SIZE

6 inches tall

MATERIALS

Waste and scrap DK yarns were used to complete this project. A recommended yarn and colors to use for the project would be:

Sirdar Bonus DK [100% acrylic, 306 yards/280 meters per 3.5 ounce/100 gram ball];

#964 Oatmeal
#947 Chocolate
#963 Flesh Tone
#961 White
#977 Signal Red
#886 Bright Green
#959 Lilac
#889 Stone
#965 Black

 

Recommended needle sizes

US #2/2.75 mm straight knitting needles

NOTIONS

Polyester stuffing
Tapestry needle
Red coloring pencil
Scrap pieces of yarn to mark rows and stitches

GAUGE

7 sts and 9 rows = 1 inch in St st
Exact gauge is not too important, but take care to ensure that your knitting is tight enough so that the stuffing will not show through.

PATTERN NOTES

Each toy is created from the same basic body shape. The basic shapes is listed first, followed by details of how to knit each individual toy.

Increases are worked by knitting into the front and into the back of the same st.

Skills Required

Seaming, embroidery

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INSTRUCTIONS

BASIC BODY

Cast on 30 sts using main body color.
Row 1: Purl across.
Row 2: Inc in each st across: 60 sts.
Rows 3-17: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 15 rows.
Row 18: (K8, K2tog) across: 54 sts.
Rows 19-23: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 5 rows.
Row 24: (K7, K2tog) across: 48 sts.
Rows 25-29: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 5 rows.
Row 30: (K6, K2tog) across: 42 sts.
Rows 31-35: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 5 rows.
Row 36: (K5, K2tog) across: 36 sts.
Rows 37 and 38: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 2 rows. Break off main body color and join on head color for head.
Row 39: Purl across.
Row 40: (K2, inc) across: 48 sts.
Rows 41-57: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 17 rows. Mark the center of Row 50 with a colored thread.

Head Shaping

Row 1: (K2, K2tog) across: 36 sts.
Row 2: Purl across.
Row 3: (K1, K2tog) across: 24 sts.
Row 4: Purl across.
Row 5: K2tog across: 12 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to close.

BASIC HAIR

Using specified color, cast on 52 sts.
Rows 1-17: Knit across.
Row 18: (K2, K2tog) across: 39 sts.
Row 19: Knit across.
Row 20: (K1, K2tog) across: 26 sts.
Row 21: Knit across.
Row 22: K2tog across: 13 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to gather.

BASIC ARM (make 2)

Using main body color, cast on 12 sts.
Rows 1-10: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 10 rows.
Break off main body color and join on hand color.
Rows 11-14: Work in St st for 4 rows.
Row 15: K2tog across: 6 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to gather.

BASIC FACE

The eyes are worked in black yarn on the marked row. Mark the point for each eye 1 clear knitted st either side of the center marked stitch. Bring the yarn out at this point.  Work a straight stitch upwards over 2 knitted rows. Repeat twice. Fasten off yarn.
The nose is worked just below the centre marked stitch. Use the head color to work 5-6 stitches, one on top of the other, over the stitch below the marked stitch.
For the mouth, use red yarn to make a small 'v' shape 2-3 rows under the nose.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Use Bright Green for the main body and arms, and Flesh Tone for the head and hands.  Use Chocolate for the hair.

CAPE

Using Signal Red, cast on 42 sts.
Rows 1-3: Knit across.
Rows 4-11: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 8 rows.
Row 12: (K4, K2tog) across: 35 sts.
Row 13: Purl across. Mark each end of row with a colored thread.
Row 14: (K6, inc) across: 40 sts.
Row 15: Purl across.
Row 16: (K7, inc) across: 45 sts.
Rows 17-41: Beginning with a purl row, work in St st for 25 rows.
Shape top of cape:
Row 1: K40; turn
Row 2: Slip 1, P34; turn.
Row 3: Slip 1, K29; turn.
Row 4: Slip 1, P24; turn.
Row 5: Slip 1, K20; turn.
Row 6: Slip 1, P16; turn.
Row 7: Slip 1, K12; turn.
Row 8: Slip 1, P8; turn.
Row 9: Slip 1, knit across.
Row 10: Purl across.
Bind off remaining sts.

