This Eskimo girl is dressed in a warm fur coat, with furry edges to stop her face and hands getting chilly. Eskimos are Native American Indians and call themselves the ‘Inuit’, which means simply ‘people’.

This is a variation of the basic person pattern in the book Kath Dalmeny’s World of Knitted Toys, which also contains a pattern for the Inuit girl’s faithful husky dog and a template for a cardboard sledge. The pattern calls for:

• 50g DK in skin color
• 60g DK in dark brown
• a small amount (less than 25g) in white mohair style fluffy yarn for the edges of the coat; 25g DK in black for hair; 20g DK in chestnut brown for the boots; scrap of DK in dark grey for the belt.

A pattern for a knitted husky is also included in the book, as well as other animals from snowy regions - a grizzly bear, polar bear, seals, penguins and penguin chicks, a walrus and a sea lion. A full list of the book contents is shown below.

The pattern also calls for a pair of 10 mm (3/8 inch) safety eyes, but the eyes can also be worked as stitches.

KATH DALMENY’S WORLD OF KNITTED TOYS patterns list

The book contains over 50 patterns for making adorable knitted toys – people and animals from all over the world. Each chapter covers a different habitat, the animals that make their homes there, and one of the people who live there, with accessories to represent their lives or work. The knitting patterns are listed under three categories – Easy; Straightforward; and Challenging, to help knitters choose the project that is right for you. The projects are as follows:

BASIC PERSON PATTERN
(which is then adapted for the people patterns below)

IN THE JUNGLE

• South American Indian
• Spider monkey – mother and baby
• Snake
• Tiger cub
• Gorilla
• Orang utan
• Parrot
• Banana

AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK

• Australian sheep farmer (complete with corks hanging from his hat!)
• Merino sheep
• Koala bear
• Duck-billed platypus
• Wombat
• Kangaroo and Joey

DOWN ON THE FARM

• Farmer
• Highland bull
• Pigs and piglets
• Cat
• Mallard duck
• Chicken, cockerel and chicks

THE DEEP BLUE SEA

• Pearl fisherman
• Dolphin
• Shark
• Killer whale
• Turtle
• Octopus
• Clownfish

FOREST FRIENDS

• Canadian Mountie
• Horse
• Grizzly bear
• Beaver
• Raccoon
• Chipmunk
• Moose

ON SAFARI

• African Park Ranger
• Zebra
• Lion family – lion, lioness and lion cub
• Rhinoceros
• Elephant
• Warthog

THE SNOWY REGIONS

• Eskimo
• Husky dog
• Fish
• Penguins – Emperor penguins and Adelie penguins – parents and chicks
• Seal
• Walrus
• Polar bear

PATTERN VARIATIONS

• Sea lion
• Panda bear