Carpe Canem… rather a mixed up motto, but a good one for dog lovers!

The cheeky Jack Russell on this sachet is based on a real little character called Jed, who came to stay with us for his holiday several years ago.

This is a quick and versatile knit, ideal to make a last minute, easy to post gift, or for trying out stranded colour work knitting.

It can be filled with dried lavender and popped in wardrobes and drawers to smell sweet and discourage moths. Crafters can keep one in their project bags, doubling up as a needle/pin holder. Left unstuffed with a stiff insert, it would make a great coaster ( you could make a set in different colours! )

Leftovers from other projects ( 4 ply ) in two contrasting colours are all that is needed to knit this sachet. . I added some No. 8 seed beads to the eyes, to make them pop, but this is entirely optional.

You will also need some dried lavender and a 3” square thin cotton inner lining bag to hold the lavender: I bought some readymade gift bags from Etsy 8 x 10 cm, folded the tops down and over sewed shut, after filling with lavender.

Alternatively, your sachet could be lightly filled with wadding or toy stuffing, scented with lavender oil.

I used 1.75mm needles, and it came out a nice close knit, and a good size : 3” square, but 2mm will be fine; larger needles and thicker yarns could be used, and the piece would be bigger.