I have planned a fun little project to use up those advent minis or your leftover yarn scraps from other projects. We are going to knit an inch a day on a cute little snake named Sammy! By Christmas Eve you will have a snake that is 24" long!
He is a great way to curl up and have a no stress moment to yourself as we count down to Christmas!
I will add the tail instructions on Dec 23. Be sure to join me on Youtube! Along with Sammy there will be other prizes during vlogmas!
Here is how to begin Sammy!
Advent Toy- Sammy
This is an advent knit along for Acorn Willows vlogmas! If
you would like to join in, follow my link in my instagram profile!
Gauge is not important. Thicker yarn will give you a larger snake and thinner yarn will give you a smaller snake. Make sure to use needles that give you a tight enough gauge that our stuffing will not show through.
I suggest stuffing Sammy as you go along! Note- I decided to stuff Sammy with polyfil in the head and I used pellets for his body so he can wrap and slither anywhere!
I am using-
Paintbox Yarns DK
Advent Minis
Size US 3 double pointed needles
Safety eyes
Safety eyes
With color of your choice, begin at tip of nose-
Cast on 6 st placing
2 st each on three double pointed
needles.
Rnd 1- k1 in each st
Rnd2- kfb in each st around
Rnd 3- k1 in each st
Rnd 4- (k1, kfb) in each st around
Rnd 5-6 - k1 in each st
Rnd 7- k6,k1, kfb, k2, kfb, k1
Rnd 8- k1 in each st
Rnd 9- k6, k2, kfb, k2, kfb, k2, k6
Rnd 10-k1 in each st
Rnd 11- k6, k2, kfb, k4, kfb, k2, k6
Rnd 12- k1 in each st
Rnd 13- k6, k2, kfb, k1, kfb, k2, kfb, k1, kfb, k2, k6
Rnd 14- 19- k1 in each st
Rnd- 20- k6, k2, k2 tog, k1, k2 tog, k2, ssk, k1, ssk, k2,
k6
Rnd 21- k1 in each st
Rnd 22- k6, k2, k2 tog, k4, ssk, k2, k6
Rnd 23- k1 in each st
Rnd 24- k6, k2, k2 tog, k2, ssk, k2, k6
Rnd 25- k1 in each st
Rnd 26- k6, k1, k2 tog, k2, ssk, k1, k6
Rnd 27- k1 in each st
If you are using safety eyes, go ahead and put those in now along with stuffing the head.
If you are using safety eyes, go ahead and put those in now along with stuffing the head.
Change color and continue to k1 in each st around changing
to a new color every inch, or however long you desire. You could make some
colors longer than others, change at every ½” giving very quick color changes
but for this advent I am doing a color change each inch and I will have a 24”
snake when I am done.
Tail instructions-
Using a solid color
K4, K2tog around
K1 in each stitch around for the next three rounds
K3, Ktog around
K1 in each stitch around for the next three rounds
K2,K2tog around
K1 in each stitch around for the next three rounds
K1, K2tog around
K1 in each stitch around for the next three rounds
K2tog
K1 in each stitch around
Bind off and finish pulling yarn through body!
