I have seen some of the adorable Woobies that some of you have posted in the what’cha Knittin’ forum. I am thinking about making one of these as a gift for a co-worker who recently had a baby. I haven’t purchased the pattern yet, but I went to Ravelry and looked at the different designs. It looks like a fun pattern to knit, but I have a couple of questions.
First, I noticed that the size of the blanket is about 14" square. I am guessing that the Woobie would be used at the toddler stage. Is 14" a little small for a toddler’s blanket? Should I make it a little larger? Maybe use worsted weight yarn?
It’s not a blanket. It’s a lovey…some kids drag around a full size blanket so this is a small combination of a blanket and stuffed toy. It’s can be used by babies, but most likely from a year up.
It was not hard and the pattern is written very well. I got the zebra and liked it so much I ended up buying the ebook. Well worth the price IMO.
I had never seen these until I saw yours and others posted. They are just adorable! Thanks for the information. I think it will be hard to decide which design to choose. I can see why you decided to purchase the book!
I knitted my woobies out of Caron Simply Soft, what I would call a light worsted weight, using size 4 needles, and they turned out to be 18" square, which is a good size. I am finishing up my 5th one now, and have enjoyed doing them. I have been using Caron S S for lots of children’s sweaters, afghans, etc. and had enough left-overs for 3 of the woobies.
I tried a couple yarns in different weights and wasn’t happy with them. It isn’t a blanket so I didn’t want it blanket sized. I ended up buying the yarn suggested (superwash Cascade 220 sport) and loved working with it and it washed up beautifully. Blocked well, too.
Superwash can be washed in the machine; usually you have to put it in the dryer to ‘shrink’ it back to the knit size, otherwise it stretches out a lot.
Oh gosh…I don’t remember for sure, but I think I machine washed it and put it in the dryer, but I use a laundry bag most likely. I have more yarn for another one so I’ll keep better track then.
I then decided to block it because I felt it needed it. I wet blocked it by spraying the parts I wanted blocked and then pinned them on a KP blocking board.
I haven’t washed, or blocked any of my woobies, and they look fine. I might mention that these woobies are for my DGC’s (for Christmas), and their ages (by Christmas) will be 2 to 9 years old. So they are not infants. That is one reason the bigger size is fine. Also, even the 9-yr-old will love her woobie (the zebra). Her last birthday party had a jungle theme.
Mine looked fine pre-blocking, but it looked even better when it was blocked. Might be the difference in yarns, the way we knit or just different expectations. Since it was a baby shore gift I decided to give it a try and was quite happy with the results.
