All Things Hold Together

Someone posted a comment on my old Crafty Mama blog asking me for directions for one of my projects. I thought I would post them here for everyone to read.

I made this Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber for Little E using my Knifty Knitter round looms. Bob and Larry are, of course, the licensed characters from Big Idea Productions‘ Veggie Tales series. These are only for personal use, since these are copyrighted characters.

To make Larry, I followed this pattern for a neck roll on the Provo Craft website. Actually, I made a purple neck roll for myself and Little E started calling it Larry Cucumber, which sounded more like “Lay Cucumin,” so I thought I would take a crack at making a Larry. Bob soon followed.

I made 47 rows, using a green yarn and stuffed it with fiberfill. I then cut facial features out of felt, using a picture as my guide, and hot glued them on. I found it was easier to glue all the parts together - ie. glue the pupils and eyelids on the eyes - before gluing it on the body.

To make Bob, I used the next loom up in size (the red one). I made it shorter - around 22 rows - and used red yearn. Again, I cut the features out of felt. Don’t forget the green felt top. I glued just the center of the top on, so the leaves would curl up a little around the edges.

Looking at them now - I brought them out here to count the rows - they are not to scale. I think Larry should only be about 36 or so rows, but you can use your own judgment. This is just to get you started - use your own imagination to put your own crafty touch on it!