Popping out

■ Cascade Heritage Solids (75% Merino wool, 25% nylon, 100g/400m) 1 skein of each: Yarn A Strawberry Cream (5648) Yarn B Garnet Red (5714) ■ A 3.5 mm (US E/4) hook ■ Tassel maker or cardboard For yarn

Cast on 64 sts using 4.5mm circular needles and Yarn A. Join in the round being careful not to twist the stitches. PM at join. Rnd 1 Knit. Rnd 2 Purl. Repeat the last 2 rnds a further 4 times. Change

■ King Cole Fashion Aran (70% acrylic, 30% wool, 100g/200m) 4 balls of Redcurrant (3503) 3 balls of Iona (3317) 2 balls of Pink (3059) ■ A 7mm (US K/10½ or L/11) Tunisian hook with extension cable ■ A

Knit a cabled scarf with a clever flap to keep it neat Instructions overleaf

MATERIALS Of Caron Simply Soft, 1 170g ball in each of Bone (9703) A, Autumn Maize (0008) B and Taupe (9783) C for Brown version; Cobalt Blue (9784) A, Plum Perfect (9761) B and Sage (9705) C for Blue

Cast on 96 (108) sts using 5mm needles. Row 1 *K2, P2; rep from * to end of row. Continue working in K2, P2 rib for a further 13 rows. Change to 5.5mm needles. Row 1 *P1, yrn, K2, skpo, K3, k2tog, K2,