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How cute are these little carrots?!
With my non-green thumb, these are the only carrots I can grow – besides, I’m not all that crazy about digging in the dirt. I had a blast designing them. Quick and easy, they are a great stash buster, ok, really they didn’t even make a dent in my stash but, I did use yarn that I had on hand. Carrots come in a rainbow of colors, so use the yarn you have!
If you “grow” your own carrots do let me know how they turn out. I’d love to see pictures and if I get enough I will do a garden post!
You will need:
Materials
- 1”wide inkle band at least 18” long
*(a little wider or narrower is okay) with two shades of orange 10/2 or 8/2 perle cotton, tatting yarn, or needlepoint yarn. 8/2 perle cotton and needlepoint yarn are a bit thick but will work.
*The carrot in the rabbit’s arms is woven using needlepoint yarn and the other two are woven with both 10/2 perle cotton and tatting yarn.
- green worsted or sport weight yarn
- cotton or poly stuffing batting
- woven fusible interfacing
- straight pins
- needle and matching thread (forgot to put in picture –oops!)
- scissors
- glue (Alene’s tacky)
- ruler
- fine felt-tip marker
Equipment
- sewing machine (very helpful but optional – can be sewn completely by hand)
- iron
- ironing board
Have fun!
I hope you enjoyed the first Inkled Pink tutorial! Don’t forget: show me what you come up with – I’d love to see!
warp, weave, be happy!
inkled pink 
love the carrot! did you make the bunny, too? so talented.
Thanks Amy! 🙂 No, I didn’t make the bunny. It is the baby bunny from the children’s book, “Guess How Much I Love You?”. Glad you think I’m THAT talented!
Reminds me of the book “Weave a Zoo”. Now that you have begun “weave a garden” you will need peas and pumpkins and beans and tomatoes and….
🙂 Great minds think alike Marilyn! I’m already working on some designs. It’s going to be a veritable salad!
There’s a book called ‘Knit a square, make a Toy’ that’s out of print but I can see where combining woven rectangles can give shapes too.
That’s a great tip Cat. Thanks!
Lovely blog. I’m a fan of inkle weaving too!
Kimmen
LOVE the carrot, Jennifer! I only have one color of orange, which may be 5/2 and would be too large. I’m thinking an inkle carrot would be a good birthday present for one of my sisters, who is a MacGregor and likes to garden….
I’m enjoying your blog A LOT, and will try to be better about leaving comments.
Thanks Nancy! They would make the cutest gift for your sister! If you make them be sure to send me a picture, it would be great to see them.
Jennifer — so clever of you to include the HOW 2. Great work.
Aunt Beady — Garnet
Wow, wow, wow! Just love your carrots. And, oh those rainbow carrots I was seeing them in a saute pan.
I Love the carrots!! Do you have an etsy store? Want to get me some, how cute would they be as napkin holders!!
Wow these came out so good. Such cute carrots lol, i wish I had the patience to get good at this