Help to celebrate Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day (Charity day - UK) by knitting a jumper for a toy to wear. Links provided in the pattern.

This jumper will fit a Dot Pebbles’ Rabbit Doll - pattern available on Ravelry https://ravel.me/rabbit-doll or a Mrs K’s Pocket Mouse - pattern available as part of the Christmas Jumper pattern.

Available to download to your device until the end of January 2024 - you can print the pattern or read it straight from your device.

This pattern has been designed as a budget make & can be made from scraps of 2-ply yarn. If you don’t have any scrap, you can buy small quantities of yarn such as crewel yarn / mending yarn so you’re not paying for yarn you won’t use. The mouse is made with small amounts of 4-ply yarn & any colour / scraps you have to hand will be just right.

Instructions are written in English for you to make a perfect hand-made present for a child over 3 years old and includes lots of photos & handy hints to help you make your pocket mouse.

The patterns are a ‘next step’ for knitters - the sort of patterns I would have loved to have when I was 8 or 9 - a chance to practice more than knit & purl in quick to finish projects.

The jumper is a simple, one piece design: sleeves are made by casting stitches on, then off the main body of the jumper & the neck hole is a simple buttonhole - again, made by casting off & on.

Stitches used & Abbreviations
i-cord. An i-cord is made by keeping the right side facing you and pulling the yarn across the back of the work to create a tube that doesn’t need sewing up - there are instructions in the pattern.
Incr 1– Increase the stitch by knitting into the front and the back of it
K – Knit
K2tog/ K3tog – Knit 2 together/ knit 3 together
LHN – Left hand needle
P -Purl
P2tog/ P3tog – Purl 2 together/ Purl 3 together
pfb – increase in the purl stitch by purling into the front & back of the stitch
RHN - Right hand needle
RS – Right side facing
stst – stocking stitch
sts – stitches
tbl – through the back of the loop
WS – wrong side facing
Yfwd – yarn forward – bring yarn to the front as if you are going to purl

This pattern is part of a set - clothes for each season as well as special events like Easter & Hallowe’en.

Rabbit’s boots are from Humayras Dolls - see their Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HumayrasDolls