1701rm : 500 years of royal mail by siw smith

1701rm : 500 years of royal mail

Knitting
March 2016
DK (11 wpi) ?
US 6 - 4.0 mm
10" x 5"
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

celebrating 500 years of royal mail
GPO 1701rm : a royal mail vehicle of the future

ALL PROFITS to the STROKE ASSOCIATION
royal mail’s charity of the year

knitted flat in pieces and sewn together
some pieces knitted as a circle on 4 double ended sock needles

uses 100g ball of red double knitting wool
oddments of orange and blue wool
4x double ended sock needles size 4mm (uk8/us6)

embroidery thread for lettering (or printed letters)
i used an embroidery machine at the fablab manchester
https://manchesterfablab.manufacturinginstitute.co.uk/

star-box needs a large cardboard box, black material, and strings of led lights