Knitting Journal: Superhero Soft Toys

  

I thought I would share the superhero soft toys  I have been knitting for presents.  I thought they would make the perfect present so decided to knit their favourite superhero's - Spiderman and Batman for them to play and have adventures with. 

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Project details

Project: Super hero soft toys

Start date:  December 2021

Finish date: January 2021

Status: Finished

Patterns used and the designers: 

• Batman by Stana D. Sortor at Stana Critters (link to pattern goes to love crafts)
• Spiderman by Irene Mc Cormick at IJ Makes (link to pattern goes to love crafts)

* Please note these are not afilitate links and none of the links in this post are either. 

Pattern skills needed

• Cast on 
• Cast off
• Knit
• Purl
• Stocking stitch
• How to change colours at the start of a row 
• Knit in the round -Batman
• Picking up stitches -Batman
• Knit in the front and back (KFB) - Batman
• Knit three stitches together (K3tog) - Batman
• Slip Slip Knit (SSK) - Batman
• Purl into the front and back (PFB) -Batman
• Increase -Batman
• How to change colours in the middle of a row - Spiderman
• Knit two together (K2tog) - Spiderman
• Purl two together (P2tog) - Spiderman

[Start of image description for above image: a sage green rectangle with a white rectangle at the top and the words "knitting journal" and the words "Superhero soft toys". Underneath is three photos the first is of a finished knitted spiderman on a wooden table, the second photo is the head of a knitted batman and the third photo is of a knitted batmans legs and feet. End of image description. End of image description.]

Materials 

Yarn weight: DK/8Ply but used Aran/10ply in yellow as had no 8ply yellow yarn)

Yarn used:  

• Grey - Batman
• White - Batman
• Peach - Batman
• Sunshine [Yellow] aran by Caron from Love Crafts (used this aran/10ply as I had no 8ply/dk yellow) - Batman
• Black - Batman and Spiderman
• Red - Spiderman
• Blue - Spiderman

Place yarn bought from: 

• Love Crafts (links to Caron)
• $2 Shop rest of yarn 
• Scrap yarn  (not sure where I got it from as it has no label)

Needle sizes used: 

• 3.75mm straight needles (15cm long) - for Batman
• 3mm straight needles (30cm long) - for Spiderman

Other tools used:

• Scissors
• Yarn needle/ tapestry needle 
• Tape measure 
• Toy stuffing 

Project

My children love superhero's and these one's are their favourite so I thought I'd knit them and put them away for gifts. Now they will be able to have their own adventures with their Batman and Spiderman soft toys and also take these to bed to snuggle with.

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a Batman soft toy laying on top of it, the Batman has been stitched up at the top and had the arms stitched on along with the ears. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a spiderman soft toy laying on top of it, the spiderman has been stitched up. End of image description.]

Spiderman Soft Toy 

The Spiderman one was easy to knit up and the instructions tell you how they colour changes using two balls of the red making which is good for an advanced beginner or a knitter who hasn't used this technique before.   This knitted up really well and I'm so happy with how it turned out.  The designer said you could stitch on the white bits for Spiderman's face to make the web but they had tried and it was tricky? Here is a few o.k alot of photo's of the Spiderman and progress along the way. 

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Spiderman's head, chest and some of the left arm. The spider has been embroided on. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toy body, legs and feet. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a spiderman  laying on top of it with a close up of Spiderman's legs and feet. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toys left arm that is unstitched. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toys right arm that is unstitched. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toy that is unstitched. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toys left arm that has been stitched up. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toys right arm that has been stitched up. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of a Spiderman soft toys head, arms and some of his chest. End of image description.]

Batman Soft Toy

The Batman one was easy to knit up using the double pointed needles and had the added bonus of not much stitching up later on just for the arms, the cape and the ears.  The instructions included a chart  and written instructions for doing the face of Batman. While it said to pick up and knit the stitches for the cape you could just cast on the stitches you needed to pick up which is also good for someone who finds it daunting or does not know how to. 

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's head you can also see the arms and the chest of the Batman too. End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's logo on his chest with the batman symbol embroided on the yellow emblem. End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's left arm, you can also see the head and the body of the Batman too. End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's right arm, you can also see the head and the body of the Batman too. End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's belt, legs and feet . End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of Batman's head, arms and chest. End of image description.]  

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a close up of the back of Batman that shows off Batman's cape. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a finished knitted Batman. End of image description.]  

I love how both of these turned out and know the children will love them too having adventures with their new soft toys.  I'll probably find them reading stories to them and sitting with them to watch their favourite superhero movies and cartoons too. 

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a knitted batman laying on top of it ready to gift. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A wooden table with a knitted spiderman laying on top of it ready to gift . End of image description.]

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[Start of image description for above image: a sage green rectangle with a white rectangle at the top and the words "knitting journal" and the words "Superhero soft toys". Underneath is three photos the first is of a finished knitted Batman on a wooden table, the second photo is the head of a knitted Spiderman and the third photo is of a knitted Spiderman legs and feet. End of image description. End of image description.]

Thank you for visiting Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits!

I'll keep updating this knitting journal and try to update it monthly. Happy knitting friends, what is  currently on your needles? 

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