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Mr Chatterbox ~ Designed by Jeanette Dawson

Instructions:
Main hat Using 4mm needles cast on 28 sts in bright pink
Rows 1-2: Knit
Rows 3-18: Starting with a knit row SS 16 rows
Row 19: (K2tog) rpt to end (14 sts)
Row 20: (P2tog) rpt to end (7 sts)
B & T

Hands: make 2
Cast on 10 sts in bright pink leaving a long tail of wool
Row 1: Cast off 5 sts knit remaining sts (5sts)
Row 2: Purl to end of row. Cast on 5 sts (10sts)
Row 3: Cast off 5 sts and knit to end of row
Rows 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 same as row 2
Rows 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 same as row 3
Row 15 cast off all sts leave a long tail of wool

Hat: Main part of little hat in green cast on 10 sts
Rows 1-6: Starting with a K row SS 6 rows.
Row 7: K2tog to end of row (5sts)
B&T

Making Up:
Head: Sew up row ends add 2 black circles of felt for eyes and a large black smiley mouth in felt.
Hands: To make up you will have 8 fingers fold in half right side out, and put 2 fingers together all the way along you will now have 4 fingers doubled. Over sew all up side and round the fingers and down other side. Sew on the sides of main hat. Take a look at picture if you’re not sure.
Hat: Cut a strip of black felt for brim.  Sew row ends together and lightly stuff sew bottom of hat up. Sew a few sts to brim of hat and then sew to main hat. Take a look at the pic for guidance.