Sweet & sour

■ Any lace-weight cotton yarn in white ■ A 1mm (US 12/6) hook ■ 4 beadable earring hoops, 40mm ■ 4 fishhook-style earring hoops ■ 4 jump rings, 3mm ■ Needle-nose pliers ■ Spray laundry starch or white

■ Ricorumi DK (100% cotton, 25g/57.5m), 3 balls of each: Light Green (046), Turquoise (039), Purple (020), 2 balls of each: Light Blue (033), White (001), Tangerine (026), Lilac (017), Ice Green (037)

Combine a colourful yarn and a clever stitch in this striking knit

YOU WILL NEED ■ Yarnsmiths Create DK Glitter (95% acrylic, 5% metalized polyester, 100g/290m) 1 ball of Red (G3100) ■ Yarnsmiths Create DK (100% acrylic, 100g/290m) 1 ball of each: White (3040) Black

YOU WILL NEED ■ Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 100g/295m) 1 ball of each: Bright Pink (1435) Proper Purple (1855) Empire (1829) Magenta (1084) ■ A 4mm (US G/6) hook For yarn stockists contact St

BACK Cast on 97 (109: 121: 133: 145: 157: 169: 181) sts using 4.5mm needles and Yarn A. Knit 6 rows. Change to 5mm needles. Next row (WS) Using B, P to end. Working from Chart, set Chart as follows: R