A cozy cottage to decorate your home! These are a perfect addition to your Christmas village, a lovely gift for a first-time homeowner, or just a little something to remind you of home. Each cottage features a front door, back door, and seven windows so that you can display your house from any angle. Once stuffed, they are approximately 3 inches tall by 3 1/2 inches wide.

This is a fun and quick pattern for anyone familiar with simple colorwork and knitting in the round. Gauge is not important, and you could easily adjust the needle size to fit whatever yarn weight you have lying around. The base of the house is knit flat, then the sides of the house are picked up. If you have picked up stitches for a sock heel flap before, you will have no trouble.

Techniques featured:
-fair isle (stranded) colorwork
-duplicate stitch
-picking up stitches
-working flat and in-the-round
-no seaming!

Pattern features:
-written and charted instructions for the colorwork section
-complete instructions for the entire pattern for both magic loop and 5 DPNs
-helpful tips along the way

Materials:
Yarn: Thick fingering weight
Main color: ~60 yards
Accent color: ~30 yards
Roof color: ~55 yards
Suggested: Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift

Needles: Size US 4/3.5mm
Long circular for magic loop or 5 DPNs

Notions:
2 stitch markers in different colors (only for magic loop method)
Tapestry needle
Stuffing material

© 2021 by Gillian Carusone. Pattern is for personal use only. Do not reproduce without permission. Pattern is not for resale. Houses produced through this pattern cannot be sold other than by the pattern owner.