A Bowlful of Eyeballs by Gemma Gilani

A Bowlful of Eyeballs

Knitting
October 2022
DK (11 wpi) ?
US 4 - 3.5 mm
5 - 11 yards (5 - 10 m)
one size
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

A Bowlful of Eyeballs is available as a free download, although if you would like to make a donation, you can name your own price here. Any proceeds will be donated to support mental health charities.

This is probably my favourite of all my Halloween patterns so far! It is quick and easy to knit, and the end result looks so good. Each eyeball is knit as one piece, in the round on double-pointed needles, and only requires scraps of yarn. I’ve done my using DK, but as gauge isn’t particularly important here, you can substitute whatever you have in your stash.

Because it starts with 6 stitches, I do find that the first round or two is a bit fiddly, but after that everything is very simple - you don’t even need to purl. There are a couple of colour changes from the pupil to the iris, and from the iris to the white of the eyeball, so this could be a good project for those who want to practise colour changes. Skills required:
casting on and joining in the round,
knitting,
kfb,
k2tog,
colour changes.