GARLiC

KNITTING PATTERN BY AMANDA BERRY

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YARN

Sirdar, Hayfield Bonus DK, 100% Acrylic,

DK weight yarn (double knitting or light
worsted weight); less than 15g in each
colour

Green: shade “Grass”

Cream: shade “Cream”

Tension 6 sts x 8 rows per 2.5cm square

NEEDLES & NOTIONS

A pair of straight 2.75mm (US 2) knitting

needles; minimum length 20cm

A tapestry needle for seaming

A few handfuls of toy filling

Two 6mm toy safety eyes

SIZE

One size - the garlic is 6cm wide x 7cm tall

(including the leaf)

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 Row 1 (RS): Knit.
KEY
Row 2 (WS): P1, [k1, p1] 8 times, p1.

k Knit Row 3: K1, [kfb, p1] 8 times, k1. (26 sts)

kfb Knit into the front and back increase Row 4: P1, [k1, p2] 8 times, p1.

k2tog Knit two stitches together decrease Row 5: K1, [kfb, k1, p1] 8 times, k1. (34 sts)

p Purl Row 6: P1, [k1, p3] 8 times, p1.

RS Right side Row 7: K1, [kfb, k2, p1] 8 times, k1. (42 sts)

st(s) Stitch(es) Row 8: P1, [k1, p4] 8 times, p1.

WS Wrong side Row 9: K1, [k4, p1] 8 times, k1.

Rows 10 to 15: Rep rows 8 and 9 three more times.

On row 15 mark the 19th and 23rd stitches as a guide
NOTES for inserting the eyes.

Row 16: Rep row 8.

CASTING ON Row 17: K1, [k2tog, k2, p1] 8 times, k1. (34 sts)

Use the cable cast on unless otherwise specified, Row 18: P1, [k1, p3] 8 times, p1.
and leave a 30cm yarn tail for seaming.
Row 19: K1, [k2tog, k1, p1] 8 times, k1. (26 sts)
PULL THROUGH TO CAST OFF
Row 20: P1, [k1, p2] 8 times, p1.
Break the yarn leaving a 30cm tail, thread the tail
Row 21: K1 [k2tog, p1] 8 times, k1. (18 sts)
onto a tapestry needle and thread through the
stitches on the knitting needle, pulling them off the Row 22: P1, [k1, p1] 8 times, p1.
needle and onto the yarn, and pull tight to gather Row 23: K1, [k2tog, k1] 5 times, k2. (13 sts)
the sts together.
Row 24: Purl.
SEAMING
Row 25: K1, [k2tog] 5 times, k2. (8 sts)
Use your cast on/off tails for seaming in mattress
stitch; a one stitch seam allowance has been Rows 26 to 28: Starting on a WS purl row work 3
included in the pattern. rows in stockinette.

MARKING STITCHES Row 29: [K2tog] 4 times. (4 sts)

Use stitch markers or thread a piece of waste yarn Pull through to cast off.
through the stitch to be marked as a guide for
inserting the eyes when making up.
MAKING UP

Remove the stitch markers and insert the toy safety

KNITTING PATTERN eyes.

Sew the side edges of the garlic together, adding

stuffing as you sew, and gather the cast on sts
GARLIC
together at the bottom to finish.
Make 1.
For the leaf cast on 6 sts in green, then cast off all
Cast on 18 sts in cream yarn on straight 2.75mm sts to make a small strip of knitting. Sew one end of
needles. the leaf onto the top of the garlic.
Start at the bottom.

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