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

• Using 2¼ needles - Cast on 2 stitches 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

1. 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.
2. Using toy stuffing, stuff the head - until you are happy with it.
3. 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.
4. Then finish stuffing him. While doing this remember to shape as you go.
5. Once you have done that finish sewing up.

The eye's and nose

1. 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.
2. Do the same with the black piece’s., so you have two black circles.
3. 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.
4. Sew the eyes onto the head of the body.
5. 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?