Celebrate Wool Week 2012 and knit your own Radley dog
PATTERN BY KATE HEPPELL
YOU WILL NEED
100g DK wool, black
10g DK wool, red
Pair of 3.25mm straight knitting needles
Tapestry needle for sewing up
Toy stuffing
ABBREVIATIONS
K
P
K2tog
P2tog
W&t
St st
Sts
Knit
Purl
Knit two stitches together
Purl two stitches together
Wrap and turn. Slip next st onto right hand needle,
take yarn to opposite side of work between needles,
slip same st back to left hand needle. Turn work ready
to begin working in the opposite direction.
Stocking stitch. Alternate knit and purl rows.
Stitches
TENSION
28 sts x 32 rows = 10cm measured over St st
FIRST SIDE
Cast on 34 sts in black.
Row 1
Sl1, purl to end.
Row 2
Sl1, k10, w&t, p7, w&t, k27, w&t, p16, w&t, k11, w&t, p7,
w&t, k to end.
Row 3
Sl1, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 33 sts
Row 4
Sl1, k2tog, k to end. 32 sts
Row 5
Sl1, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 31 sts
Row 6
Sl1, k2tog, k to end. 30 sts
Row 7
Sl1, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 29 sts
Row 8
Sl1, k2tog, k to end. 28 sts
Row 9
Rows 10-17
Row 18
Row 19
Row 20
Row 21
Row 23
Row 24
Row 25
Row 26
Row 27
Row 28
Row 29
Row 30
Row 31
Row 32
Row 33
Row 34
Row 36
Row 37
Row 38
Row 39
Row 40
Row 41
Row 42
Row 43
Row 44
Row 45
Row 46
Row 47
Row 48
Row 49
Row 50
Row 51
Row 52
Row 53
Cast off.
Sl1, p6, w&t, k5, kfb, k1, turn, cast off 8, p to last 3
sts, p2tog, p1. 21 sts
Work in St st, slipping first st of each row.
Sl1, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1. 22 sts
Sl1, pfb, p to end. 23 sts
Sl1, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1. 24 sts
Sl1, pfb, p to end. 25 sts
Sl1, k to last 2 sts, kfb. 26 sts
Sl1, pfb, p to last 2 sts, pfb, p1. 28 sts
Sl1, kfb, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1. 30 sts
Sl1, pfb, p to last 2 sts, pfb, p1. 32 sts
Sl1, k to end.
Sl1, p to end.
Cast on 3, k to end. 35 sts
Sl1, p to end.
Cast on 7, k to end. 42 sts
Sl1, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 41 sts
Sl1, k2tog, k to end. 40 sts
(short row): Sl1, p10, w&t, k9, kfb, k1. 41 sts
Cast off 14 sts, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 26 sts
Sl1, kfb, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
Sl1, p2tog, p to last 2 sts, pfb, p1.
Sl1, kfb, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
Sl1, p2tog, p to last 3 sts, p2tog, p1. 24 sts
Cast off 6 sts, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. 17 sts
Sl1, p2tog, p to end. 16 sts
Sl1, k2tog, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1.
Cast on 2 sts, p to end. 18 sts
Sl1, k2tog, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. 16 sts
Sl1, p2tog, p to end. 15 sts
Sl1, k2tog, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. 13 sts
Cast on 2 sts, p to end. 15 sts
Sl1, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. 14 sts
Sl1, p2tog, p to end. 13 sts
(short row): Sl1, k9, w&t, p to end.
Sl1, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. 11 sts
Sl1, p to end.
SECOND SIDE
Work same as first side but in reverse, replacing all knit sts
with purl etc.
GUSSET
Cast on 16 sts in black and work in St st until gusset reaches all the
way around the sides, with a few extra rows to allow for seam.
MAKING UP
With knit sides together, Stitch gusset first to one side and then
the other, starting on the underside. Stuff firmly and then stitch
up the gusset seam.
COLLAR
Cast on 4 sts in red. Work i-cord as follows:
*K4, without turning work, slip all sts back onto LH needle; rep from *.
Continue working i-cord until collar is long enough to reach
around the dog’s neck. Cast off, wrap around dog’s neck, stitch two
ends together.