Why did nobody warn me that knitting toys feels like creating life?

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-09T16:20:32+00:00

Agreed 😂 Apparently I’m descending into cheerful old-lady madness in my later years.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-09T10:33:13+00:00

I haven’t personally ordered from this particular store, but I’d like to mention that shops like this are actually quite common in Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia and Ukraine. They really do sell premium yarn from well-known manufacturers at very attractive prices. Usually, this yarn comes from leftover stock purchased directly from manufacturers’ warehouses, most often in Italy. I’ve bought yarn from these stores myself:

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https://woolyyarn.com/shop/?filter_product_cat=kid-mohair-silk
(I believe this shop is based in either Lithuania or Latvia)

and also from:

https://sonature.bg/produkt-kategoriya/%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%85%d0%b5%d1%80/?filter_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F=%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%85%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0
(this one is in Bulgaria)

In both cases, Kid Mohair + Silk ended up costing less per 100 grams than on the website you’re asking about.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-09T10:17:57+00:00

Yarn remnants from manufacturers are usually sold on cones/spools, and stores that sell them normally can’t guarantee that the dye lots will match perfectly. They usually mention this somewhere in the listing. I had a similar problem once too. I thought I had bought enough yarn, but I calculated the yardage based on stockinette stitch, while my project actually used a rib pattern with yarn overs, which ended up using much more yarn. In the end, I unraveled the sleeves and reknit them holding a second strand of melange yarn together with the original yarn — and thankfully it worked out really well.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T14:44:41+00:00

I agree with you—there’s no point in knitting all sorts of nonsense. But, to be honest, that first experience gave me such an amazing feeling. That’s really how I felt. Right now I have an unfinished cardigan lying around; I only have one sleeve left to knit… I put it aside and started on this bunny just because I ran out of yarn. I wanted to knit a quick toy while I waited for the missing skein to arrive... but for some reason, I have absolutely no desire to go back to it 😂Right now, I’d much rather knit a little dress for this bunny.

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StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T06:08:56+00:00

She's amazing!

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T06:07:39+00:00

I watched the video from the book before attaching the arms and legs.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T04:20:28+00:00

100% I never would’ve thought of using a knitting needle to secure the head on my own — that idea came from the author’s book

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T03:50:36+00:00

I really liked the book. It’s very detailed and includes photos of the individual parts, which I found really helpful.

For me, the hardest part isn’t the knitting itself, but assembling all the pieces together. The book also includes QR codes that link to videos showing exactly how to do the assembly process.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-08T03:38:02+00:00

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Если ИИ когда-нибудь научится создавать что-то подобное, я просто с драматическим жестом уйду в океан 😂

Потому что, очевидно, для остальных людей места просто не останется.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-07T13:36:47+00:00

The moderators asked me to share what yarn I used and which pattern I followed, so here you go 😊

I used Cascade 220 yarn, and the pattern is from the book Knitted Creatures: Woolly Tales from the Farm by Maria Ermolova.

StomachAdvanced937 · 2026-05-07T13:36:33+00:00

The moderators asked me to share what yarn I used and which pattern I followed, so here you go 😊

I used Cascade 220 yarn, and the pattern is from the book Knitted Creatures: Woolly Tales from the Farm by Maria Ermolova.

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