‘The town mouse and the country mouse’ is one of my favourite fables which tells the tale of two cousins who live in different habitats. They both envy the life style of the other, but soon come to realise that the grass is not always greener on the other side!

Yarn:
100g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Arctic Grey
50g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Taupe Pink
50g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Grape
50g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Electric Blue
50g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Optic White
50g Three Bears Yarn Passion DK Black

Needles:
3.5mm Straight needles

Other supplies:
Toy stuffing
Tapestry Needle
Crochet hook
4 small buttons for the Country Mouse’ suspenders
1 small button for the Town Mouse’ shirt
2 small buttons for the Town Mouse’ waist coat.

Size:
30 cm

Abbreviations
x times: Knit the instructions between the brackets x amount of times.
* ; rep from * to end: Repeat the instructions between the * and ; until the end of the row.
st(s): stitch(es)
K: knit, if followed by a number, knit that amount of stitches
P: purl
St st: stocking stitch: alternate a row of knitting and a row of purling.
G st: garter stitch: knit every row
K2tog: knit two stitches together knitwise.
P2tog: purl two stitches together purlwise.
Kfb: knit in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase.
Pfb: Purl in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase.
YO: Yarn over: wrap the yarn over the knitting needle.
Sl1: Slip 1 st from the LH needle to the RH needle without working the stitch.
PSSO: pass slipped stitch over