Autumn is such a magical time of the year. It washes away the last remnants of summer with plenty of cold, wet showers and brings along the promise of chilly winter nights snuggled under blankets with a cup of hot chocolate!

But before we reach the depths of winter, there’s Halloween! As a child growing up in Belgium, it wasn’t really celebrated, so now I take every opportunity to carve pumpkins (and make pumpkin pie!) and take my boys trick or treating while they still love to dress up!

Yarn:
20g Sirdar Snuggly DK yarn per voodoo doll
A small amount of red yarn for the details

Needles:
3.5mm straight needles

Other supplies:
Toy stuffing
Tapestry needle
4 mm toy safety eyes
small buttons
black embroidery thread

Size:
12 cm tall

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.