This document provides instructions for making a creepy spider using knitting needles, yarn, stuffing, and pipe cleaners. The spider is knit from the head down to the body in decreasing rounds. Eyes are added with beads or googly eyes. Pipe cleaners are woven through stitches on the sides and bent into legs. When complete, the spider is stuffed and the legs positioned before being finished.
This document provides instructions for making a creepy spider using knitting needles, yarn, stuffing, and pipe cleaners. The spider is knit from the head down to the body in decreasing rounds. Eyes are added with beads or googly eyes. Pipe cleaners are woven through stitches on the sides and bent into legs. When complete, the spider is stuffed and the legs positioned before being finished.
Materials: Set of 4 dp needles size 4.5mm Sparkly Ostrich/Boa yarn 25 grams in your favourite spider colour Small amount of polyester fibrefill 2 round beads or googly eyes 4 black pipe cleaners
Gauge: Not important Instructions: Beginning at Creepy Spider Head:
Cast on 9 sts, divide evenly on three needles being careful not to twist yarn and join. 1. K into the front and back of each st (18 sts) 2. K 3. K into the front and back of each st (36 sts) 4. K 5. (K2tog) 18 x (18 sts) 6. K 7. (K2tog) 9 x (9 sts) 8. K 9. K into the front and back of the first 5 sts, K4 (14 sts) 10. K 11. K into the front and back of next 10 sts, K4 (24 sts) 12. K 13. K into the front and back of next 20 sts, K4 (44 sts) 14. 15 and 16: K 17. K2tog, K16, (K2tog) twice, K16, K2tog, K4 (40 sts) 18. K2tog, K14, (K2tog) twice, K14, K2tog, K4 (36 sts) 19. K2tog, K12, (K2tog) twice, K12, K2tog, K4 (32 sts) 20. K2tog, K10, (K2tog) twice, K10, K2tog, K4 (28 sts) 21. K2tog, K8, (K2tog), twice, K8, K2tog, K4 (24 sts) 22. K2tog, K6, (K2tog), twice, K6 K2tog, K4 (20 sts) 23. (K2tog) 10 x (10 sts) Cut yarn leaving a long tail. Stuff the spider with fibrefill, then weave tail through remaining sts and pull up tightly to secure Sew in position for eyes. Poke pipe cleaners into spider along side, weave through about 3 sts (one pipe cleaner makes 2 legs), then bend into position (Refer to picture of spider). Tie a length of yarn to back of spider and look out Miss Muffett!