Super SUCCULENTS
Difficulty level
MEASUREMENTS
Approx height including base: Desert cactus ,22cm/8¾in; Snake plant, 24cm/9½in; Bunny Ears cactus, 17cm/6¾in.
MATERIALS
1 x 100g (295m) ball of Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic) in each of (A) Greengage (1124),(B) Apple (1852), (C) Walnut (1054) and (D) Citron (1263)*. Pair of 3mm (No. 11) knitting needles; toy stuffing; 0.50mm flower-arranging metallic wire; 7.5cm high plant pots; 53mm cardboard discs; small pebbles; large piece of brown felt. Yarn is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk
ABBREVIATIONS
, knit;, purl;, stitch(es); , through back of loop(s); , together (work as many sts tog as stated); , slip 1, k1, pass slipped st over;, stocking stitch (k on right side and p on wrong side); , make 1 st by picking up loop lying between, pattern;, repeat;, take yarn between needles to front of work after k st and to back of work after p st, slip next st onto right-hand needle, take yarn back to original position, then place the slipped st back onto left-hand needle; , yarn forward to make a st; , yarn round needle to make a st;, with B, k1, yf and k1 all in next st, do not drop st off left-hand needle, but using A, k into the back of it and drop it off left-hand needle, then pass the 3 loops in B over A st to complete bobble.
