Happy holly-days

Notes Unless otherwise specified, use a long-tail cast on for all pieces, and mattress stitch to sew the seams. You only need a few metres of yarn for each full set of baubles. If you don’t have baubl

With the days getting shorter and nights colder, stitch Joanne Smith’s toasty throw and save on your heating bills as you hook ■ Caron Simply Soft (100% acrylic, 170.1g/288m), 2 balls of each: Pagoda

Note The Chart is worked using Intarsia, use separate balls of yarn for each area of colour and twist yarns on wrong side to avoid holes. Cast on 110 (122: 134: 146: 158: 170: 182: 194) sts using 3.75

Using 5mm needles and yarn A, cast on 31 sts. WORK IN PINE ZIGZAG STITCH Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 kwise wyib, Sl 1 pwise wyif,*LT; rep from * to last st, K1. Row 2 (WS): Sl 2 pwise wyib, *RPT; rep from * to l

MOSS STITCH Ch a multiple of 2. Row 1 Dc in fourth ch from hook (skipped chs count as ch-1 sp), (ch1, skip 1 ch, dc in next ch) rep to end, turn. Row 2 Ch2 (counts as ch-1 sp throughout), dc in first

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