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MAKE AND DONATE NICOLA VALIJI’S
CHEERY FLOWER
Made using easy beginner-friendly stitches, you can knit as many of these
sweet yellow daffs as you like to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Quick to knit and guaranteed to be a real winner, simply add a safety pin to
the back and you’ll have a bright spring brooch!SOFT DAFFODILS
Join Marie Curie’s
Great Daffodil Appeal
this March to help
raise funds to pay for
nurses that care for the
terminally ill and their
loved ones. Like many other charities,
this charity needs all the support
it can get to continue its work,
especially during this pandemic. Visit
mariecurie.org for more information.MEASUREMENTS
AND SIZES
Width: 11.5cm
KNIT KIT
Yarn: (A) DK, shade peach, oddment, (B)
fluffy DK, shade yellow, small amount
Needles: 4mm
Tapestry needle
TENSION
n 22 sts x 44 rows
n 10cm x 10cm
n Garter stitch (yarns held double)
n 3mm needles
ABOUT THE YARN
Use any DK yarn from your stash or
shop locally at your nearest yarn store.
King Cole Cuddles DK is a 100%
polyester fluffy yarn that’s easy to care
for. It costs £2.80 per 50g (136m) ball
from yarnpile.co.uk
TRUMPET
Using 4.5mm needles and yarn A, cast
on four sts
£ Row 1: (kfb) to end. Eight sts
£ Row 2: p to end
£ Row 3: as Row 1. 16 sts
£ Rows 4-12: starting with a p row work
in st st
Cast off
PETAL (make five)
Using 4.5mm needles and yarn B, cast
on three sts
£ Row 1: k1, kfb, k1. Four sts
£ Row 2 and every even-numbered
row: p to end
£ Row 3: k1, (kfb) twice, k1. Six sts
£ Row 5: k to end
£ Row 7: k2tog, k2, k2tog. Four sts
£ Row 9: (k2tog) to end. Two sts
£ Row 10: p to end
Cast off
TO MAKE UP
Gather cast-off edge of Trumpet and
sew down row edges to top. Place
Petals around bottom of Trumpet and
stitch into place. Weave in all ends LK
Start knitting here...CHARIT
Y
KNIT
A small flower
with a big message