- Rainbow
Caterpillar -
KNITTING PATTERN BY AMANDA BERRY
email fluffandfuzz@googlemail.com * website fluffandfuzz@weebly.com
Yarn
Needles and Notions
• Deramores Studio Baby Soft DK
• A pair of 3mm (US 2) straight knitting
• 100% Acrylic, DK weight yarn needles; minimum length 20cm
(double knitting or light worsted
weight) • A darning or tapestry needle
• You only need a few grammes • A few handfuls of toy filling
from a 100g (330m) skein in • Two 5mm black beads for eyes
each colour:
• Black embroidery floss/thread to sew on
WHITE - Shade “Snow” beads and embroider the mouth
PINK - Shade “Lollipop” • Small circles of pink and white felt fabric
ORANGE - Shade • Glue or pink cotton thread to attach the
cheeks
“Sunset” YELLOW -
Shade “Sunshine” GREEN
- Shade “Kiwi”
PALE BLUE - Shade “Mint”
DARK BLUE - Shade “Waves”
Abbreviations, Techniques and Notes
K Knit
PULL THROUGH TO CAST OFF: Cut the
k2tog Knit two stitches together
yarn
(decrease)
leaving at least a 30cm tail. Thread the tail
kfb Knit into the front and back onto a darning needle and sew through the
of the stitch (increase) remaining sts on the knitting needle. Pull
the sts off the knitting needle on to the
RS Right side
yarn, gather together tightly and secure the
st(s) Stitch(es) yarn.
st st Stockinette stitch. Also known as WORK FLAT: All pieces are knitted fl at
stocking stitch; knit and purl (back and forth) on straight knitting needles.
alternate rows. TENSION: Yarn knits as DK to this tension:
24 sts x 30 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in)
WS Wrong side
over stockinette stitch using 3mm needles.
(.. sts) The number in round brackets
FINISHED SIZE: One size: 29cm long.
at the end of the instruction
indicates the number of
stitches after working the row.
[…] Repeat the sequence between
the square brackets by the
number indicated.
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Knitting Pattern
onto a
CATERPILLAR Row 96: K1, [kfb, k5] 4
times, k1. (30 sts)
Make 1.
Rows 97 to 103: Starting
Cast on 10 sts in Dark Blue
and ending on a WS purl
yarn on 3mm straight
row, work 7 rows in st st.
needles using the long tail
cast on. Row 104: K1, [k2tog, k2] 7
times, k1. (23 sts)
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 105: Purl.
Row 2 (RS): K1, [kfb] 8
times, k1. (18 sts) Row 106: K1, [k2tog, k1] 7
times, k1. (16 sts)
Rows 3 to 7: Starting and
ending on a WS purl row, Row 107: Purl.
work 5 rows in st st. Row 108: K1, [k2tog] 7
Break the Dark Blue working times,
yarn. k1. (9 sts)
Work rows 8 to 91 in Pull through to cast off.
stockinette, starting on a RS
knit row and ending on a WS
purl row, working 6 row ANTENNAE
stripes in each colour in the Make 2.
following order:
Cast on 4 sts in Green yarn
Rows 8 to 13: Pale Blue. on 3mm straight needles
Rows 14 to 19: Green. using the long tail cast on.
Rows 20 to 25: Yellow. Rows 1 to 5: Starting and
ending on a WS purl row,
Rows 26 to 31: Orange.
work 5 rows in st st.
Rows 32 to 37: Pink.
Row 6: K1, kfb, kfb, k1. (6 sts)
Rows 38 to 43: White.
Row 7: Purl.
Rows 44 to 49: Pale Blue.
Pull through to cast off.
Rows 50 to 55: Dark Blue.
Rows 56 to 61: Green.
MAKING UP
Rows 62 to 67: Yellow.
Use mattress stitch to
Rows 68 to 73: Orange. sew the seams.
Rows 74 to 79: Pink. For the caterpillar, starting
Rows 80 to 85: White. at the cast off end at the
front of the head, sew the
Rows 86 to 91: Pale Blue.
side edges together adding
Break the Pale Blue Yarn and stuffing as you sew. Note
join Green yarn for the head. that the seam runs down the
underside of the body. Roll
Row 92: Knit.
the caterpillar like a rolling
Row 93: Purl. pin to make sure your
stuffing is evenly spread
Row 94: K1, [kfb, k1] 8
throughout, then gather the
times, k1. (26 sts)
cast on sts together at the
Row 95: Purl. bottom end.
At each body section, cut a
20cm length of yarn in the
body section colour, thread
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darning needle and sew a
long running stitch around
the body over the colour
change row. Pull the ends
of the yarn firmly to
gather in the knitting to
make an indentation, knot
to secure the yarn and
bury the yarn tails inside
the body.
For each antennae, using
the cast off tail sew the
side edges together, and
sew the cast on end
onto the top of the
head.
Cut two white 11mm
diameter circles in white
felt fabric for the eyes.
Using the black thread sew
beads on top of these
circles on the head in
front of the antennae.
Use the black thread to
embroider a smiley
mouth on the front of the
head.
Cut two 8mm diameter
circles in pink felt fabric
for the cheeks, and glue
or sew these onto the
sides of the head over the
ends of the mouth.
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