Running man knitting pattern
from left to right :Jack frost, running girl, snowman, Santa. This pattern was developed over the course of about 2 years. It started when my twins here about 4 months old and my Eldest wanted to be more involved but found it difficult to play gently. Normal finger puppets resulted in poking and prodding more than gentle play but “running man” as he called it was just right. Running man would run up and down the twin's chests and tickle them, he would run up and down the side of the pushchair when we where queued up somewhere, and now running man runs just about every where the kids run. By now they have quite the collection of all my prototypes an they all get used regularly. In this pattern I have provided a basic recipe for making these dolls and some more detailed instructions on how to make the figures like Santa and Jack frost. I am intending to update this pattern as more figures get made by me, I am hoping to make some flower children next. When the pattern gets updated I will post a notice on our website and on the face book page. Obviously updates will be free of charge to those who have purchase the pattern already
This pattern is worked from the legs up all flat. One leg is knitted the yarn is broken, then the next leg gets knitted and joined to the first. The body is next and straight onto the body the head gets made. The arms are knitted separately and then sewn onto the body with a bit of pipe cleaner inside to be able to move them a bit.
The dolls body can be knitted in 1 colour with contrasting patterns for trousers and top or knit the the trousers an top in different colours There are different head coverings you can needle felt carded wool onto the head or knit some hair with bouclé Wool. Rather not have hair? Some stylish hat patterns are also offered
Gauge:
I have made a lot of different dolls, and used DK to light worsted weight on 3.50mm needles. As long as your gauge is tight enough for the stuffing not to show you should be fine. It is such a quick knit its (in my opinion) not really worth knitting a swatch. Required tools and yarn 3.5mm needles darning needle 20 gr main colour (a little more if you choose to make a hat) 10 gr skin colour 10 gr of hair yarn (for hair if you choose to crochet it) 10 gr of carded wool (for hair if you choose to felt it) felting needle (optional) wool for filling tiny amount of yarn for eyes and a mouth Abbreviations used k = knit stitch p = purl stitch k2tog = knit two stitches together p2tog = purl two stitches together Leg instructions if the leg is knitted in seed stitch Starting with leg1 Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum2landtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 cast on 15. k1,p1 \* to the end repeatfor9rows cast of 8 stitches, finish in k1,p1 to the end of the row. Keep the remaining 7 live stitches on a needle holder or some scrap yarn. Repeat for the second leg. Leg instructions if the leg is knitted in stockinette stitch cast on 15 stitches. \*Knit one row purl on row \* repeat from \* to \* until 9 rows have been completed. Cast of 8 stitches and transfer the remaining live stitches to a needle holder. Leg 2 cast on 15 stitches \*purl one row knit one row \* repeat from \* to \* until 9 rows have been completed cast of 8 stitches and finish the rest of the row.
Joining legs
Join the two sets of live stitches onto the needle to continue knitting, ensuring the legs are facing the right way. Knit the first leg do a YO between the legs and knit the second leg. Cast on8 stitches turn the work, work the 8 stitches you just cast on the first 7 stitches the yo and the last 7 stitches cast on 8 stitches turn and work all 32 stitches. Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum21andtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 If you are making a doll with a different coloured body change colour now if you are making a doll with the body in stocking stitch start stocking stitch now.
Continue working the body for a total of 12 rows. Lastbodyrow: k1 k2tog k2tog k13 k2tog k to the last 5 stitches k2tog k2tog k cut the yarn leaving a long tail. Draw this tail up trough all the stitches currently on the needles and leave it there change colour to skin colour work 9 rows of stockinette stitch row 10 k2tog to the end. Cut a long tail draw trough stitches and pull up tight.
