Gauge: 4st / in, yarn held double

Cannoli’s measurements:
Belly: 16in

Neck:
Cast on 62 st provisionally
Kfb, k to second last st, kfb, k
K all st
Repeat until 76 st

Chest flap:
Kfb, k8, turn, p10, pfb, p8, turn, k10
k10, turn, p20, turn, k10
kfb, k9, p11, pfb, p9, turn, k11
k11, turn, p22, turn, k11
Work back and forth without increasing for 12 more rows, ending in the centre of chest
16 rows in total, break yarn, place chest flap on stitch holder

Shoulder flap:
Place outer six stitches on each side of shoulder flap on scrap yarn, these become the leg openings
Work back and forth for 14 rows, break yarn, place stitches on stitch holder

Joining the flaps:
Go back to chest flap stitches, starting from centre of chest
K across chest flap, cast on four stitches provisionally, work across shoulder flap, cast on four stitches provisionally, work back to centre of chest
K 3 rounds
76 st

Belly:
Ssk, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
K all st
Repeat until 62 st
K 8 rounds
Break yarn

Bum flap:
Place next 8 st on stitch holder
Ssk, K to 10 st remaining, k2tog, place remaining 8 st on holder
Turn, P all st
Ssk, K to 2 st remaining, k2tog
P all st
Repeat last two rows 8 more times
Ssk, K to 2 st remaining, k2tog
24 st
Don’t turn, instead pick up 20 st down side of flap, 1 belly st, place marker, along rest of belly stitches on holder less 1, place marker, last belly stitch, 20 st back up the other side, and across the 24 st at the end of the bum flap again. 80st. Break yarn if changing colour for ribbing.

Bum ribbing:
K all st
K1 P1 until 2 st before marker, k2tog, P1 K1 until marker, SSP, P1, K1 P1 until end of round
K1 p1, for one round, working in pattern around the decreases
Repeat last two rounds 3 more times, always working in pattern around the decreases
Cast off in tubular cast off

Collar:
Pick up stitches from provisional cast on
K2tog, P1 K1 until 1 st remains, slip to start of next round
K2tog, P1 K1 until 2 st remain, ssk
K1 p1 until 1 st remains, take stitch from start of next round, ssk
P1 K1 to end of round
(K1 p1 version:
Don’t work into last picked up stitch, transfer to start of next round
K2tog, p1 k1 until 2 st remain, ssk
K1 p1 until 1 st remains, take stitch from start of next round, ssk
P1 k1 to end of round
K2tog, P1 K1 until 1 st remains, slip to start of next round)
Repeat these four rounds once more
Work 16 more rounds
Cast off in tubular cast off starting with a P stitch

Right sleeve:
Pick up 5 st along the provisional cast on, 14 st along shoulder, 6 st placed on scrap yarn, 16 st along belly, sl last st from rh needle to lh needle
K2tog, P1 K1 p1 ssk, slwyib, turn
SSP, K1 p1 K1, p2tog, slwyif, turn
Repeat last two rounds twice more
K2tog, work in 1x1 ribbing for remainder of round
Work 6 more rounds in K1 p1 ribbing

Tubular cast off:
Transfer all K stitches to one needle and P stitches to another
Kitchener the two sets of stitches together
Knit off, purl on
Purl off, knit on