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March Quilt
The Background
Again this was knitted with Sirdar Special DK. I used shade
409, Naturelle.
Using 3.25 mm needles (US 3) and with the right side facing
not that it matters much at this stage pick up and knit 31
stitches along one of the long sides of your rectangle. This will
be roughly one stitch between every bump of the moss stitch.
All the decorations on the quit were knitted with Sirdar Country
Style DK and 3.25 mm needles. For the hill I chose shade 617,
Kensington Gardens.
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: Knit.
Row 9: K3, P3, K4, P4, K4, P3, K3.
Row 10: Knit.
Row 11: Purl.
Row 12: Knit.
Cast off knitwise and darn in the yarn tails. The hill should be
about 10 cm wide and 2.5 cm tall (4" 1").
The Sheep
The sheep was knitted with the same yarn as the binding (shade
409). The purl side of the knitted fabric is the right side.
Using the long tail method, cast on 10 stitches.
Cast off, working SSK at the start and K2tog at the end of the row.
The finished sheep should be about 5 cm wide and 3 cm tall
(2" 1").
The Head
Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: K1, m1, K3, m1, K1 (7 sts).
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: SSK, K3, K2tog (5 sts).
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: SSK, K1, K2tog (3 sts).
Cast off purlwise. This time the knit side is the right side.
For each ear cast on five stitches with the cable method. Then cast
the stitches off again, working K2tog at the end of the row.
The tail is worked in the same way but with seven stitches.
The Lamb
This is knitted in much the same way as the sheep only smaller,
but then I expect you guessed that. I used shade 411, Cream for my
lamb.
Cast off, working SSK at the start and K2tog at the end of the row.
The Head
Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: K1, m1, K2, m1, K1 (6 sts).
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: SSK, K2, K2tog (4 sts).
Row 5: Purl.
The ears and tail and worked in the same way as for the sheep but,
this time, cast on three stitches for the ears and five for the tail.
Leaving about 1 cm above the sheep, pin and sew the lamb to
the quilt. Notice that hes facing the other way to the sheep.
The Bird
Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: K1, (m1, K1) twice (5 sts).
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: K1, m1, (K2tog) twice (4 sts).
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: K1, m1, K1, K2tog.
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: Knit.
Row 9: Purl.
Row 10: SSK, K1, m1, K1.
Row 11: Purl.
Row 12: SSK, K2 (3 sts).
Row 13: Purl.
Row 14: SSK, K1 (2 sts).
Purl the last two stitches together and fasten off. Sew the bird to
the quilt, about 0.5 cm above the lamb and facing the other way.
For the faces and legs you will need some thin, brown yarn. I
used it singly for the faces and the birds beak and legs and
doubled it for the sheep and lambs legs.
The eyes are two or three tiny stitches worked on top of each
other, the animal mouths are small, straight stitches and the
birds beak is a few straight stitches.
If you want to hang your quilt from a wire hanger, youll need
one of these. Its knitted with DK weight yarn and 3.25 mm
needles. Use yarn to match the binding on your quilt.
Row 3: K3, cast off 1, K to last 4 sts, cast off 1, K2 (15 sts).
Row 4: K3, cast on 2, K to last 3 sts, cast on 2, K3 (19 sts).
Row 5: K4, K2tog, K9, K2tog, K2 (17 sts).
Row 6: Knit.
Row 7: Purl.
Cast off knitwise and sew the cast off edge to the middle of the top
binding. The purl side of the last few rows should be on top so that
the knit side shows when the sleeve is folded up.