To make a mug hug

Here are some simple instructions to make some of your Christmas gifts.

I have written 2 patterns just as you would find them in a pattern book and listed what the abbreviations mean below. So you can now read a pattern.

Remember: you can do any pattern you wish, or play about and design your own.

Decorate as you wish and have lots of fun.

Use double knitting yarn and no. 8 (4mm) knitting needles.

  1. Cast on 8 sts
  2. K 10 rows casting on 1 st. at beg. of each row. 18sts.
  3. K about 60 rows.

4.  K4 rows, dec.1 st. at the beg. of each row. 14sts.

  1. K2tog. K6, k2tog., yfwd, k to end. 13sts
  2. K 5 rows dec. 1 st. at beg. of each row. 8 sts
  3. Cast off.
  4. Sew on button to complete the mug hug.
  5. Give as a gift and stand back to accept the accolades and grateful thanks.

Use double knitting yarn and no. 8 (4mm) knitting needles.

  1. Cast on 60 sts
  2. K 6 rows
  3. K
  4. K4, p52, K4
  5. Repeat rows 3 and 4 9 times (ie 18 rows)
  6. K 6 rows
  7. Cast off leaving a longish length of yarn.
  8. Sew short ends together.
  9. Give as a gift and stand back to accept the accolades and grateful thanks.

Abbreviations:

st(s)                 stitch(es)

k                      knit

p                      purl

dec                  decrease

inc                   increase

beg                  beginning

k2tog               knit 2 together

yfwd                yarn forward

ss                     stocking stitch

 

Mug Hugs (Cozy): Amazon.co.uk: Alison Howard: 9781861086907: Books