WHODUNNKNIT
Floating Flutterguys
The Floating Flutterguy, hatched for Stitch London's annual Stitch Crawl 2011, is a simple bug. He turns from a cocoon of scrap yarn into a beautiful woolly winged wonder in less time than it takes to scream "AGH! Is that a moth! Get it away from my cashmerel!l!". Lucky for you (and for your cashmere) the Flutterguy isn't hungry for your yarn. All he wants is to be set free somewhere in your city. He comes in two delicious woolly insect species, Purly Winged Flutterguy (flat) and Curly Winged Flutterguy (fancy rolled edges). Free your Flutterguy! Go on.
Abbreviations
Gubbins
Yarn: 10g DK acrylic yarn in any colour 4.5mm knitting needles 1x 30cm (12") pipecleaner in any colour Pair of googly eyes Optional: Invisible thread, fishing line or some kind of floatation spell (Wingardium Leviosa might work) The iron will to set your knit free in the wild
Size
8cm (3") approx. from wingtip to wingtip Gauge: Not important. No one will be wearing him.
Skills you'll need
Knitting. Purling. Increasing. Decreasing. Pipecleaner bending skills. Yarnstorming (graffiti knitting sneaky stitchiness). Bug abandoning. K = knit P = purl Ktog = knit two together (knit two stitches together) Inc1 = increase one (knit into front of stitch but don't drop it off needle then knit into back of same stitch)
Pattern
Your Floating Flutterguy is made by knitting the very simple wing shapes and then folding the pipecleaner body just so. He's easy to create and won't eat a hole in your precious yarn stash. Unless he's really hungry.
Flutterguy Purly Wings
The Purly Wings have purls showing on both sides and lie flatter to show off their colours. Lucky you, you won't need to purl at all. It's plain knitting. It's just that the back of every knit stitch you make it a purl. Cast on 17 stitches Row 1. K across Row 2. K across Row 3. K2tog, knit to last 2 sts, k2tog (15 sts) Row 4. K across Lauren O'Farrell. Not for commercial use. Row 5 to 14. Repeat Row 3 (odd numbered rows) and Row 4 (even numbered rows) decreasing two stitcheseachoddrowuntilyouhave5 sts Row 15. K, inc1, knit to last 2 sts, inc1, k (7 sts) Row 16. K across