Arms
make two cast on 8 stitches work stockinette stitch for 12 rows. Change to skin colour work skin colour for 3 rows. Cut yarn leaving a longish tail draw trough stitches and pull tight
Seaming the doll together
Start with the head using the cast of tail. I prefer to use a mattress stitch to stitch the whole thing together. Stuff the head firmly and pull the lifeline left between body & head tight to form the neck. Change to body colour and again using mattress stitch seam the two sides together. Ensuring to change colour if necessary when you get to the trouser section. Work the yarn to one side of the man, as if you are finished seaming, so you can start seaming up the body. Seam up the bottom of the body for /4 of the way stuff the body and close. Work away the remainder of the tail attach the pipe cleaner 3 stitches below the neck stick it trough until about halfway and twist it together. Wrap a small amount of batting around it. Seam the arm together from the hand down using the cast on tail stitch it to the body making sure the seam is facing down. Start attaching the arm two stitches down from the neck and work your way around the arm. Finish of and work the remainder of the yarn away into the body. Here's some pictures of how I seam up a doll. I obviously used contrasting colours so you'd be able to see what I'm doing:
Hat 1
the hat is worked in garter stitch cast on 25 stitches knit all rows for 4 rows \*k1 k2tog knit to the last 3 stitches k2tog k1 \*knit all stitches Repeat the last two stitches until there fewer than 6 stitches cut yarn leaving a reasonably long tail and draw it up trough the remaining stitches. Work the cast on tail into the work and use the cast of tail to finish the hat Using the long tail seam the two sides together using your preferred method. The hat is fairly stretchy once sewn up so any stitch will be fine. Place the hat on the dolls head and stitch the two together. Work the remainder of the yarn away into the hat.
Hat 2
caston30stitches knit 4 rows of rib stitch (k1p1 to the end) knit in stocking stitch for 6 rows on the last row k2tog to the end. Cut yarn leaving a long tail draw up trough the remaining stitches and pull tight. Use the tail to sew the hat up The hats are easily knitted in stripes for hat 1 knit 2 rows per colour. For hat 2 knit the rib in one colour and then change the colour every two rows.
Themed dolls
Santa
Cast the legs on in white and knit one row in white before changing to red. Knit the Santa in stocking stitch. Knit the legs and when you get to the body part of the pattern knit 2 rows in white before finishing the doll as per pattern. For the arms knit the last two rows before you change to skin colour in white. Knit Santa's hat as described before but knit the first 4 rows in white Santa's beard caston2stitches kfabkfab k1 kfab knit to the last 2 stitches kfab k1. Repeat this row until the width of the beard covers the face like a Santa beard, then k4 cast of until 4 more stitches remain (8 total remaining live stitches) turn and knit these for stitches until you like the length of the sideburns bind of and repeat for the other side. Attach Santa's hat first and knit the beard onto the hat
Jack frost
Knit Jack as a two coloured doll all in stocking stitch. White trousers and a light blue body and hat. With papilloi craft yarns shade 52 knit a 2 stitch i-cord long enough to fit around jack's head just under his hat. For Jacks wand wrap a bit of double sided sticky tape around the tip of a toothpick and wrap some of the craft yarn around the tip, untwisting it as you wrap it for maximum fluff
Snowman
For the snowman knit him entirely in white and stocking stitch 2 French knots for eyes a tiny bit of felted orange or maybe some i-cord started 4st down to a 2 stitch i-cord to get the pointy carrot look as a nose. I ended up using a grey black for the eyes and mouth (tiny coal pieces) and stitched the nose in a bright berry red. The scarf is a simple garter stitch worked from side to side. Using two colours ( 6 rows including cast on and of row and 40 stitches)
Sunflower Fairy
Knit the sunflower fairy in a green for the body your skin colour of choice. Knit a hat onto which the yellow petals will be fastened for the hat co 30 knit 1 purl1 for 4 rows stocking stitch for rows last row k2tog until the end weave in all the ends and close up the seam turn inside out. Petals make 9 cast on 5 knit 4 rows k1 k2tog knit to end p1 p2tog p to end knit 1 row break yarn pull up trough remaining 3 stitches stitch the petals to the hat 2 rows or so above the ribbing
Halloween Ghost
Halloween Ghost doesn't have legs so the beginning is different once the skirt part has been completed knit the ghost the same as the basic body. Cast on 40 stitches kl row p1 row k1 k2tog k6 k2tog k to the last 3 stitches k2tog k (37st) pl row k1 row p1 p2tog p5 p2tog p to the last 3 stitches p2tog p (34 stitches) kl row p1 row k1 k2tog k 4 k2tog knit to the last 3 stitches k2tog k1 (31 stitches) p1row You can now continue the pattern as above in al white.
