What could be better, to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and 2000 years of patriarchy, than MEAT UPON MEAT!??!?!?!?!?!!? May I introduce Pig and Blanket:
Oh yes, two little patterns for pigs in blankets because that really does sum up Christmas for me. :):) And you're getting the patterns - you lucky things!
Pig and Blanket:
Materials:
A tiny little bit of something pinkish, something beigeish and something redish in double knit and something blackish in sewing thread of embroidery cotton (or double knit stripped down to it's plies like I did...).
Some stuffing - I used old bits of acrylic.
Some 3.25mm needles for Pig and a 3.5mm hook for Blanket.
A sewing needle.
Pig
Sausage:
In the pinkish yarn cast on 5 sts.
Row 1: kfb all along (10 sts).
Row 2: purl.
Row 3: *kfb, k1* all along (15 sts).
Row 4 and onwards: stocking stitch until the piece measures around 2 inches finishing after a purl row.
Row Whatevs: *k2tog, k1* all along (10 sts).
Row Whatevs+1: purl.
Row Whatevs+2: k2tog all along (5 sts), break yarn with a couple of inches to spare, thread through remaining sts and pull up tight. Use this yarn to sew the row ends together so that it resembles a sausage and stuff as you go - make sure to stuff tightly - nobody likes a flaccid sausage....
Bacon:
In beigeish yarn cast on 15 sts.
Rows 1 and 2: knit, don't break yarn
Rows 3 and 4: Introduce redish yarn and knit, don't break.
Row 5: Introduce beigeish yarn, knit 11 sts, turn, k11 sts, break yarn, pick up redish yarn knit to end.
Row 6: knit.
Row 7: knit 6 sts, drop redish yarn, introduce beige yarn, k9 sts, turn, k9 sts, break yarn and turn, pick up red yarn and continue the row.
Row 8: knit.
Row 9: Introduce beigeish yarn, k4 sts, turn, k4 sts, break yarn and turn, pick up red and knit to end.
Rows 10, 11 and 12: knit.
Cast off in knit. Break yarn and sew in all ends but the very end and the very beginning one.
Wrap the sausage in the Bacon and use those ends to sew into position leaving the bacon open at a jaunty angle nearer the face and pulling tight around the crotch area. Sew in those ends.
Use you black yarn/thread to sew a face in the appropriate position.
Loop: Using beigeish yarn cast on 15 sts, cast off 15 sts. Use the ends to sew in position.
Blanket
Sausage:
Using pinkish yarn ch2, work 5dcs into first ch, don't sl-st to join.
Round 1: work 5 dc-incs all around. (10 sts)
Round 2 and onwards: dc all over until it measures around 2 inches.
Round Whatevs: dc2tog all around (5 sts), break yarn, stuff sausage tightly (nobody likes a flaccid sausage) and use a needle to weave to bring the top together. Sew in ends.
Bacon:
Row 1: Using beigeish yarn ch16, turn miss the first ch and dc all along (15 sts), don't break yarn.
Row 2: Introduce red and dc all along, return to the beginning of that row and use the beige to slip st for 7 sts, break yarn.
Row 3: Reintroduce hook to red st, turn, ch1, dc all along, turn.
Row 4: Count 9 sts along, introduce beige yarn and sl-st to end, return to the red yarn and dc all along, turn.
Row 5: In red, dc all along, turn.
Row 6: Count 3 sts along, introduce beige yarn and sl-st to last 4 sts, return to the red yarn and dc all along. Break yarn and sew in the ends for all but the very beginning and very end yarn.
Wrap the
sausage in the Bacon and use those ends to sew into position leaving the
bacon open at a jaunty angle nearer the face and pulling tight around
the crotch area. Sew in those ends.
Use you black yarn/thread to sew a face in the appropriate position.
Loop: In beigeish yarn, ch20, use the ends to sew in a loop position.
And that's that folks! I hope you love them as much as I do and that you understand my hastily written note-pattern. I have to get back to real Christmassing now or it might never happen!!!
Love Eleanor. xxxx
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