How to knit a giant Lego brick doorstop

I was racking my brains for an idea for the build with yarn contest when I came up with this:
How to make a giant Lego brick doorstop using yarn, a brick and some bottle caps

Step 1: Equipment

I used:
1 ball of brightly coloured yarn - mine was red acrylic DK (double knitting) aka worsted
1 house brick
some wadding
8 plastic bottle caps
a little sewing thread

4mm knitting needles
a large needle to sew the knitted sections together
a sharp needle to tack the wadding
some pins to hold stuff in place

Comments

[fifipoodlebum]

I have always loved this. Today I finally signed up with my own Instructables account and thought I should come straight over here and tell you this!

[alisonb]

This is fantastic!

[lizzyastro]

Thanks, it was fun to make and straightforward enough for a fairly new knitter.

[MicioGatta]

That's great, it's a pity I can't knit. I hope I'll find the pattern for crochet ;)

[lizzyastro]

All you need to make is 6 panels the correct dimensions to cover your brick, and 8 circular-ish pieces to cover the lids for the knobs. Unfortunately I don't crochet, so can't advise further.

[MicioGatta]

Done! I've done it as a crocheted box, as a 2x2 Lego brick. Thank you for the idea!
(The colous is bright red, even if in the photo looks like fucsia....)

[vhart1]

Do you have instructions? I really want to get into those stuff. :)

[lizzyastro]

That is really neat - you should write an Instructable on how you did it.

I had the same problem with the red looking fuchsia in flash photos.

Lizzy

[MicioGatta]

Thank you! :) Yes, I thought about it, but I didn't want to "copy" you. So, if it's okay for you I'll try. I'm not a native English speaker, I hope I can do it well!

[MicioGatta]

I'0ve done my first istructable! http://www.instructables.com/id/Lego-brick-crocheted-box/ Thank you Lizzy!!!!!!!

[MicioGatta]

I love it too much, I've made another one, bigger.

[5STARGBLOOD]

i just finishd makin my own bricks i used left over plywood that i had made a box and 2 pieces of wood tht would fit inside it like a lid tht would rest in side the box to seperate the breicks i made 2 bricks out of quickcrete they luk gud

[godofal]

this has officially made knitting AWESOME!
good job!

[GlitterGrrl]

KNITTING was ALREADY 'officaly awesome'!!!!!

[godofal]

heh, not in my book it wasnt :P

[GlitterGrrl]

But it is NOW, and since it's 'official', it can't be changed.
Hah!!

[godofal]

well, officially, official things can change ;)

[chicopluma]

legotastic

[StoryAddict]

This is SO cute! What a great idea!

[xAxrules]

AWESOME.

Now if I only knew how to knit...

[DELETED_jorgegunn]

these are simple peices too you might be able to do them on a knitting loom, and use a small circular one for the bottle caps

[lizzyastro]

Thanks!

All you need to do is look for the right Instructable

[ChrysN]

Love it! So if you make a whole bunch you can build a house with it.

[lizzyastro]

One of my sons made a similar comment :-)

[Mike73]

Awesome. If I would knit, I would so make one, too. But with my inexperience in knitting, I guess it'd take me until retirement :-)

[lizzyastro]

Thank you. It is all done with easy knit & purl, nothing fancy at all. If you used a chunky yarn I'm sure it wouldn't take too many years :-)

[jessandstavro]

This has 'winner!' written all over it! Good luck, it's really great!