BASKET

Main Part

Using Oatmeal, cast on 6 sts.
Row 1: Inc in each st across: 12 sts.
Row 2: Purl across.
Row 3: (K1, inc) across: 18 sts.
Row 4: Purl across.
Row 5: (K2, inc) across: 24 sts.
Row 6: Knit across.
Rows 7-9: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 3 rows.
Bind off all sts.

Handle

Using Oatmeal, cast on 18 sts.
Bind off all sts.

Picnic Blanket

Using White, cast on 12 sts.
Rows 1-12: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 12 rows.
Bind off all sts.

GRANNY

Use Lilac for main body and sleeves, and Flesh Tone for head and hands. Use Stone for the hair.

HAIR BUN

Using Stone, cast on 28 sts.
Rows 1-6: Knit across.
Rows 7 and 8: K2tog across: 7 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to gather.

COLLAR

Using White, cast on 81 sts.
Row 1: K1, (yo, K2tog) across
Row 2: (P1, P2tog) across: 54 sts.
Row 3: (K1, K2tog) across: 36 sts.
Row 4: Purl across.
Bind off remaining sts.

WOLF

Use Chocolate for whole body and both arms; do not change color for the head or hands.

NOSE

Using Chocolate, cast on 10 sts.
Rows 1-6: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 6 rows.
Break off Chocolate and join on Black.
Row 7: K2tog across: 5 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to gather.

EAR (make 2)

Using Chocolate, cast on 10 sts.
Rows 1-4: Beginning with a knit row, work in St st for 4 rows.
Row 5: (K2tog, K3) twice: 8 sts.
Row 6: Purl across.
Row 7: (K2tog, K2) twice: 6 sts.
Row 8: Purl across.
Row 9: K2tog across: 3 sts.
Break off a long length of yarn, thread yarn through remaining sts, pulling tightly to gather.

TAIL

Using Chocolate, cast on 30 sts.
Row 1: Knit across.
Bind off all sts.

FINISHING

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Seam the back edge of the body from the top down. Turn right side out and stuff firmly.  Use a length of Bright Green to gather the cast on sts, pull up tightly and fasten off. Use a length of Flesh Tone yarn to sew running sts around the base of the head.  Pull these sts up a little to shape the neck further.
Embroider on the basic face. Use a red coloring pencil to lightly rub over the cheeks to give a slight flush to the face.

Place the hair on the head, leaving about 5-6 rows between the hair and the eyes at the top of the face. Sew in position. Use a length of Chocolate yarn to work a few small 'daisy' stitches as a fringe (refer to photo for placement guide).
Seam row ends of arms. Stuff hands, but leave rest of arms very loose. Position arms on the side of the body and sew in place.
Fold bound off edge of cape in half and seam. Place cape over head, with row ends to the front. Catch the marked row ends under the chin and sew together in position. Use Signal Red to sew a small bow at this point.
Seam row ends of basket. Gather cast on sts, pull up tightly and fasten off. Sew row ends of handle to basket on opposite sides of basket. Gather around all edges of picnic blanket and pull up slightly to make it into a 'puff' shape. Place into the basket and catch in place with a few stitches.

GRANNY

Make up body, arms, face and hair as for Little Red Riding Hood.
Seam row ends of hair bun. Stuff firmly. Position on back of top of head, over the top of the main hair piece. Sew in position.
Place collar around neck and seam the row ends together.
Use a length of Stone yarn to work 3 sets of 2-3 backstitches down the front of the body as buttons (use photo as a placement guide).

WOLF

Make up body and arms as for Little Red Riding Hood.
Embroider only the eyes from the Basic Face instructions. Sew two downward slanting backstitches over the eyes as angry/cross eyebrows.

Seam row ends of nose. Stuff firmly. Position on face, just below the eyes and sew in place.
Fold ears in half and seam row ends. Position ears on top of head and sew in place.
Sew one end of the tail to the bottom of the body at the back.

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