Toadstool bookmark!
FINISHED SIZE 3-4ins tall
YARN Small amounts DK, 4-ply, sock yarn, I used Drops Alpaca, Drops Kid-silk
Scheepjes Cotton in various shades - all from my stash
NEEDLES Pair 3.50 OR 3.75mm straight knitting needles (or needles to suit your
yarn if using a different weight to the type I recommend)
TENSION Not necessary for such a small project
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
W+Tk bring working yarn to the front of the work, slip next stitch knit-wise
onto the RH needle, take working yarn to the back, slip the slipped stitch back
onto the LH needle, turn the knitting = W+Tk (wrap and turn knit)
W+Tp take working yarn to the back of the work, slip next stitch purl-wise
onto the RH needle, bring working yarn to the front, slip the slipped stitch
back onto the LH needle, turn the knitting = W+Tp (wrap and turn purl)
All other abbreviations can be found at the end of the pattern
I have used Cable Cast On Throughout
by Claire Garland
TOADSTOOL page 2 TOADSTOOL page 3
STALK Rows 13-18 Work six rows stocking stitch
Beginning with the outer edge of the toadstool’s Hat Underside cast on Row 19 inc) RS) [K1, kfb] six times – 18sts
36sts Rows 20-22 Beginning with a purl row work three rows stocking stitch
Row 1 RS) * K1, p1, repeat from * across Row 23 dec) [K1, k2tog] six times 12sts
Row 2 dec) *K1, [p1, k1] 3 times, k2tog, p1, [k1, p1] 3 times, p2tog**, Rows 24-28 Beginning with a purl row work five rows stocking stitch
repeat from * to ** once - 32sts Row 29 dec) K2tog, repeat from * all across - 6sts
Row 3 *K1 [k1, p1] 4 times, p1, [k1, p1] 3 times** repeat from * to ** Cut yarn, thread yarn through all 6 sts, pull up to gather and secure the
once end for Stem End.
Row 4 dec) *[K1, p1] 3 times, k2tog, [p1, k1] 3 times, p2tog**, repeat
from * to ** once - 28sts HAT
Row 5 *K1, p1, repeat from * across With hat colour cast on 12sts
Row 6 dec) *K1, [p1, k1] twice, k2tog, p1, [k1, p1] twice, p2tog**, *Row 1 RS) K3, W+Tk
repeat from * to ** once - 24sts Row 2 WS) P3
Row 7 *K1 [k1, p1] 3 times, p1, [k1, p1] twice** repeat from * to ** Row 3 K9, W+Tk
once Row 4 P9
Row 8 dec) *[K1, p1] twice, k2tog, [p1, k1] twice, p2tog**, repeat from Row 5 K6, W+Tk
* to ** once - 20sts Row 6 P6
Row 9 *K1, p1, repeat from * across Rows 7-8 Work two rows stocking stitch **
Row 10 dec) *K1, p1, k1, k2tog, p1, k1, p1, p2tog**, repeat from * to Rows 9-10 Repeat last 8 rows from * to ** 5 times.
** once - 16sts Cast off.
Row 11 *K1 [k1, p1] twice, p1, k1, p1** repeat from * to ** once
Row 12 dec) *K1, p1, k2tog, p1, k1, p2tog**, repeat from * to ** once -
12sts
Change colour here if you want a different colour stem
TOADSTOOL page 4 TOADSTOOL page 5
TO MAKE UP
Hat Underside - With WS (purl-side) together match the cast-off edge
and cast-on edge together and mattress stitch to join the seam that
makes up the underside of the toadstool hat.
Stem - With WS (purl-side) together match the row ends from the stem
and mattress stitch to join the seam from the underside of the hat to the
gathered-up Stem End.
Very lightly stuff the stem - either with a small amount of toy filling or
yarn endings and scraps.
Create roots at the stem end by joining two or three long lengths, these
can be your tail endings if they are long enough - the same length as ABBREVIATIONS
your book is ideal. NB. A4 size book is 297mm long. I then tied the K = knit; P = purl; inc = increase; dec = decrease;
roots together at the stem end. K2tog = knit two together;
Rep = repeat; RH/LH = right hand/ left hand; RS/WS = right side/
Hat - With WS (purl-side) together match the cast-off edge with the
wrong side; st/ sts = stitch/ stitches; Skpo = slip one stitch, knit next
cast-on edge and mattress stitch to join.
stitch, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch; Kfb = knit into front then
Using the tail end work a running stitch around the tops of the stitches
into back of stitch to increase by one stitch; Pfb = Purl into front then
at the short edge and pull up to gather and close the top of the hat.
into back of stitch to increase by one stitch
When tightly puckered-up knot the ends to secure the gather.
Turn the hat out to RS.
There is a quick-time video here - https://www. dotpebbles.blogspot.
Ease the edge of the cap togther with the cast-on edge of underside and
com and here https://www.instagram.com/dotpebbles_knits/
carefully and neatly join around.
if you’d like to see the making up stage a bit clearer.
Push the underside inside the hat and, if needs be, sew a few stitches to
keep it inside - although I found that I didn’t need to do this!
