This little hippo loves to twirl in her pretty tutu. Who doesn’t?

Trisha the Hippo Ballerina Sweater is a set in sleeve easy knit sweater with a simple intarsia panel. The features, including the fabulous tutu are knitted separately and sewn on at the end.

If you have not tried intarsia before this would be a great first project, the chart is simple and only uses two colours, it will fly off your needles in no time at all.

Sized to fit approx. ages 1-9 years and worked in DK weight yarn. Please see table for more details.

Check out the video in the image section and watch Trisha dance.

Needles:

Straight 3.25mm, 4mm & 4.5mm

Circulars 3.25mm (useful for working the neck, but could be worked on straight needles)

Also Needed:

Stitch holders

Stitch markers

3 pink buttons approx. 1.5cm diameter

Oddment of Black yarn

Toy stuffing

Tapestry needle

Tension:

Yarn used knits as DK to this tension 22 sts and 30 rows to measure 10 x 10cm (4x4in) over st st using 4mm needles.

Sized to fit approx. ages 1-9 years and worked in DK weight yarn.
Sized to fit chest: 51 (56: 61: 67: 71) cm / 20 (22: 24: 26.5: 28) in
Works well in any DK weight yarn, sample shown is worked in Cygnet DK Superwash DK