Honeycomb hat

Of Caron Simply Soft,1x 170.1 g ball each in White (9701) A, Harvest Red (9763) B, and 4 balls in Autumn Red (9730) C; 5.5 mm crochet hook. This yarn is available from your local Caron stockist or you

YOU WILL NEED ■ King Cole Cherished DK (100% acrylic, 100g/240m) 2 balls of Yarn A Mint (1416) ■ King Cole Moments DK (100% polyester, 50g/90m) 2 balls of Yarn B Cream (471) ■ A 5mm (US H/8) hook ■ A

Note The bonnet is knitted flat as a rectangle shape with ribbing at both ends. The main body of the bonnet is worked in herringbone stitches. For the face framing ribbing, stitches are picked up alon

The bag strap is knitted in Fabric Stitch first, then the stitches for each side of the bag are picked up from the WS edge of the strap, to form an outside ‘seam’. These stitches are then worked in Tw

YOU WILL NEED ■ Any DK yarn in 3 colours ■ A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook ■ 4 buttons, 10mm ■ 2 straight-sided mugs TENSION 5½ spike clusters and 14 rows in spike granny st measure 10x10cm (4x4in) 4 shell

To avoid a jog in the stripes, work to the last stitch of the purl round of each 2-row stripe, Sl 1, lift loop of the stitch below the start of round onto RH needle, slip both sts to LH needle, P2tog