Do
you remember that heatwave we had in the summer? Well, when all the
sensible people had put down their knitting and were heading to the
beach, I was hiding indoors (it was unbearably hot for most of the
third trimester of my pregnancy) and knitting these beauties: Mr.
Happy and Little Miss Sunshine stockings.
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| Image copyright Practical Publishing |
The
Mr. Men and Little Miss characters have long been favourites of mine,
so I was delighted when I was asked to design these stockings –
their bright colours and bold lines translate perfectly to intarsia.
To make them extra special, I included a couple of three-dimensional
finishing touches: Little Miss Sunshine's pigtails are made from
plaits, and Mr. Happy's hat is finished with a mini pom pom (top tip
here: make a bigger pom pom and trim it down; this approach is much
less fiddly than making a tiny pom pom!). If you love both
characters, or can't decide which one to knit, why not knit Mr. Happy
on one face of the stocking and Little Miss Sunshine on the other?
The
stockings are knitted flat from the top down and combine stranded and
intarsia colourwork: the snowflake panels are knitted using stranded
colourwork and the characters knitted using the intarsia technique.
The heel is knitted using short rows. Once the knitting is complete,
the name is added using duplicate stitch and the stocking is seamed.
The
patterns for the stockings are included with print copies of the
current issue of Knit Now magazine (Issue
94),* and the patterns include full alphabets for you to
personalise your stockings. I would love to see your finished
stockings, so why not post them on Instagram and tag me
(@vikkibirddesigns),
or add a Ravelry project page and link it to the pattern page?**
The
stockings are knitted in Hayfield
Bonus DK,** a cheap and cheerful 100% acrylic yarn that
comes in a myriad of colours.
*Note
that for licensing reasons, the patterns are not included with
international or digital copies of the magazine. This issue goes off
sale tomorrow (Wednesday 31st October 2018), but you can order a copy
via MoreMags.
***Affiliate
link.
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