Monkee Pattern

(Warning : It’s very very long)

In order to knit your very own monkee made of knit, you will need the following ….

- the ability to knit

…. or a supply of chocolate and/or wine to bribe someone who can ….

- the ability to sew

…. neatly or ironically, it makes no difference ….

- two different coloured yarns

(contrasting or complimenting, it’s up to you). Less than 100g isneeded for the

body / arms / legs

, and much less than that for the

mouth / hands / feet / ears

.I favour 100% acrylic Double Knitting yarn (Worsted Weight), but I’m sure proper wool wouldwork equally well. Possibly even better ….

- one pair of 3.25 mm knitting needles

(US size 3 or UK/Canadian size 10)

-a darning needle- sew-on googly eyes- toy stuffing-dried peas or plastic pellets for hands, feet and botty- a lot of paper if you’re printing it outAbbreviations used in this pattern ….

(I’m trying to make this pattern as easy as possible sothat even a novice knitter can make their own monkee - apologies if grandmothers sucking eggsspring to mind with some of my explanations) (on the other hand, if you still can’t work out whatneeds to be done, google it - there are some excellent knitting tutorials to be found)

- knit

- purl

St/s

- stitch/es

St/st

- stocking stitch (K one row, P one row)

- make 1 (increase 1 by inserting needle knit-wise into the loop at the base of the next stitchand knit it. See Pic 1) When making one at the end of a row, it might be easier to pick up thestitch and put it on your left needle, then knit it. See Pics 2 & 3)

K2tog

- knit 2 stitches together

P2tog

- purl 2 stitches together Pic 1Pic 2 Pic 3The Pattern ….

FRONT

Row 1 - Cast on

15 sts

using body colour yarn

Row 2 - PRow 3 - K1, M1, K6, M1, K7, M1, K1 (18)Row 4 - PRow 5 - K1, M1, K8, M1, K8, M1, K1 (21)Row 6 - PRow 7 - K1, M1, K4, M1, K10, M1, K5, M1, K1 (25)Row 8 - PRow 9 - K1, M1, K5, M1, K12, M1, K6, M1, K1 (29)Row 10 - PRow 11 - K1, M1, K to last st, M1, K1 (31)Row 12 - PRow 13 - K1, M1, K to last st, M1, K1 (33)Row 14 - Increase in first and last sts of this purl row (35)St/st 10 rowsK2tog, K to last 2 sts, K2togPRepeat last 2 rows until 19 sts remain (ending on a K row)St/st 7 rows

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K7, turnP2tog, P to endK to last 2 sts, K2togPKP2tog, P to endSt/st 6 rowsCast off