Haunted House Knitalong: Part One

Knit our Halloween play set, including eight dolls. It's knitted in DK yarn and designed by Áine Marriott

We’re celebrating the scariest night of the year with a truly magnificent knitalong, designed by Áine Marriott. It includes eight cute-not-creepy characters plus a hide-away house, complete with twisty tree, cat, bat and gravestone. The set starts with the basic house, then we’ll embellish it next week before moving onto the residents. Are you ready?

Sizing

House: 22cm tall
Base: 14cm x 20cm
Mummy: 10cm tall
Witch: 12cm tall (including hat)
Dracula: 10cm tall
Zombie: 10cm tall
Skeleton: 9cm
Pumpkin Man: 11cm
Ghost: 10cm
Day of the Dead Person: 12cm

What you'll need

Yarn: Stylecraft Special DK, shades (A) 1065 Meadow, 40g, (B) 1855 Proper Purple, 70g, (C) 1002 Black, 70g, (D) 1805 Warm Grey, 10g, (E) 1081 Saffron, 10g, (F) 1806 Gingerbread, 10g, (G) 1099 Grey, 10g, (H) 1132 Shrimp, 10g, (I) 1001 White, 40g, (J) 1844 Toy, 10g, (K) 1246 Lipstick, 10g, (L) 1711 Spice, 10g
Needles: 3mm
Stitch holder
Safety toy stuffing
Cardboard
Round-headed pins
Tapestry needle

NOTE: this is all the yarn and equipment needed for every part of the knitalong; shades and items in bold are used in this instalment

Stitches and skills used

Cast on
Cast off
Knit
Purl
Make one
ssk
k2tog

Meet the designer

Áine Marriott is talented designer, who can turn her hand to many different projects from babywear to toys. If you like this Halloween set, check out another autumn favourite in this Dress Up Fox Toy. You can find more of Áine's designs here.

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