09-10-2020

This adaptation was a disaster! It looked like a cross between an oven ready turkey and a rabbit. Hideous and scary!! I’ll add a photo only at the end, in case I scare anyone, including myself. I removed the head and binned the rest.
So I decided to just go with Barbara Primes pattern and dress him as Benjamin
The hat
Cast on 44 st with rico and size 2.5 needles
Work 12 rows k2, p2 rib
Work 14 rows st st.
K2tog across row (22st)
K2tog across tow (11st)
K1, k2tog to end.
Cut yarn, draw through to gather, and sew up seam of hat.
Make a little pom pom and sew on.
The jacket was a cross between the jacket and the waistcoat.
Cast on 28 for back with safran and size 2.75 needles. Work 10 rows before armholes. Cast on 14 st for fronts.