Acorn child
you'll need a dark brown for the acorn cap trousers and acorn cap hat and a lighter brown for the acorn and sweater part of the puppet. You'll also need a moss green fuzzy yarn for the hair (or a suitable other fuzzy yarn) knit the leg part of your acorn child in a dark brown, the sweater part & the arms in the lighter brown and the hands and head obviously in your chosen skin tone. Knit a strip of fuzzy yarn 3 or 4 stitches wide and until it fits around the head just keep measuring. Don't make it to long as it will obviously stretch a bit. For the acorn cap hat knit hat number 2 in stockinette stitch turn it inside out and knit a couple of inches of i-cord to attach to the top as a stem. There is a good video on knittinghelp.com on how to do i-cord For the acorn cast on 8 kfab to end purl to end kl kfab to end Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum2landtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 work in stockinette stitch for 4-6 rows depending on how big you want the cap to be. Finish with a knit row turn the work as usual and start with a knit row in the acorn colour. Knit 4 rows then k1 k2tog to the end p to the end k2tog to the end p to the end cut yarn draw it up trough the stitches and seam the acorn of along the sides. Stuffing it just before you close it up. To make a bigger or smaller acorn increase of reduce the number of stitches ensuring you have an even number ol stitches or change your needle size
Pumpkin Child
The pumpkin child is knitted with an all green body and only the hand & head differ in colour. The pumpkin hat is knitted as follows caston30 k2 p1\* k4p1 \* repeat until the last 2 stitches k2 p2 k1 \* p4k1\* repeat until the last 2 stitches p2 Repeat these two rows for 10 rows k2tog p1 \* k1 k2tog k1 p1 \* repeat till last two stitches k2 turn p2 k1 \* p3 k1 \* repeat till the last stitch p1 turn change to green k1 p1 \* k2tog k1 p1 \* repeat till last two stitches k2tog p1 k1 \* p2 k1 \* till last stitch pl k1 p1 \*k2tog p1 \* repeat till last stitch k1 break yarn draw up trough stitches seam up the pumpkin hat knit an i-cord of 2 inches (video instructions on knittinghelp.com) and attach it to the hat. To make the tendrils crochet a chain of 5 inches and make 2 single crochet in each chain attach to the side of the pumpkin stem and if you want add some to the body. For the leaf cast on 3 slip 1 k1 slip 1 k3 \*kfab knit to last stitch kfab \* repeat this row 4 times knit 1 row Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum2landtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 \*k2tog knit to the last 2 stitches k2tog \* repeat until one stitch remains break yarn weave in the ends and attach to the pumpkin stem. To make more pumpkins make the hat but begin it as follows caston15 kfab p1 \* kfab k1 p1 \* to the last stitch k1 p1 k1 \*p3 k1 \* to the last 2 stitches p2 k2 p1 \* k1 kfab k1 p1 \* to the last stitch kfab turn You should now have 30 stitches and you should be able to continue the pattern as described for the hat above
Mouse
I knit mouse with red trousers as requested by my kids but you could knit him all in one colour. To give him trousers start with 4 rows grey then continue in your chosen trouser colour knit about half of the body in the trouser colour Stitch on a nose in pink and mouth in pink too, two brown eyes where stitched on. I untwisted some black wool and pulled it trough the nose. The ears where knitted by casting on 5 \*knit one row Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum2landtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 kfab k to last stitches kfab \* repeat the last two rows twice more workonerow k2tog break yarn and pull up trough stitches do this twice with grey yarn and twice with pick yarn. hold one grey and one pink ear with the right sides facing and seam them together. Turn them the right way around and stitch them to the head. Repeat for the other two pieces. Knit a tail by knitting a 3 stitch i-cord for about 3-4 inches attach to the mouse bum and you are done :)
