©2004 by Rhonda K. White
Materials: 100% cotton yarn and size 7 knitting needles
Special instructions: before casting on, string a black bead, size 5mm, onto your yarn. This is optional, but makes Loopy's eye :o)
Cast on 38 stitches
1-4: knit across
5: k3, p32, k3
6: and all remaining even numbered rows; knit across
7-10: repeat rows 5 & 6
11: k3, p8, k2, p10, k2, p10, k3
13, 15, 17, 19, and 21: repeat row 11
23: k3, p8, k3, p9, k2, p10, k3
25: k3, p7, k4, p6, k3, p1, k1, p10, k3
27: k3, p7, k5, p2, k9, p9, k3
29: k3, p6, k17, p9, k3
31: k3, p6, k18, p8, k3
33: k3, p5, k19, p1, k3, p4, k3
35: k3, p5, k19, p1, k3, p4, k3
37: k3, p6, k18, p1, k3, p4, k3
39: k3, p7, k7, p4, loop, loop, k8, p4, k3
41: k3, p19, loop,loop, k4, bead, k2, p4, k3
43: k3, p20, loop, loop, k6, p4, k3
45: k3, p21, loop, loop, loop, k3, p5, k3
47: k3, p25, k1, p6, k3
49-54: repeat rows 5 & 6
55-57: knit across
Bind off
*Loop stitch: Insert needle into indicated stitch and knit one stitch, but do not slip the stitch off the left hand needle. Pass the yarn to the fron as if to purl and hold under thumb, then back between the needles. Knit into the same stitch and slip off. Pass the first stitch over the second
