Mr Strong ~ Designed by Jeanette Dawson
Instructions:
Main hat: Using 4mm needles cast on 28 stitches in Red
Rows 1-2: Knit
Rows 3-17: Starting with a knit row stocking stitch 14 rows
Cast off purl wise even though it is a knit row.
Hands – make 2
Cast on 10 sts in red 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: Cast on 10 stitches in Green
Rows 1-8: Starting with a knit row stocking stitch 8 rows
Row 9: (K2tog)rpt to end (5 sts)
Row 10: (P2tog)rpt to end (3sts)
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Making Up:
Body: Sew side seam and top of hat inside out. Turn right side out. Add 2 circles of black felt for eyes and a black yarn smile.
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. Push the top of the hat inwards a little bit to get shape and put a stitch in to secure. Take a look at picture to see what I mean. Put a couple of stitches through the black felt brim then sew to the hat as seen in picture.