9cm high #xmas #cordpeople

Equipment

• 4ply yarn 1 or 2 colurs
• set of 2.5mm DPNs (Double pointed knitting needles) —3mm or 3.5mm with dk, aran 4mm

How to

• Cat on 18 stitches
• rib or moss stitch 8 rows

• 16 row stocking stitch, all stitches knit

  divide into ½ 9 stitches on each part

• stocking stitch 8 or rows turn heel k5 turn slip 1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k2tog turn slip 1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k1 k2 tog turn slip 1 p1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k2 k2 tog turn slip 1 p2 p2 tog knit all stiches accross and k 7 stitches up side knit accoss top k 7 stitches down heel flap

• continue in round k2 tog and k2 tog through back loop stiches before top every other round until you have 18 stitches in round

• knit 10 rounds

• decrease each side of toe every other row until 6 stiches in round

• finish off , I used Kichener stitch

• sew in ends

9cm high

Equipment

• 4ply yarn 1 or 2 colurs
• set of 2.5mm DPNs (Double pointed knitting needles) —3mm or 3.5mm with dk, aran 4mm

How to

• Cat on 18 stitches
• rib or moss stitch 8 rows

• 16 row stocking stitch, all stitches knit

  divide into ½ 9 stitches on each part

• stocking stitch 8 or rows turn heel k5 turn slip 1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k2tog turn slip 1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k1 k2 tog turn slip 1 p1 p2 tog turn slip 1 k2 k2 tog turn slip 1 p2 p2 tog knit all stiches accross and k 7 stitches up side knit accoss top k 7 stitches down heel flap

• continue in round k2 tog and k2 tog through back loop stiches before top every other round until you have 18 stitches in round

• knit 10 rounds

• decrease each side of toe every other row until 6 stiches in round

• finish off , I used Kichener stitch

• sew in ends

Santa Hat

Equipment

• 6 pin knitting dolly, you could use needles but its fiddly
• 4ply/3ply yarn red, green, white
• half a black meter of cord 2mm , I use my own lucet cord
• 2cm bead with a face 5mm hole
• darning needle
• cord needle

How to

• make 16cm cord with knitting dolly 2 rows white 2 rows red (legs and body)
• make 8cm green (sleeves)
• thread 2 ends of left over cord though bead with a knot to stop it going all the way though
• thread remaining cord, from bead, 20 cm cord through arms dolly cord

• thread 22 cm cord through legs and body connecting to head and arms

• make jacket

• cast on 20 stitches in perl with white (knitted in the round 4 needles)

• knit stocking stitch 4cm

• continue 5 rows on 10 stitches each side cast off

• sew up top leaving a hole for head and side open for sleeves

• put jacket on passing sleeves though side holes, and head through 'neck'

• wrap black yarn around waist

• knot ends of cord for hand and feel, cut/finish of cord

• finish off all end

• Make Hat

Variation

Santa

red and white yarn use 8 pin knitting dolly for legs and body all red

Santa Jacket

knitted as a rectangle – cast on 20 stitches in white pearl wise – knit 1 row – change to red knit – stocking stitch 4 cm – split 5,10,5 knit 5 rows cast off on each part – crochet dc (English) each end of short edge then join to make a tube with dc – sew shoulder leaving gap for head

for 2cm bead with a face, could be used as a badge

Stuff

set of 2.5mm needles darning needle 4ply or thinner yarn white and red, I span my own

How to

• cast on 2 stitches in white k2 pass to end of needle k2 for 1.5 cm Icord
• change to red
• make 2 next row
• knit row
• put on 2 needles, knit in the round on the two needles until you have 6 stitches in total then put on the three needles (make 2 stitches every 2 rows)
• when you have 18 stitches
• knit 1 row red and change back to white knit one row
• perl 2 rows
• cast of in perl

• tidy ends

• knot white top and thread end back into hat

for 2cm bead with a face, could be used as a badge

Stuff

set of 2.5mm needles darning needle 4ply or thinner yarn white and red, I span my own

How to

• cast on 2 stitches in white k2 pass to end of needle k2 for 1.5 cm Icord
• change to red
• make 2 next row
• knit row
• put on 2 needles, knit in the round on the two needles until you have 6 stitches in total then put on the three needles (make 2 stitches every 2 rows)
• when you have 18 stitches
• knit 1 row red and change bake to white
• perl 2 rows
• cast of in perl

• tidy ends

• knot white top and thread end back into hat

made with lucet cord, hand spun yarn, height about 10cm

version one

Future projects better elf with better legs – santa ✅ – xmas tree – Stocking – Jumper – deer – elf ✅✅ – fairy

#First post install

After what seems like years, months actually I have “Writefreely” working thank to https://discuss.write.as/t/install-writefreely-with-apache-and-mysql/665

Seems you have to have a few balls in the air at the same time

using a reverse proxy to apache which is using a reverse proxy to port 80