KNITTING PATTERN for a sweet little pocket-sized mouse (5” tall), together with a choice of clothes for Easter: a little dress & Easter bonnet, and a top & short dungarees together with a basket to collect eggs.

Instructions are written in English with lots of photos & handy hints to help you make your pocket mouse.

This pattern has been designed as a budget make & can be made from scraps of 2-ply & 4-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 – I’ve kept to 2 colours for the outfits to help the yarn go as far as possible.

Total Yarn (estimated) – to make each outfit & a mouse
4-ply brown yarn: 15m per mouse
4-ply white yarn: 4m per mouse
4-ply black yarn: 2m per mouse
2-ply yellow yarn: 44m – to knit the skirt, hat, basket & short dungarees in yellow
2-ply white yarn: 19m – to knit the dress’ bodice & the top in white
Decorations for the dress, hat & short dungarees

Needles used: 2.75mm (US 2) for the mouse & 2mm (US 0) for the clothes.

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.
K – Knit;
K2tog/ K3tog – Knit 2 together/ knit 3 together;
Kfb - Increase the stitch by knitting into the front and the back of it
LHN – Left hand needle;
M1 – make a stitch by knitting into the back of the bar before the next stitch
P -Purl;
P2tog/ P3tog – Purl 2 together/ Purl 3 together;
pbf – increase in the purl stitch by purling into the back & front 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

The pattern is part of a range of patterns offering clothes for each season & 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.