Materials:

• >> 1 ball of Schachenmayr Nordica in black (substitute: Just about any furry stuff will do)
• >> 1 ball of Muench Touch Me in hot pink (chenille)
• >> 1 set of 4mm (6 US) double pointed needles

Finished Measurements: 8" around x 6.5" tall

Gauge: 16 sts = 4”/10cm

Body

• >Using Fur yarn, cast on 32 stitches. Divide stitches onto 3 needles as follows - 16st (1st needle), 8st (2nd needle), 8st (3rd needle) - so that little 'spaces' that sometimes plague DPN use will be on the side seams of sweater and the 16 sts on 1st needles will make the sweater front.
• >>Purl 9 rounds
• >>Change to chenille yarn
• >>Knit for 2”

Back

• >>Next Row: Turn work and begin working FLAT (needle 2 and 3), back and forth over the next 16 stitches in st st to make the back of the sweater. (The 16 stitches on 1st needle can be placed on a stitch holder or simply left on the needle for later)
• >>Work 1” rows in st st
• >>Cast off these worked sts loosely

Front

• >>Re-attach yarn to 16 remaining sts and knit FLAT, back and forth in st st to make the front of sweater
• >>Work 1” in st st
• >>Cast off all remaining sts loosely

Sleeves

(make 2)

• Using Fur, cast on 15 sts
• >>Purl 6 rounds
• >>Change to chenille
• >>Knit for 1.5”
• >>Turn and work FLAT, back and forth in st st, decreasing 1 st at the beginning of every row to create sleeve shaping
• >>When you have only 6 sts left, bind off all sts

FINISHING

• >>Sew shoulder seam using 3 outside stitches, leaving neck hole in the center
• >>Using Fur yarn, pick up approximately 24 stitches evenly around neckline
• >>Purl 4 rows, then bind off all sts
• >>Sew sleeves on, weave in ends.