Knitted Potter Puppet Pals: Hermione and Ron
Legend:
KFB = knit in front and back loop
PFB = purl in front and back loop
Sl 1 = slip stitch without knitting or purling
Materials: Small amounts of black, brown, aran, pink, yellow, orange and red worsted weight yarn. Small amount of fibrefill or cotton batting. Double pointed needles in size 3.5 mm. Gauge is not essential for this project.
Hermione: (Brown, Aran, Pink, Bright Red, Yellow and Black)
Head:
With aran yarn, cast on 3 stitches.
KFB 3 times = 6 sts
Purl one row.
KFB 6 times= 12 stitches. Arrange in a small ring on 2 or three dpn’s. Join together. All knitting will be in the round from here on.
(KFB, K2) 4 times = 16 stitches
Knit 5 rounds.
[K2tog] 8 times = 8 stitches.
Stuff with fibrefill.
(K2tog) 4 times = 4 stitches
Cut 10” tail. Thread needle with the tail end and pull through remaining stitches. Pull tight to close up. Knot tail to close off. Leave tail for sewing head to body.
Hair:
With brown yarn, cast on 5 stitches. Do not join.
Bind off 5 stitches, but do not drop the last stitch. Knit this stitch.
[Now, cast on another 4 stitches. You should have 5 on the needle now. Bind off the 5 stitches. Knit the stitch that is left.]*
*Repeat these instructions 3 more times.
Using the needle with the stitch on it, pick up 5 more stitches along the cast off edge. At this point, you should have a fringe with 5 little “fingers” on it
K1 row. (8 stitches)
PFB, P6, PFB
K1, KFB, k6, KFB, K1
P 1 row. (12 stitches)
KFB, K10, KFB
P 1 row. (14 stitches)
K9, K2tog, K1, turn. (2 stitches left unworked; you should have 11 stitches on the right needle before you turn)
Sl 1, P5, P2tog, P1, turn. ( 2 stitches left unworked; you should have 8 stitches worked this row)
Sl1, K6, K2tog, K1. ( 9 stitches worked out of 11)
Sl 1, P7, P2tog,P1 (10 stitches)
K2, k2tog, k2, SSK, K2
P2tog, P4 , P2tog
*[CO 3 more stitches. Bind off 4 stitches. ]Slide last BO stitch back onto left-hand needle, and repeat from* You should end up with 5 pieces of fringe for bangs. Bind off last stitch.
Cut yarn, leaving a 11” tail. Thread yarn onto needle and pull through remaining stitch. Pull tight to secure stitches.
Ears (make 2):
With aran, cast on 3 stitches
K2tog, K1.
Bind off
Body:
With black yarn, cast on12 stitches
K 14 rounds.
K2tog 6 times
K2tog 3 times.
Cut 10” tail. Thread needle with the tail end and pull through remaining stitches. Pull tight to close up. Knot tail close to stitches to close off.
Hands (make 2)
With aran yarn, cast on 4 stitches.
Knit 1 row.
Purl 1 row.
K2tog, k2.
P 2tog, p1.
K2tog.
Cut thread, leaving a tail for sewing, and pull through remaining loop. Firm up any edges on the hands by using tail to whipstitch around the edges.
Arms (make 2)
With black yarn, cast on 10 sts.
K 1 row. P1 row.
K2tog, K rest of stitches.
P2tog, P rest of stitches. Repeat these last two rows till 4 stitches remain.
K1 row. P1 row.
Bind off.
Cut thread, leaving an 8” tail for sewing, and pull through remaining loop.
Arms Assembly (do 2 times):
With tail of cast on yarn, weave through stitches on first row till yarn is at the half-way point. Place hand on one side of this point, so about ¼ of an inch (1/2 a cm) sticks out at the bottom edge of the sleeve. Using the yarn tail, stitch in and out a couple times to secure the hand in place. Fold sleeve in half.
Still using same yarn tail, whip stitch the edges together. If you run out of yarn, use the left over yarn from the binding off to finish.
Assembly:
1. Sew hair to head
2. Sew ears to head
3. Embroider facial features on. I outlined the eyes and mouth in black worsted yarn.
4. Sew head to body
5. Sew completed arms to body as close to the head as possible. Just sew the very tip of the shoulder down, in order to make sure the arms stay floppy. (Where I’ve indicated in red on the picture)
5. Embroider on Gryffindor badge by sewing one stitch in red, then sewing a yellow stitch directly overtop of it.
6. Weave in and cut all ends – DONE!
Ron: (White, Aran, Orange, Red, Yellow and Black)
Hair:
With orange yarn, cast on 4 sts. Do not join.
Kfb k4 kfb
Purl one row.
Kfb k6 kfb.
Purl one row.
Kfb k8 kfb
Purl one row.
K7 k2tog k1 turn
Sl1 p4 p2tog p1 turn
Sl1 K3 k2tog k1 turn
Sl1 p4 p2tog p1
Kfb k6 kfb
Purl one row.
Bo 4 stitches.k 5.
P4 p2tog
K2tog, K3
Bind off.
Head:
With aran, cast on 3 stitches.
KFB 3 times = 6 sts
Purl one row.
KFB 6 times= 12 stitches. Arrange in a small ring on 2 or three dpn’s. Join together. All knitting will be in the round from here on.
(KFB, K2) 4 times = 16 stitches
Knit 5 rounds.
[K2tog] 8 times = 8 stitches.
Stuff with fibrefill.
(K2tog) 4 times = 4 stitches
Cut 10” tail. Thread needle with the tail end and pull through remaining stitches. Pull tight to close up. Knot tail to close off. Leave tail for sewing head to body.
Ears (make 2):
With aran, cast on 3 stitches
K2tog, K1.Bind off
Body:
With black yarn, cast on12 stitches
K 14 rounds.
K2tog 6 times
K2tog 3 times.
Cut 10” tail. Thread needle with the tail end and pull through remaining stitches. Pull tight to close up. Knot tail close to stitches to close off.
Hands (make 2)
With aran, cast on 4 stitches.
Knit 1 row.
Purl 1 row.
K2tog, k2.
P 2tog, p1.
K2tog.
Cut thread, leaving a tail for sewing, and pull through remaining loop. Firm up any edges on the hands by using tail to whipstitch around the edges.
Arms (make 2)
With black yarn, cast on 10 sts.
K 1 row. P1 row.
K2tog, K rest of stitches.
P2tog, P rest of stitches. Repeat these last two rows till 4 stitches remain.
K1 row. P1 row.
Bind off.
Cut thread, leaving an 8” tail for sewing, and pull through remaining loop.
Arms Assembly (do 2 times):
With tail of cast on yarn, weave through stitches on first row till yarn is at the half-way point. Place hand on one side of this point, so about ¼ of an inch (1/2 a cm) sticks out at the bottom edge of the sleeve. Using the yarn tail, stitch in and out a couple times to secure the hand in place. Fold sleeve in half.
Still using same yarn tail, whip stitch the edges together. If you run out of yarn, use the left over yarn from the binding off to finish.
Assembly:
1. With your fingers, position the hair edges so that the green line touches the blue line. (See picture)Whipstitch closed, using tail from binding off. Sew the hair to head.
2. Sew ears to head
3. Embroider facial features on.
4. Sew head to body
5. Sew completed arms to body as close to the head as possible. Just sew the very tip of the shoulder down, in order to make sure the arms stay floppy. (Where I’ve indicated in red on the picture)
6. Embroider on Gryffindor badge by sewing one stitch in red, then sewing a yellow stitch directly overtop of it.
7. Weave in and cut all ends – DONE
