Pew-pew-pew!

Enjoy all of the sci-fi fun of wielding your very own raygun, without any of the sci-fi carnage!

This is a knitting pattern suitable for intermediate knitters, and involves the following techniques:

• Working in the round
• The following stitches: k, p, k 2 tog, lifted increase (KLL, KRL),
• pinhole cast on (instructions for this are included with the pattern)
• pull up stitch (instructions for this are included with the pattern)

Finished raygun is about 6” tall, 8” long .

For demonstrations of some of the knitting techniques used in this pattern, check the videos below:

Pull-up Stitch Demonstration (knitting)
http://youtu.be/jzw3SVIKaK0

Knitting the edge in the knit raygun pattern
http://youtu.be/dR-OU7gLkIo

Pinhole Cast On for Circular Knitting Movie (right handed)
http://youtu.be/l-LYO83sEX0

This pattern is written in English and all needle sizes, abbreviations, etc. are American. Contains 15 fully-illustrated pages with large, easy-to-read text and lots of photos, diagrams and charts to accompany the written instructions.

Suggested Materials:

• Yarn:

Blue: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes: Marina; 2 skein

Black: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes: Coal; 1 skein

White: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes: White; 1 skein

(Or worsted weight yarns of your choice. Under 200 yards needed in Blue, under 50 yards needed for all other colors. I strongly suggest using a feltable wool (or other animal fiber) yarn, as non-felting yarns will produce a very differently shaped raygun. If you must use a non-felting yarn, I suggest using a smaller needle size to produce a denser fabric-- something around a US size 5)

• One set of US Size 8 double pointed needles

• Tapestry needle (for weaving in yarn ends)

• Scissors

• Needle and Thread

• Stuffing (I use polyfill)

• Light and Dark Blue felt

• White embroidery floss