Special Sack
I’ve not been knitting too long (a little over a year) and I’ve just finished my first real request 
Up until now all the stuff I’ve done, I’ve offered to do to get some practice in. But just before Christmas I was asked if I’d knit a sackboy for a friends sister. He’s been knitted with the Alan Dart pattern and he’s got a nice little hat and scarf.
The scarf is very straight forward…
Cast on 8 sts Continue in garter stitch for 266 rows Cast off
If memory serves, I knitted this on 4mm needles using both the red and white wool (Palette yarns 018/219 series). The tassles are simple loops tied on through the stitches. Depending on how you want your sackboy to look, you can adjust the length… as you can see from the photo, I went for the contemporary look so I made the scarf nice and long.
The hat is also fairly straight forward. This time I knitted with Palette yarns 018/219 series on 2.25mm/13 gauge needles using the following pattern:-
Cast on 94 stitches (thumb method) * K2P2 x 23, K2 * P2k2 x 23, P2 * Sets pattern for first 6 rows Continue in STST. If required, change colour to seperate ribbed band. STST for 6 rows. If you are adding a letter, then start it on the next row (should be a knit row) and work as required. STST for a further 6 rows Now, on each knit row, work the first and last 10 stitches like this:- * K2 K2Tog K2 K2Tog K2 Continue until there are 10 stitches, then on the next knit row:- * K2Tog to end Break yarn, tie off stitches.
Make a pompom, sew up the hat and there you have it
Tags: Knitting, LittleBigPlanet, Sackboy
