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Ever since the EDF energy bought out their new advert with their new little mascot Zingy. I fell in love with him - I know most of the country also fell in love with Zingy.
If you have not ever seen Zingy before, below is a Video of him!
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Since then I have wanted a soft toy of Zingy, I even went to the EDF energy web site. To find out they have NO on-line shop and NO Zingy soft toy. Which I think most of us have been to have a look.
A little while later I wondered if there was a knitting pattern for Zingy. So I went on-line to search and Bingo!!! I found one but you had to pay for the pattern, and I was not going to do that. Then after re-searching again I found another one, a free knitting pattern. But you had to knit Zingy on round needle's, which I have not yet used.
So I decided to change the pattern so I could use two normal knitting needles. I used 3¼ needles for the body, eye's and 2¼ needle for the nose.
Pattern for Zingy
Using 3¼ needles - Cast on 9sts in the colour for the body
Row 1: Inc into every stitch, until you have 18sts
Row 2: Knit
Row 3: Inc into every stitch, until you have (36sts)
Row 4: Knit
Row 5: Knit
Row 6: Knit
Row 7: Knit
Row 8: Knit
Row 9: Knit
Row 10: Knit
Row 11: Knit
Row 12: Knit
Row 13: Knit
Row 14: Knit
Row 15: Knit
Row 16: Knit
Row 17: Knit
Row 18: Knit
Row 19: Knit
Row 20: Knit
Row 21: Knit
Row 22: Knit 2together all along row, until you have 18sts
Row 23: Knit
Row 24: Knit 1, Knit 2together all along row, until you have 12sts
Row 25: Knit
Row 26: *Knit 1, Inc; repeat from * until you have 18sts
Row 27: Knit
Row 28: *Knit 2, Inc; repeat from * until you have 24sts
Row 29: Knit
Row 30: *Knit 3, Inc; repeat from * until you have 30sts
Row 31: Knit
Row 32: *Knit 4, Inc; repeat from * until you have 36sts
Row 33: Knit
Row 34: *Knit 8 , Inc; repeat from * until you have 40sts
Row 35: Knit
Row 36: Knit
Row 37: Knit
Row 38: Knit
Row 39: *Knit 8 ,knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 36sts
Row 40: Knit
Row 41: *Knit 4, knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 30sts
Row 42: Knit
Row 43: *Knit 3, knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 24sts
Row 44: Knit
Row 45: *Knit 2, knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 18sts
Row 46: Knit
Row 47: *Knit 1, knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 12sts
Row 48: Knit
Row 49: *Knit 2together, repeat from * until you have 6sts
Row 50: Knit
Row 51: Knit
Row 52: Knit 1 , Knit 2together, Knit 1, Knit 2together, until you have 4sts
Row 53: Knit
Row 54: Knit 2together until you have 2sts
Then thread the end thorough the 2stitches!
Eye's - you will need to make two!
Using 3¼ needles Cast on 15 stitches in white
Row 1: Knit
Cast Off
Using 2¼ needles - Cast on 5 stitches in black for the Centre of the eye!
Cast off
Nose
Using2¼ needles - Cast on 2stitches in black
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Inc into every stitch until you have 4sts
Row 3: Knit 2togther, twice, 2sts
Cast off
How to make up Zingy
The Body
Take the body and sew from the top of the head using invisible stitching. Until you get to the bit the goes in (I call it the neck) before the body.
Using toy stuffing, stuff the head - until you are happy with it.
Change ends and start sewing from the bottom end of the body, still using the invisible stitching. Until you have a opening in the back of him.
Then finish stuffing him. While doing this remember to shape as you go.
Once you have done that finish sewing up.
The eye's and nose
Take one of the white piece’s and sew while curling it flat. Do the same for the other white piece, so you have two white circles.
Do the same with the black piece’s., so you have two black circles.
Take one white and one black circle and sew the black circle onto the white one, to make an eye! Do the same with the other white and black circle.
Sew the eyes onto the head of the body.
Sew the nose just below the eyes on the head.
Your Zingy should look like this!
< Please don’t to the same mistake as me
and knit the black bits of the eyes on 3¼.
I have made another one but just need to get some more toy stuff
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Just like in the advert Zingy loves the computer.
I caught him the other night checking out my twitter page! You can follow me on twitter
Please let me know what you all think? or How you get on with making your very own Zingy?
