Lavender The Lovely Witch

Meet Lavender, the sweetest little witch around! She’s dressed for the season in a pointed hat with a zesty orange band, a cosy purple dress with a picot hem, and a pair of sturdy lavender boots with buttoned cuffs. Underneath, she has frilly matching knickers and stripy teal and orange legs, because every good witch needs a secret bit of fun. No witch is complete without her essentials. Lavender carries a little satchel with a toggle fastening, just the right size for her spell book, and she has a trusty broomstick with golden bristles for getting around. With her long, wild lavender hair and rosy cheeks, she is more cuddly than spooky and will happily spend the season on your shelf, or in the arms of a little trick-or-treater. Please note, you are buying a knitting pattern written in English only – not the finished toy. **Yarn:** Stylecraft Special DK 100% Acrylic yarn 75g Proper Purple (Dark Purple) 50g Toy (Peach) 25g Jaffa (Orange) 25g Aspen (Teal) 50g Lavender (Light Purple) 25g Gingerbread (Brown) 10g White 5g Dandelion (Yellow) **Needles:** 3.5mm Straight needles **Other supplies:** Toy stuffing 5 small buttons 1 small toggle button Stitch markers A holding needle, stitch holders or a spare knitting needle. Crochet hook to create a simple chain for the button and to loop the hair and broom bristles Some black embroidery thread to make the eyes A red colouring pencil A single disposable chopstick Straw (optional) Tapestry needle **Size:** 32 cm **Gauge:** Generally, gauge for knitted toys is not important, however, if you are substituting the yarn for this pattern, use knitting needles 2 sizes smaller than recommended on the yarn band to prevent the stuffing from showing through the stitches. **Abbreviations:** [ ] x times: Knit the instructions between the brackets x amount of times. * ; : rep from * to end: Repeat the instructions between the * and ; until the end of the row. st(s): stitch(es) K: knit, if followed by a number, knit that amount of stitches P: purl St st: stocking stitch: alternate a row of knitting and a row of purling. G st: garter stitch: knit every row K2tog: knit two stitches together knitwise. P2tog: purl two stitches together purlwise. Kfb: knit in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase. Pfb: Purl in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase. YO: Yarn over Ssk: Slip the next 2 sts on the LH onto the RH needle knitwise without knitting in. Insert the LH needle into the 2 slipped sts and knit them together. Sl1: slip the next stitch from the left hand needle to the right hand needle without working it. PSSO: pass the slipped stitch over the previously worked stitch.