Oh Rats! One rat pattern - so many options! This rat can stand on her tippy toes or flat footed, arms bent up or down, nose up or down, tail curled or straight. She has an optional mouth, eyelashes, eyebrows, a tulle skirt, and a rose on her ear. How will you make your rat?

Size: The Rat is 22cm or 9 inches when standing

This knitting pattern is 14 pages long and full of detailed pictures to help you along the way.

Materials Needed: 3.5mm or US 4 knitting needles, 30g or 1oz of Elle Family Knit Double Knit Yarn in colour School Grey (051), 10g or 0.35oz of Elle Family Knit Double Knit Yarn in colour Shell Pink (042), small amount of Elle Family Knit Double Knit Yarn in colour White (001), stuffing, 10 x 30cm or 12 inch pipe cleaners, one set of 8mm black safety eyes, 12 x small bunches of fake eyelashes, clear adhesive, tweezers, black embroidery thread, 3 x pieces of pink tulle 25cm or 10 inches wide by 38cm or 15 inches long, pink sewing thread and sewing needle, 50cm or 20 inches of 6mm wide pink organza ribbon, 1 x readymade ribbon rose 2.5cm or 1 inch long.

Yarn Substitutions: It is often difficult to get the exact same yarn as stated in a pattern. You can substitute any listed yarn with another yarn of the same weight to achieve a similar look and size. The yarn weight used in this pattern is double knit which is also known as light worsted or 8 ply. You can also make a bigger or smaller version by using thicker yarn and bigger needles, or thinner yarn and smaller needles.

Gauge: Gauge is not important in this pattern. Just make sure that your knitted fabric is tight enough so that the stuffing doesn’t show through.

Methods Used: Cast on using the thumb method, knit, purl, M1R - Make 1 Right (Make 1 stitch by picking up the bar in between two stitches from back to front and knitting into the front of it - increases by 1 stitch), M1L - Make 1 Left (Make 1 stitch by picking up the bar in between two stitches from front to back and knitting into the back of it - increases by 1 stitch), yf - yarn forward (bring the yarn from the back to the front through the needles - increases by 1 stitch), SKPO- Slip one stitch knit wise, knit one stitch, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch (decreases by 1 stitch), K2tog - Knit 2 stitches together as 1 (decreases by 1 stitch), P2tog - Purl 2 stitches together as 1 (decreases by 1 stitch), Cast off - Cast off by knitting or purling two stitches then slipping the bottom stitch over the top one, sew the pieces together using mattress stitch.

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