fairy cake pattern

Vera Douglas is one talented knitter. Not only did her dreadlocked hat win hat of the week last week, but she's also come up with a rather beautiful new fairy cake pattern for us.

Take it away Vera.

1. Cast on 28 stitches in the baking case colour (using your double knitting yarn needles as for beginners hat) leaving a 20cm piece of wool at the beginning for sewing up later.

2. Knit 2 rows

3.Starting with Knit row and working in stocking stitch (1 row Knit 1 row Purl) work 7 seven rows.

4 Next row Knit (this would have been a purl row before)

5. Change to your icing colour - go on go mad. and do 4 more rows in stocking stitch.

6. Next row Knit 2tog all across to last stitch K1

7 next row Purl 2tog all across to last end (7 st)

Now you have finished cut the yarn to about 20 cm. Thread this through a sewing needle and run it through the loops removing the needle. Tighten the yarn and sew the cake up the side seam (Tip - use this long end to sew the icing, use the long thread you left at the beginning for the case)

Mount the cake on a bottle and add a button, beads or anything else that looks nice.

Job done.

Thank you Vera, you're a star.

Comments

[Kim Lathe]

I think this pattern is great. Its a simple but very effective one which I hope to use when teaching the beginers knitters.

[jobs in austin]

Your ideas are excellent! Thank you for showing them to us.