KNITTING PATTERN for a sweet little pocket-sized mouse (5” tall) together with a change of clothes.
The pattern includes how to make a Christmas party dress, Christmas collared shirt, waistcoat, tie & trousers.

Instructions are written in English for you to make a perfect hand-made present for a child over 3 years old and includes lots of photos & handy hints to help you make your pocket mouse.

The pattern will be available to download until the end of January for you to use on your device or to print.

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.

The patterns 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.

The jumper & the dress’ skirt & bodice are knitted as one then the sides sewn up. The trousers are also knitted as one piece, with the trouser legs folding over to finish them off.

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.
Incr 1– Increase the stitch by knitting into the front and the back of it
K – Knit
K2tog/ K3tog – Knit 2 together/ knit 3 together
LHN – Left hand needle
Moss Stitch
P -Purl
P2tog/ P3tog – Purl 2 together/ Purl 3 together
pfb – increase in the purl stitch by purling into the front & back 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

This pattern is part of a series - follow me on my Instagram account - @MrsK’sMiniKnits - for news of future launch dates,