to add the eyes, than to wait until the sock is closed up.  Sew the red buttons onto the next-to-last blue stripe, using the yellow embroidery floss.
  • Switch to purple yarn and add the toe of the sock, adding shaping with pegs 1-12, and then with pegs 13-24. (See Notes)
  • Using the embroidery floss, sew the big focal button onto the purple section to serve as the nose.
  • Bind off using the flat closed method, and weave in the ends. (See Notes)
  • Stick a small handful of pillow stuffing in the toe of the sock to give the puppet a nice bulbous nose.
  • Your puppet is all done, and ready to be gifted to a friendly neighborhood kid!

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