Patchwork Tortoise by Zoë Mellor

Patchwork Tortoise

Knitting
January 2006
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
250 yards (229 m)
Approximately 10.25 inches from head to tail
English

Note: Pattern requires washable stuffing and 2 buttons for the eyes. Suggested yarn colors are as follows:

  • 1 ball Rowan Cotton Glace in Pier 809 (MC)
  • For shell: small amounts of Rowan Cotton Glace in Shoot 814, Poppy 741, Butter 795, In the Pink 819, Maritime 817, and Hyacinth 787

Errata was at; https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/uploads/publications/48.pdf