Easter Hare
Easter hare was knitted all in brown stocking stitch. His ears where made as follows outer ear brown make 2 cast on 5 work8rows \*k1 k2tog k to end purl\* repeat from \* to \* till only 2 stitches remain. Break yarn leaving a long tail pull this up trough the remaining 2 stitches leave the tail for sewing up later. Inner ear pink make 2 cast on 4 work 8 rows k1 k2tog k to end purl knit purl \*k1 k2tog k to end purl\* Running man knitting pattern copyright 2009 Vera Lothian/mum2landtwins please read the copyright notice! Version 1.7 repeat from \* to \* until 2 stitches remain. Break yarn pull up trough 2 remaining stitches and work away yarn ends in your preferred way. Seaming ears together. Put the pink er on top of the brown ear with the wrong sides facing each other and whip stitch the two pieces together. Attach the ears to the head a little bit away from the circle where the last stitches from the head where pulled together
Sinterklaas/St Nicolas
: knit a white bodied pink doll with a row of black to start for the shoes if you wisl His hat Cast on 30 stitches \*knit 1 row purl 1 row\* repeat 3 times k1 k2tog k9 k2tog k1 turn (15 stitches remaining won't be worked on till front is done put on needle holder) purl \*k1 k2tog k to last 3 k2tog k purl\* repeat until you have 3 stitches left break yarn and pull up trough 3 remaining stitches. Work the back of the hat put 15 stitches back on a needle \*k k2tog k to last 3 k2tog k purl\* repeat till you have 3 stitches left break yarn and draw up on the last 3 stitches. With a running stitch add embroidery to the outside of the hat and with a daisy stitch add a cross to the centre of the hat both the back and the front piece
The Beard
cast on 3 stitches slip 1 knit 1 slip 1 (3 stitches on needle) knit 3 \*kfab knit to end kfab knit 1 row\* repeat from \* to \* until you have 12 stitches knit 4 cast of 4 knit 4 knit 4 cast on 4 knit 4 knit 3 cast of 6 knit 3 you now have 2 sets of 3 stitches on your needles knit each of these into the sideburns until they reach the top of the head. Cast of and sew into place onto the beard area.
St Nick Cape
Cast on 36 stitches and knit until your work measures approx. 6 cm's or 2.5" \*K13 k2tog k18 k2tog k to end purl back\* repeat from \* to \* 4 times \*k1 k2tog \* repeat from \* to \* to the end. Break yarn leaving a long tail. Add a golden edge with a simple running stitch if you wish For the assembly put your running man together as normal. Attach the cape by wrapping it around the neck the top is the most narrow part of the cape. The 2 corners should easily meet and stitch them to the neck area of the doll. Then attach the beard with small stitcher over the moustache and sideburns. Lastly add the hat. Join the two end together stitch them then put it on and sew down. The back bottom of the hat sits in the neck of your doll. Useful websites http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/running-man ravelry pattern link http://www.thespiralandthelotus.co.uk My arty bussinessy site www.thelothians.net my personal/home education/kids blog site :) thespiralandthelotus.etsy.com my etsy shop http://www.knitty.com Great resource for techniques knitting patterns and more! http://www.knittinghelp.com/ http://www.ravelry.com/
Copyright notice
This pattern “running man'" is copyright to me Vera Lothian aka mum2landtwins. If you bought the paper copy of this pattern you may not make copies of this pattern, you are allowed to sell on your original copy. If you bought the .PDF version of this pattern you may not sell this pattern on in any form. You may make as many copies for your own personal use as you want For both versions of the pattern: You may make a limited amount of items from this pattern to sell for personal profit, if you wish to make items from this pattern to sell please contact me at vera@thelothians.net to discuss this and to be put on my registered sellers list . You may make items from this pattern for charity, do provide a label with the name of the pattern and a link to my site.
