Autumn is such a magical time of the year. It washes away the last remnants of
summer with plenty of cold, wet showers and brings along the promise of chilly
winter nights snuggled under blankets with a cup of hot chocolate!
But before we reach the depths of winter, there’s Halloween! As a child growing
up in Belgium, it wasn’t really celebrated, so now I take every opportunity to
carve pumpkins (and make pumpkin pie!) and take my boys trick or treating while
they still love to dress up!
Yarn:
20g Sirdar Snuggly DK yarn per voodoo doll
A small amount of red yarn for the details
Needles:
3.5mm straight needles
Other supplies:
Toy stuffing
Tapestry needle
4 mm toy safety eyes
small buttons
black embroidery thread
Size:
12 cm tall
Abbreviations
[ ] x times: Knit the instructions between the brackets x amount of times.
; rep from to end: Repeat the instructions between the * and ; until the end of the row.
st(s): stitch(es)
K: knit, if followed by a number, knit that amount of stitches
P: purl
St st: stocking stitch: alternate a row of knitting and a row of purling.
G st: garter stitch: knit every row
K2tog: knit two stitches together knitwise.
P2tog: purl two stitches together purlwise.
Kfb: knit in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase.
Head and Body:
Using your chosen colour, cast on 8 sts
Row 1: [Kfb] 8 times. 16 sts
Row 2 and all even rows: P.
Row 3: [K1, kfb] 8 times. 24 sts
Row 5: [K1, kfb, k1] 8 times. 32 sts
Row 7: [K2, kfb, k1] 8 times. 40 sts
Row 9: [K2, kfb, k2] 8 times. 48 sts
Row 10-20: St st 11 rows.
Row 21: [K2, k2tog, k2] 8 times. 40 sts
Row 23: [K2, k2tog, k1] 8 times. 32 sts
Row 25: [K1, k2tog, k1] 8 times. 24 sts
Row 27: [K1, k2tog] 8 times. 16 sts
Row 29: [K1, kfb] 8 times. 24 sts
Row 31: [K1, kfb, k1] 8 times. 32 sts
Row 33: [K2, kfb, k1] 8 times. 40 sts
Row 34-42: St st 9 rows.
Row 43: [K2, k2tog, k1] 4 times, leaving the rem. 20 sts waiting. 16 sts
Row 45: [K1, k2tog, k1] 4 times. 12 sts
Row 47: [K1, k2tog] 4 times. 8 sts
Break yarn and thread through rem. Sts. Pull tight and fasten. Join yarn to the rem. 20 sts and repeat rows 43-47.
Using mattress sts sew along the side seam of each leg and then along the back of the body and head and stuff.
Secure eyes by adding either buttons or toy safety eyes, embroider some stitches for the smile and body markings or
embroider some love hearts!
Arms: make two
Using your chosen colour, cast on 12 sts
Row 1-6: St st 6 rows
Row 7: [Kfb, k1] 6 times. 18 sts
Row 8-10: St st 3 rows.
Row 11: [K2tog] 9 times. 9 sts
Break yarn and thread through rem. Sts. Pull tight and fasten. Using mattress sts sew along the side seam up to and stuff the lower part of the arm. Attach to either side of the body.
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