My Precious Friend

This pattern is for machine knitting.


The very first pattern I ever had 'officially' published in a magazine was this one, Precious Friend.

Precious Friend

I wrote it for the Passap E6000 and DM80. A sort of 'in your face' statement to the person who told me I  couldn't make toys on Passap knitting machines. It was published in Machine Knitters Source magazine. I will never forget the day the magazine arrived in the mail with my pattern in it. I was so excited, and proud of myself! It validated my idea that I actually know what I'm doing when it comes to knitting.

I never did get around to translating it to the Japanese made machines. Probably because no one ever asked me to. It was fun while it lasted. I kind of miss those days when I was designing the toys. It was challenging to take something that pretty much had to be knitted flat and turn it into something three dimensional.

In 1999 I bought the needle craft shop in town and didn't have time for designing machine knitting patterns any more. Running a shop is a full time job. I found myself knitting models for the shop, and that was about all I had time for

The doll is about 18 inches tall and made with 3/15 weight acrylic yarn and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. She as some soft sculpture on her for toes, fingers, her face, and even a tiny little tush. Her hair is made of yarn that is sewn on and I have detailed instructions for how to do that. It comes with the pattern for the romper she's wearing too.

If you should happen to download and make this doll, I'd love to see pictures when you're done.

Linky-->     Precious Friend for Passap

Live long and prosper. \\//

A Pillow Pickup for Machine Knitting

This pattern is for machine knitting.

Pillow Pickup by Precious Knits

It was only natural that after making a car, I thought to make a truck. (One of these days I plan to make other vehicles too.)

The Pillow Pickup is written for the 4.5 standard gauge machines like Brother, Studio, Silver-Reed, and Toyota. I know most of these machines are no longer being manufactured, but there are still a lot of people out there who own and use them.

Finished size is about 12 inches long. The tailgate actually opens. The little people are 5 inches tall. Yarn used is a 3/15 (fingering) weight acrylic. It is stuffed with polyester fiberfill. The toy is completely machine washable if you use washable yarn, and safe for babies.  

Linky --->  The Pillow Pickup

I do my best to make these patterns accurate, but even still there might be errors. Please let me know if there are by posting a comment here.

Live long and prosper! \\//

Curly the Bear for Machine Knitting

Curly the Bear has what I think is an interesting story behind it. Before purchasing my first machine, I bought a few magazines. One of them had a pattern for a wonderful teddy bear in it for standard gauge Japanese machines. However, in the end, I bought a Passap double bed machine, which works differently than the Japanese ones. I still wanted to make that teddy bear though. So I asked my teacher about it (my Passap came with 10 lessons) and she said "Oh, you can't make stuffed animals on a Passap." I was quite taken aback by that. I thought the statement ludicrous. I determined to figure out how to do it on my own.

The magazine with the teddy bear pattern disappeared. To this day, I don't know where it is. So I ended up figuring out a way to make one on my own. Curly was the result. I took him to my very next lesson and pointed out that stuffed animals can too be made on a Passap.

This particular pattern, however , is not written for the Passap machine. (I'm not sure I'll even put it up here because I don't think there'd be an interest.) Japanese machine owners kept asking me to convert the pattern for their machines, so I did. For 4.5mm standard gauge knitting machines, I present:

Curly the Bear by Precious Knits

Knit in 3/15 (fingering) weight acrylic, there are instructions for two sizes of Curly. The pieces are knitted flat, then sewn. Polyester fiberfill is used for stuffing. The hair is knit on the machine, then sewn on to the head. I used purchased shank back eyes because once they are on they are impossible to take off, but one could embroider eyes on just as easily. Either way, they should be safe for babies.

Linky --->   Curly the Bear

I do my best to make these patterns accurate, but even still there might be errors. Please let me know if there are by posting a comment here.

Live long and prosper! \\// 

The Pillow Car - A Machine Knitting Pattern

This pattern is for machine knitting.

The Pillow Car by Precious Knits

Back in the 90's I was very much into knitting machines. (At one point I actually owned 9 of them. Now I have just 4- my favorites and the ones I would actually use.) I wrote and published a few patterns. This one appeared in the now defunct Machine Knitters Source magazine. Later, under the name Precious Knits, I sold it at machine knitting seminars (also teaching classes) and by mail order. I have decided to offer the few patterns here that I wrote for free to all those machine knitters who are still hanging in there. I'm starting with this one.

The Pillow Car is written for  the 4.5 standard gauge machines like Brother, Studio, Silver-Reed, and Toyota. I know most of these machines are no longer being manufactured, but there are still a lot of people out there who own and use them.

Finished size is about 10 inches long. The little people are 5 inches tall. Yarn used is a 3/15 (fingering) weight acrylic. The toy is completely machine washable if you use washable yarn, and safe for babies.  

Linky ----->    The Pillow Car