The Wooltermelon
by Juliet Bernard
Strawberry
Advanced Pattern
Intermediate
Pattern
For this one you should use yellow and red double knit yarn, and you’ll
also need some green for the stalk and leaves.
You will need some green, cream and pink 4 ply yarn and 36 black beads.
Knitting
Knitting
1.1.
2.
3.2.
Cast
onyour
36 stitches
in green.
Using
red double
knitting yarn and some small needles, cast on
Work
2
rows
of
K1
P1
rib.
28 stitches.
K2 rows.
starting
a knit row
working
Change
to Then,
stocking
stitchwith
beginning
withand
a knit
row. in stocking stitch
throughout ((Knit 1 row, Purl 1 row, repeat)) do the 12 rows as shown below.
4. Work 1 row in green, 2 rows in cream or light pink and 5 rows
in a darker pink.
5. Sew on the beads evenly across your hat.
6. Row 18 – P2 tog across all stitches (18 stitches).
7.
Row 19 – K2 tog across all stitches (9 stitches).
8. Row 20 – P2 tog 4 times, K1(5 stitches).
9.
Fasten off by threading yarn through 5st and drawing tight.
10. Make a bobble in cream.
11. Sew your juicy watermelon up at the side and attach
your bobble to the top.
12. Show it off a bit, then get it in the post.
3. For the next row, using green, K2 together across all stitches (14 st), then
for the next row P2 together to end (7 stitches), followed by the next row
which isthe
K1,yarn
K2 together
times
(4 again.
stitches).
pulling
tight andthree
knitting
them
Repeat six
This
l-cord from
and will
be the
stalk.
4. times.
Transfer
theis4anstitches
the right
to strawberry’s
the left needle,
5. To finish, K2 together twice then pass the first stitch
over the second. Fasten off by pulling the yarn
through the last switch.
6. Make up by sewing the side seams together and
finish off by threading the yarn down the
strawberry stalk.
Abbreviations K – Knit P – Purl Tog – Together St st – stocking stitch St – stitches PB – place bead
Thanks for knitting a little hat for The Big Knit this year. Your creation will go onto one of
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Please send your hats to The Big Knit, Fruit Towers, 342 Ladbroke Grove, W10 5BU.