Santa Claus

Santa Claus©
Designed by Marilyn Wallace December 2, 2006

marilynw@rogers.com

Materials:
4 mm short, circular needles (knit straight on them) or US#6
1 ball cotton yarn for a Dish Cloth or
1 ball CottonTots for a soft, Spa Cloth

Special Instructions:
B5 means to do border for 5 stitches (always keep the seed st. sequence)
How to do seed st. on odd number of stitches & even number of st. http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/seedstitch.htm

Cast on 40 st.
Row 1 p1 k1 across row
Row 2 k1 p1 across row
Row 3 p1 k1 across row
Row 4 k1 p1 across row
Row 5 p1 k1 across row
Row 6 B5 k30 B5
Row 7 B5 p30 B5
Row 8 B5 k30 B5
Row 9 B5 p30 B5
Row 10 B5 k12 p4 k14 B5
Row 11 B5 p12 k2 p4 k3 p9 B5
Row 12 B5 k9 p1 k8 p3 k9 B5
Row 13 B5 p8 k1 p11 k1 p9 B5
Row 14 B5 k8 p1 k12 p1 k8 B5
Row 15 B5 p8 k1 p13 k1 p7 B5
Row 16 B5 k6 p1 k14 p1 k8 B5
Row 17 B5 p8 k1 p4 k5 p6 k1 p5 B5
Row 18 B5 k5 p1 k5 p1 k4 p1 k4 p1 k8 B5
Row 19 B5 p6 k2 p4 k1 p6 k1 p4 k1 p5 B5

Row 20 B5 k5 p1 k3 p1 k7 p1 k5 p1 k6 B5

Row 21 B5 p6 k1 p5 k1 p6 k1 p5 k1 p4 B5

Row 22 B5 k4 p1 k3 p1 k9 p1 k4 p1 k6 B5
Row 23 B5 p7 k1 p2 k1 p14 k1 p4 B5
Row 24 B5 k5 p1 k2 p1 k9 p1 k3 p1 k7 B5
Row 25 B5 p8 k1 p1 k1 p9 k1 p3 k1 p5 B5
Row 26 B5 k6 p1 k1 p1 k9 p1 k2 p1 k8 B5
Row 27 B5 p8 k1 p1 k1 p9 k1 p2 k1 p6 B5
Row 28 B5 k6 p1 k1 p1 k10 p1 k1 p1 k8 B5
Row 29 B5 p8 k1 p1 k1 p9 k1 p2 k1 p6 B5
Row 30 B5 k6 p1 k2 p1 k8 p1 k2 p1 k8 B5
Row 31 B5 p9 k1 p2 k1 p7 k1 p2 k1 p6 B5
Row 32 B5 k7 p10 k2 p1 k10 B5
Row 33 B5 p10 k1 p10 k1 p8 B5
Row 34 B5 k9 p1 k7 p1 k1 p1 k10 B5
Row 35 B5 p5 k5 p3 k1 p5 k1 p10 B5
Row 36 B5 k9 p7 k6 p1 k7 B5
Row 37 B5 p8 k1 p11 k1 p9 B5
Row 38 B5 k9 p1 k10 p1 k9 B5
Row 39 B5 p10 k4 p5 k1 p10 B5
Row 40 B5 k10 p1 k5 p1 k13 B5
Row 41 B5 p13 k5 p12 B5
Row 42 B5 k30 B5
Row 43 B5 p30 B5
Row 44 B5 k30 B5
Row 45 p1 k1 across row
Row 46 k1 p1 across row
Row 47 p1 k1 across row
Row 48 k1 p1 across row
Row 49 p1 k1 across row
Row 50 Cast Off

I added a little white Deco yarn to accent his hat…..
I tried adding some features like a mustache & eye brows with fabric paint but I didn’t like the results…..

©copy right protected 2006 Marilyn Wallace